VADUZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
Before 1342: Part of County of Werdenberg-Sargans
1342: Vaduz became a separate County
1396: Emperor Wenzel granted imperial immediacy to County of Vaduz
1416: County of Vaduz pledged to Lords of Brandis
1434: Barons of Brandis acquired the lordship of Schellenberg from a descendant of the Montforts. Schellenberg, too, became an immediate fief of the empire.
1515: The last ovon Brandis, Provost of Chur Cathedral, sold the county and lordship to his nephew, Rudolf von Sulz.
1613: Count Karl Ludwig von Sulz was forced by debts arising from obligations elsewehre to sell these possessions to his son-in-law, Count Caspar von Hohenems.
1792: In Council of Princes (with Schellenberg)
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Counts of Vaduz and Lords of Schellenberg
1342-1354 Hartmann I (d. 1354)
1354-1367 Rudolf IV (d. 1367)
1354-1397 Heinrich VII (d. 1397)
1354-1416 Hartmann II (d. 1416)
"The last of the Werdenberg Counts of Vaduz, Bishop Hartmann of Chur, assigned his possessions in 1416 to his kinsmen, the Barons von Brandis.
1397-1416 Hugo IX (d. 1421)
1396-1416 Feiherr von Brandis (pledge count)
1416-1418 Wolfhard I (b. 136. - d. 1418)
1418-1456 Wolfhard II (d. 1456)
1456-1477 Wolfhard III "Wölfli" (d. 1477)
1477-1486 Ulrich (d. 1486)
1486-1504 Ludwig (b. 144. - d. 1504)
1499-1499 Sigmund -Regent (b. 145. - d. 1507)
1504-1507 Sigmund (s.a.)
1507-1510 Johann (b. 1456 - d. 1512)
1507-1535 Rudolf V (d. 1535)
1535-1566 Johann Ludwig I (d. 1566)
1566-1569 Wilhelm I (d. 1569)
1569-1572 Alwig (d. 1572)
1572-1602 Rudolf VII
1602-1613 Karl Ludwig (b. 1568 - d. 1616)
1613-1640 Kaspar Graf von Hohenems (b. 1573 - d. 1640)
1640-1645 Jakob Hannibal II (b. 1595 - d. 1645)
1645-1662 Franz Wilhelm I (b. 1627 - d. 1662)
1662-1684 Ferdinand Karl (b. 1650 - d. 1686)
1662-1671 Karl Friedrich Graf von Hohenems (b. 1622 - d. 1675), Regent
References
Beattie, David. Liechtenstein: A Modern History.
Liechtenstein on World Statesmen
VALLEY
1090: Bertolph of Vianden
?: Acquired Hamm Castle
Became Vogts (Stewards) of Abbey of Prum
Moved residence to Vianden Castle
Until 1264. Vianden an imperial fief
1124-1152: Frederick I of Vianden
1142: Frederick I named Stiftsfogt of Abbey of Prum
Frederick, Count of Vianden, 1163-1175 acquired Lordship of Salm
1152-1187: Frederick I of Vianden
1210-1252: Henry I of Vianden
?: Henry I became Vogt of Trier and attended with his brother Siegfried the court of Emperor Frederick II
?: Henry I of Vianden married Margaret of Courtenay
1229: Henry and Margaret (daughter of Yolande of Hainaut & Namur) inherited the County of Namur
1229-1237: Philip I as Margrave of Namur
1240: Frederick, Count of Vianden, acquired Lordship of Neuerburg; later the Lordship of Clerf (Luxemburg), Lordships of Bolland & Chateau Thierry (Belgium)
1249: Lordship of Schonecken (56 villages) became a fief of Luxemburg
1252-1273: Philip I of Vianden
Philip I married the wealthy heiress Marie of Perwez whose father was a scion of the Counts of Brabant
1263: Henry of Vianden acquired Lordship of Schonecken
1264: Vianden became a fief of Luxemburg when Philip I of Vianden lost a battle and became a vassal of Henry V of Luxemburg
1266: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergen
1267: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergn-Perwez
1271: Neuerburg became a fief of Luxemburg (in 1795 Neuerburg had 60 villages
c1264 or 1271: Lordship of Hamm (consisting of 6 villages) reverted to Counts of Sponheim as a Luxemburg fief
1313-1376: Henry II of Vianden
1417: Engelbert I of Nassau Dillenburg inherited the County of Vianden
1795: Vianden had 54 villages
Territorial components of Vianden: Butgenbach, St. Vith, Vielsalm, Reuland, Ouren, Clervaux, Dasburg, Prüm, Schönecken, Malberg, Hamm, Neuerburg, Stolzemburg, Brandenburg, Falkenstein, Bettingen, Bourscheid, Dudeldorf, Manderscheid
Exclaves: Wildenburg, Reifferscheid, Grümmelscheid, Ell, Beyren, Schengen, Arras, Quintenberg, Esch/Sauer, Sterpenich, Outscheid, Trimport, Heffingen, Bourcy, Koerich, Everlingen
Other possessions: Namur, Ninove, Grimbergen
Rulers of Vianden
c1090: Bertolph count of Vianden
c1096: Gerhard
1124-1152: Frederic (I) of Vianden
1156-1171: Siegfried I
1152-1187: Frederic I (II) of Vianden
1187-1210: Frederic II (III) of Vianden
1210-1252: Henry I of Vianden
1252-1273: Philip I of Vianden
1273-1310: Godfrey or Godefroid I of Vianden
1315-1337: Philip II of Vianden
[1315-1376: Henry II of Vianden]
1337-1400: Maria
[?-1376: Adelheid of Vianden]
1400-1414: Simon of Sponheim
1414-1417: Elisabeth of Sponheim
1417-1442: Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg
1442-1450: Heinrich II of Nassau-Dillenburg
1450-1472: Johann I
1472-1504: Johann II
1504-1512: Johann III
1512-1538: Heinrich III
1538-1544: Rene of Chalon
1544-1566: Wilhelm I the Silent
1566-1604: Peter Ernst of Mansfeld
1604-1618: Philipp Wilhelm of Nassau-Dillenburg
1618-1625: Moritz
1625-1647: Friedrich Heinrich
1647-1650: Wilhelm II
1650-1693: Wilhelm III
1693-1697: Ceded to Isenghien
1697-1702: Wilhelm III
1702-1759: Ceded to Isenghien
1759-1795: Wilhelm IV
1795-1814: To France
1814-Present: To Luxemburg
References
Castle of the Week 71 - Vianden
Counts of Vianden (Google translation) [13]
The Countly Line of Vianden-Mosbach
Genealogy (FMG)
The House of Orange
Rulers of Vianden
Vianden
Vianden: the Medieval City
Vianden Castle
Vianden County
Vianden: Possession History
Yolanda of Vianden
VIRNEBURG
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1042: "Bernhardus de Virneburch" mentioned for the 1st time as lord of Virneburg
?: A fief of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine
1358?: Given by count palatine to count of Sayn as fief which in turn gave it to lords of Virneburg
1339: Count Ruprecht of Virneburg pledged to the Archbishop Baldwin of Trier a part of Virneburg castle for paymenet of debts
1414: Count Virneburg had to surrender rest of Virneburg Castle to Archbishop (of Tier) Werner of Falkenstein
?: Became an imperial fief
?: Seat in the Reichstag
1444: Downfall of counts of Virneburg started after the death of Count Rupert IV.
1543/45: Line of Virneburg counts died out with Count Kuno; archbishop-elector of Trier occupied half of county
1543: Count Dietrich IV the Elder Manderscheid-Schleiden inherited Virneburg
1549: Dietrich IV was invested by the elector of Trier with the other half of Virneburg
1593: Dietrich VI of Manderscheid-Schleiden died; inherited by Count Christopher Louis of Lowenstein-Wertheim through his marriage to an heiress; {Check this} "..the widow of his brother Joachim inherited the county of Virneburg and received for her daughters the investure. But the villages of Nachtsheim und Boos, being male fiefs, reverted to Trier."
1604/1623: Inherited by counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim
1615: Virneburg passedby exchange and marriage to the Counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim which they possessed until the Peaace of Luneville in 1801.
?-1648: Seized & occupied by Baron Johann of Recker during Thirty Years' War
1648: Restored to Lowenstein-Wertheim
1794: French invasion
Territorial Possessions
Bailiwicks (Vogteien) of Nachtsheim and Mertloch (their oldest possessions)
Notes
The high point of Virneburg's history was when Henry II of Virneburg became the archbishop-elector of Cologne, 1306-1322 and his nephew, Henry III of Virneburg, became archbishop-elector of Mainz as well as the archchancellor of the German Empire
References
Biography of Heinrich II of Virneburg, archbishop of Cologne
History of Virneburg
History of Virneburg in Early Modern Times
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
Before 1342: Part of County of Werdenberg-Sargans
1342: Vaduz became a separate County
1396: Emperor Wenzel granted imperial immediacy to County of Vaduz
1416: County of Vaduz pledged to Lords of Brandis
1434: Barons of Brandis acquired the lordship of Schellenberg from a descendant of the Montforts. Schellenberg, too, became an immediate fief of the empire.
1515: The last ovon Brandis, Provost of Chur Cathedral, sold the county and lordship to his nephew, Rudolf von Sulz.
1613: Count Karl Ludwig von Sulz was forced by debts arising from obligations elsewehre to sell these possessions to his son-in-law, Count Caspar von Hohenems.
1792: In Council of Princes (with Schellenberg)
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Counts of Vaduz and Lords of Schellenberg
1342-1354 Hartmann I (d. 1354)
1354-1367 Rudolf IV (d. 1367)
1354-1397 Heinrich VII (d. 1397)
1354-1416 Hartmann II (d. 1416)
"The last of the Werdenberg Counts of Vaduz, Bishop Hartmann of Chur, assigned his possessions in 1416 to his kinsmen, the Barons von Brandis.
1397-1416 Hugo IX (d. 1421)
1396-1416 Feiherr von Brandis (pledge count)
1416-1418 Wolfhard I (b. 136. - d. 1418)
1418-1456 Wolfhard II (d. 1456)
1456-1477 Wolfhard III "Wölfli" (d. 1477)
1477-1486 Ulrich (d. 1486)
1486-1504 Ludwig (b. 144. - d. 1504)
1499-1499 Sigmund -Regent (b. 145. - d. 1507)
1504-1507 Sigmund (s.a.)
1507-1510 Johann (b. 1456 - d. 1512)
1507-1535 Rudolf V (d. 1535)
1535-1566 Johann Ludwig I (d. 1566)
1566-1569 Wilhelm I (d. 1569)
1569-1572 Alwig (d. 1572)
1572-1602 Rudolf VII
1602-1613 Karl Ludwig (b. 1568 - d. 1616)
1613-1640 Kaspar Graf von Hohenems (b. 1573 - d. 1640)
1640-1645 Jakob Hannibal II (b. 1595 - d. 1645)
1645-1662 Franz Wilhelm I (b. 1627 - d. 1662)
1662-1684 Ferdinand Karl (b. 1650 - d. 1686)
1662-1671 Karl Friedrich Graf von Hohenems (b. 1622 - d. 1675), Regent
References
Beattie, David. Liechtenstein: A Modern History.
Liechtenstein on World Statesmen
VALLEY
References
VELDENZ
County of Veldenz
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
County of Veldenz
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
Map
Rulers of Veldenz
Rulers of Veldenz
First Veldenz Line
Emicho of Kyrburg and Schmidburg (1086–1113)
Gerlach I of Veldenz (1112–1146)
Gerlach II of Veldenz (1146–1186)
Gerlach III of Veldenz (1186–1214)
Gerlach IV of Veldenz (1214–1254)
Gerlach V of Veldenz (1254–1260)
Agnes of Veldenz (1260–1277)
Veldenz-Geroldseck Line
Heinrich of Geroldseck (1277–1298) ∞ Agnes of Veldenz (1258–?)
Walter of Veldenz (1298–1327)
Georg I of Veldenz (1327–1347)
Heinrich II (1347–1378)
Friedrich II of Veldenz (1378–1396)
Heinrich III of Veldenz (1378–1389)
Heinrich IV of Veldenz (1389–1393)
Friedrich III of Veldenz (1393–1444)
Pfalz-Zweibrücken Line
Stefan of Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken (1410–1459) ∞ Anna of Veldenz (1390–1439)
Ludwig I of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1459–1489)
Alexander of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1489–1514)
Ludwig II of Pfalz-Zweibrücken(1514–1532)
Wolfgang of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1532–1569) In 1543 handed Veldenz to his uncle Ruprecht.
Pfalz-Veldenz Line
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1544)
Georg Johann I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1592; or Georg Hans), from 1544 to 1592 Pfalzgraf of Pfalz-Veldenz
George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1592–1634)
Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1634–1694), Died without heir, Veldenz returned to Zweibrücken
Continued in the Pfalz-Zweibrücken line.
Emicho of Kyrburg and Schmidburg (1086–1113)
Gerlach I of Veldenz (1112–1146)
Gerlach II of Veldenz (1146–1186)
Gerlach III of Veldenz (1186–1214)
Gerlach IV of Veldenz (1214–1254)
Gerlach V of Veldenz (1254–1260)
Agnes of Veldenz (1260–1277)
Veldenz-Geroldseck Line
Heinrich of Geroldseck (1277–1298) ∞ Agnes of Veldenz (1258–?)
Walter of Veldenz (1298–1327)
Georg I of Veldenz (1327–1347)
Heinrich II (1347–1378)
Friedrich II of Veldenz (1378–1396)
Heinrich III of Veldenz (1378–1389)
Heinrich IV of Veldenz (1389–1393)
Friedrich III of Veldenz (1393–1444)
Pfalz-Zweibrücken Line
Stefan of Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken (1410–1459) ∞ Anna of Veldenz (1390–1439)
Ludwig I of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1459–1489)
Alexander of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1489–1514)
Ludwig II of Pfalz-Zweibrücken(1514–1532)
Wolfgang of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1532–1569) In 1543 handed Veldenz to his uncle Ruprecht.
Pfalz-Veldenz Line
Ruprecht, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1544)
Georg Johann I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1592; or Georg Hans), from 1544 to 1592 Pfalzgraf of Pfalz-Veldenz
George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1592–1634)
Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1634–1694), Died without heir, Veldenz returned to Zweibrücken
Continued in the Pfalz-Zweibrücken line.
VIANDEN
County of Vianden
Territorial Development & Dynastic HistoryCounty of Vianden
1090: Bertolph of Vianden
?: Acquired Hamm Castle
Became Vogts (Stewards) of Abbey of Prum
Moved residence to Vianden Castle
Until 1264. Vianden an imperial fief
1124-1152: Frederick I of Vianden
1142: Frederick I named Stiftsfogt of Abbey of Prum
Frederick, Count of Vianden, 1163-1175 acquired Lordship of Salm
1152-1187: Frederick I of Vianden
1210-1252: Henry I of Vianden
?: Henry I became Vogt of Trier and attended with his brother Siegfried the court of Emperor Frederick II
?: Henry I of Vianden married Margaret of Courtenay
1229: Henry and Margaret (daughter of Yolande of Hainaut & Namur) inherited the County of Namur
1229-1237: Philip I as Margrave of Namur
1240: Frederick, Count of Vianden, acquired Lordship of Neuerburg; later the Lordship of Clerf (Luxemburg), Lordships of Bolland & Chateau Thierry (Belgium)
1249: Lordship of Schonecken (56 villages) became a fief of Luxemburg
1252-1273: Philip I of Vianden
Philip I married the wealthy heiress Marie of Perwez whose father was a scion of the Counts of Brabant
1263: Henry of Vianden acquired Lordship of Schonecken
1264: Vianden became a fief of Luxemburg when Philip I of Vianden lost a battle and became a vassal of Henry V of Luxemburg
1266: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergen
1267: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergn-Perwez
1271: Neuerburg became a fief of Luxemburg (in 1795 Neuerburg had 60 villages
c1264 or 1271: Lordship of Hamm (consisting of 6 villages) reverted to Counts of Sponheim as a Luxemburg fief
1313-1376: Henry II of Vianden
1417: Engelbert I of Nassau Dillenburg inherited the County of Vianden
1795: Vianden had 54 villages
Territorial components of Vianden: Butgenbach, St. Vith, Vielsalm, Reuland, Ouren, Clervaux, Dasburg, Prüm, Schönecken, Malberg, Hamm, Neuerburg, Stolzemburg, Brandenburg, Falkenstein, Bettingen, Bourscheid, Dudeldorf, Manderscheid
Exclaves: Wildenburg, Reifferscheid, Grümmelscheid, Ell, Beyren, Schengen, Arras, Quintenberg, Esch/Sauer, Sterpenich, Outscheid, Trimport, Heffingen, Bourcy, Koerich, Everlingen
Other possessions: Namur, Ninove, Grimbergen
Rulers of Vianden
c1090: Bertolph count of Vianden
c1096: Gerhard
1124-1152: Frederic (I) of Vianden
1156-1171: Siegfried I
1152-1187: Frederic I (II) of Vianden
1187-1210: Frederic II (III) of Vianden
1210-1252: Henry I of Vianden
1252-1273: Philip I of Vianden
1273-1310: Godfrey or Godefroid I of Vianden
1315-1337: Philip II of Vianden
[1315-1376: Henry II of Vianden]
1337-1400: Maria
[?-1376: Adelheid of Vianden]
1400-1414: Simon of Sponheim
1414-1417: Elisabeth of Sponheim
1417-1442: Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg
1442-1450: Heinrich II of Nassau-Dillenburg
1450-1472: Johann I
1472-1504: Johann II
1504-1512: Johann III
1512-1538: Heinrich III
1538-1544: Rene of Chalon
1544-1566: Wilhelm I the Silent
1566-1604: Peter Ernst of Mansfeld
1604-1618: Philipp Wilhelm of Nassau-Dillenburg
1618-1625: Moritz
1625-1647: Friedrich Heinrich
1647-1650: Wilhelm II
1650-1693: Wilhelm III
1693-1697: Ceded to Isenghien
1697-1702: Wilhelm III
1702-1759: Ceded to Isenghien
1759-1795: Wilhelm IV
1795-1814: To France
1814-Present: To Luxemburg
References
Castle of the Week 71 - Vianden
Counts of Vianden (Google translation) [13]
The Countly Line of Vianden-Mosbach
Genealogy (FMG)
The House of Orange
Rulers of Vianden
Vianden
Vianden: the Medieval City
Vianden Castle
Vianden County
Vianden: Possession History
Yolanda of Vianden
VIRNEBURG
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1042: "Bernhardus de Virneburch" mentioned for the 1st time as lord of Virneburg
?: A fief of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine
1358?: Given by count palatine to count of Sayn as fief which in turn gave it to lords of Virneburg
1339: Count Ruprecht of Virneburg pledged to the Archbishop Baldwin of Trier a part of Virneburg castle for paymenet of debts
1414: Count Virneburg had to surrender rest of Virneburg Castle to Archbishop (of Tier) Werner of Falkenstein
?: Became an imperial fief
?: Seat in the Reichstag
1444: Downfall of counts of Virneburg started after the death of Count Rupert IV.
1543/45: Line of Virneburg counts died out with Count Kuno; archbishop-elector of Trier occupied half of county
1543: Count Dietrich IV the Elder Manderscheid-Schleiden inherited Virneburg
1549: Dietrich IV was invested by the elector of Trier with the other half of Virneburg
1593: Dietrich VI of Manderscheid-Schleiden died; inherited by Count Christopher Louis of Lowenstein-Wertheim through his marriage to an heiress; {Check this} "..the widow of his brother Joachim inherited the county of Virneburg and received for her daughters the investure. But the villages of Nachtsheim und Boos, being male fiefs, reverted to Trier."
1604/1623: Inherited by counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim
1615: Virneburg passedby exchange and marriage to the Counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim which they possessed until the Peaace of Luneville in 1801.
?-1648: Seized & occupied by Baron Johann of Recker during Thirty Years' War
1648: Restored to Lowenstein-Wertheim
1794: French invasion
Territorial Possessions
Bailiwicks (Vogteien) of Nachtsheim and Mertloch (their oldest possessions)
Notes
The high point of Virneburg's history was when Henry II of Virneburg became the archbishop-elector of Cologne, 1306-1322 and his nephew, Henry III of Virneburg, became archbishop-elector of Mainz as well as the archchancellor of the German Empire
References
Biography of Heinrich II of Virneburg, archbishop of Cologne
History of Virneburg
History of Virneburg in Early Modern Times
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