Area: 52 km²; Pop. 11,000
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1190: Babenhausen Castle built
1237: 1st mention of Babenhausen
1100s: Babenhausen and Schonegg part of Lordship of Kellmunz
1200-1300s: To Lords of Schonegg
1236: 1st mention of Babenhausen Castle
1237: 1st mention of Babenhausen
1295: Babenhausen received municipal rights to hold markers, coin money and jurisdiction over assaults.
1378: To Lords of Rechberg
1458: By the marriage of Philip the Elder of Hanau to the 15-year old Anna of Lichtenberg, Babenhausen became a Hanau-Lichtenberg possession. Philip left the life of a religious, at a late age, to marry Anna and ensure continuity of the line of Counts of Hanau. After Anna's death, her properties fell to her widower who came to be known as Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1539: Anton Fugger bought Lordship of Babenhausen for 68,000 guilders
1803: Lordships of Babenhausen, Boos and Kettershausen erected into Principality of Babenhausen for Fugger family
1806: To Bavaria
Rulers of Babenhausen
[Tree1]
Johann IV
1598-1633
Johann Franz
1633-1685
Siegmund Joseph
1685-1696
Johann Rudolf
1685-1693
Ruprecht Anton
1693-aft. 1717
Franz Karl
? -1757
To Boos, 1757-1759
Anselm Joseph
1759-1793
Anselm Maria
(d.1821)
Imperial Prince, 1803
1793-1821
[Bio1]
"...Count Anselm Maria, prince of Babenhausen, was raised by the emperor Francis II, August 1, 1803, to the rank of prince of the empire (hereditary in his male heirs), and the imperial lordships of Babenhausen, Boos, and Rettershausen were erected into the principality of Babenhausen. He died on November 22, 1821...." (The Popular Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 333)
Principality mediatized, 1806
Anton Anselm
1821-1836
Leopold Karl Franz Seraph
(1827-?)
Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, 1836-1885
Karl Ludwig Maria Joseph Anselm
1885-1906
Karl Georg Ferdinand Jakob
(1861-1925)
5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, 1906-1925
Georg Constantin Heinrich Carl Friedrich
1925-1934
Friedrich Carl Georg Maria
(1914-1979)
7th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, 1934-1979
Hubertus
(1946-Present)
8th Prince of Babenhausen
Carl-Anton Maria
1979-Present
References
Princely House of Fugger von Babenhausen
Princes Fugger von Babenhausen
Principality of Babenhausen in Wikipedia
Regnal Chronologies
BAR
In the middle of the 10th century, the territory of Bar (Barrois) formed a dependency of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 11th century its lords were only counts by title; they belonged to the house of Mousson (which also possessed the countships of Montbéliard and Ferrette ), and usually fought in the French ranks, while their neighbors, the dukes of Lorraine, adhered to the German side.
Theobald I of Bar, was an ally of Philip Augustus, as was also his son Henry II, who distinguished himself at the battle of Bouvines in 1214. But sometimes the counts of Bar bore arms against France. In 1301 Henry III , having made an alliance with Edward I of England, whose daughter he had married, was vanquished by Philip the Fair, who forced him to do homage for a part of Barrois, situated west of the Meuse River, which was called Barrois mouvant.
In 1354 Robert of Bar , who married a princess of France, was made marquis of Pont-à-Mousson by the Emperor Charles IV and took the title of Duke of Bar.
His successor, Edward III of Bar , was killed at Agincourt in 1415.
In 1419 Louis of Bar , brother of the last-named, cardinal and bishop of Chalons, gave the duchy of Bar to Rene, Duke of Anjou and king of Naples, the grandson of his sister Yolande, who married Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Yolande of Anjou , who in 1444 had married Frederick of Lorraine, count of Vaudemont , became heiress of Nicholas of Anjou, duke of Calabria and of Lorraine, in 1473, and of Rene of Anjou, duke of Bar, in 1480; thus Lorraine, with Barrois added to it, once more returned to the family of its ancient dukes.
United with Lorraine to France in 1634, Barrois remained, except for short intervals, part of the royal domain. It was granted in 1738 to Stanislaus Leszczynski, ex-king of Poland, and on his death in 1766 was once more attached to the crown of France.
Theobald I of Bar, was an ally of Philip Augustus, as was also his son Henry II, who distinguished himself at the battle of Bouvines in 1214. But sometimes the counts of Bar bore arms against France. In 1301 Henry III , having made an alliance with Edward I of England, whose daughter he had married, was vanquished by Philip the Fair, who forced him to do homage for a part of Barrois, situated west of the Meuse River, which was called Barrois mouvant.
In 1354 Robert of Bar , who married a princess of France, was made marquis of Pont-à-Mousson by the Emperor Charles IV and took the title of Duke of Bar.
His successor, Edward III of Bar , was killed at Agincourt in 1415.
In 1419 Louis of Bar , brother of the last-named, cardinal and bishop of Chalons, gave the duchy of Bar to Rene, Duke of Anjou and king of Naples, the grandson of his sister Yolande, who married Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Yolande of Anjou , who in 1444 had married Frederick of Lorraine, count of Vaudemont , became heiress of Nicholas of Anjou, duke of Calabria and of Lorraine, in 1473, and of Rene of Anjou, duke of Bar, in 1480; thus Lorraine, with Barrois added to it, once more returned to the family of its ancient dukes.
United with Lorraine to France in 1634, Barrois remained, except for short intervals, part of the royal domain. It was granted in 1738 to Stanislaus Leszczynski, ex-king of Poland, and on his death in 1766 was once more attached to the crown of France.
BEILSTEIN
"The Lordship of Beilstein was an estate of the Holy Roman Empire based around Beilstein in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lordship was a member of the Electoral Rhenish Circle and was a member of the Bench of Counts of Westphalia in the Imperial Diet.
"In 1120, a Crafto is mentioned as being the ruler of "Beyhelstein", but it is not until 1268 when the Lords of Braunshorn are mentioned that clear origins of the lordship emerged. In 1363 the family of the lords became extinct and Beilstein passed to the Counts of Winneburg. In 1637 Beilstein passed to the Counts of Metternich. In 1652 the Archbishopric of Trier recognised the immediacy of the lordship. In 1689 during the Nine Years' War, the French invaded the lordship and destroyed the castle and the Jewish settlement which had existed there since the 13th Century. The counts of Metternich did not rebuild the castle. In 1794 the French again occupied the lordship during the wars of the French Revolution, and it was formally ceded to France in 1801. The counts of Metternich were compensated with some of the former territories of the Abbey of Ochsenhausen in 1803.
Territorial and Dynastic History
1145: 1st mention of "Counts of Bilstein"
1301: Line of counts died out; Bilstein sold to Hesse
1303: Annexed to Hesse
References
Lordship of Beilstein
BENTHEIM
Titles: Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt & Limburg, Lord of Rheda, Wevelinghoven, Hoya, Alpen, Helpenstein, Baron of Lennep, Hereditary Advocate of Köln
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1182: County
1115: Passed to Count Otto of Salm
1122: Gertrude, only daughter of Count Johann
Marriage of Otto's heiress, Sophia (d.1176), Countess of Rheineck, Salm and Bentheim to Dirk VI, Count of Holland
1146-1182: A fief of Bishopric of Utrecht
1176: Passed to Counts of Holland
1263: Annexed County of Tecklenburg
1277: Partitioned into Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Bentheim-Bentheim
1421/1468: Bentheim became an immediate fief of the Empire
1486: HRE County
1500: Westphalian Circle
1530-1643: To County of Steinfurt
1606/1610: Division into Bentheim-Tecklenburg (with Rheda and Hohenlimburg) and Bentheim-Steinfurt
1752: Bentheim mortgaged to and was seized by Elector of Hanover
1804: Annexed to Steinfurt
1806: Bentheim mediatised to Berg
1810: Annexed to France
1815: To Hanover
Bentheim Lines
Bentheim-AlpenBentheim-BentheimBentheim-LimburgBentheim-LingenBentheim-SteinfurtBentheim-TecklenburgBentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
References
Burg Bentheim: HistoryThe Princely House of Bentheim-TecklenburgThe History of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg Family
BENTINCK
Territorial and Dynastic History
1732: HRE Counts
1733/1800 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
1806-1807 sovereign Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
1814/15 Lords of Knyphausen & Varel under the overlordship of Oldenburg
BIRKENFELD
Principality of Birkenfeld
= Reign of Meisenheim ( belongs to Landgraviate Hesse-Homburg ) 
= Principality of Lichtenberg ( belongs to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ) 
= Principality of Birkenfeld ( belongs to Grand duchy of Oldenburg ) References
BLANKENBURG
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1267: First mention of Blankenburg
1275-1583: Blankenburg was the seat of a cadet branck of the counts of Schwarzburg
1324: Blankenburg obtained the status of a town.
BLANKENHEIM
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1112: 1st mention of Lord of Blankenheim
End of 1100's: Landvogte of the Abbey of Echternach and vassals of the Counts of Luxemburg
1380: County
1406: Counts of Blankenheim died out; passed by female succession to Lords of Heinsberg
1461: Emperor Friedrich III raised Dietrich III to the status of imperial count; HRE County of Manderscheid and Blankenheim
?: Acquired Lordships of Kronenburg, Junkerath, Dollendorf, Gerolstein, Erp, Neuerburg, Oberkail, Falkenstein, Betttingen, Manderscheid, Osann-Monzel
1468: Blankenheim and Gerolstein acquited by the Counts of Manderscheid
1548-1604: Hermann of Manderscheid-Blankenheim was the founder of the collection of Roman antinquities, a rich library and an extensive collection of relics.
1699: Imperial Estate
1780: Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim died out; passed by marriage of the heiress, Augusta of Manderrscheid-Blankenheim to Christian, Count of Sternberg
1803: Annexed to France
1816: To Prussia
Blankenheim Lines
Blankenheim-GerolsteinBlankenheim-Schleiden
References
The Counts of Blankenheim
BOGEN
Bios of Counts of Bogen
BRANDIS
BREGENZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
802: 1st mention of Bregenz castle
926: 1st mention of Ulrich VI as "Count of Bregenz"
970: Division of the House of Bregenz (Pfullendorf, Lustenau)
Annexed to Tübingen
1152/1160: Line of Counts of Bregenz died out
1171: Marriage of Hugo II (d.1182), Count Palatine of Tubingen with Elizabeth (d.1216), heiress of Montfort and Bregenz
1180: Annexed to Montfort
1451/1458: Annexed to Austria
1782: Annexed to Bavaria
References
BregenzThe Ulrichs: the First Counts of Bregenz
BRETZENHEIM
Title: HRE Prince of Bretzenheim
Territorial Development & Dynastic History1769: Counts of Heydeck (in the Palatinate)
1774: HRE Counts of Bretzenheim.
1780: immediate Lords of Bretzenheim.
1789: HRE Princes of Bretzenheim.
1790: Imperial Estate
1803: Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt but the Prince is granted the County of Lindau am Bodensee
1804: Lindau ceded to Austria
Ruler
1790-1804: Karl August of Bretzenheim (1768-1828)
References
About Bretzenheim
Genealogy
German States to 1918 A-E
BREUBERG
References:
History of Breuberg
"The Principality Brixen (now Brixen / Bressanone, Italy) was from 1179-1803 an independent state ruled by the Abbots of Brixen Abbey. In 1803 it was incorporated into Austria-Hungary. The arms show the Paschal Lamb, symbol of St. John, the patron saint of the Abbey. The arms are also used by the modern city of Brixen." (Istrianet)
BRONCKHORST
References
Herren van Bronckhorst
BUDINGEN
ReferencesHistory of Budingen
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
1147: First mention of the Lords of Burgau
?-1162: Part of Vohburg
1212: Burgau raised to a margraviate
1218: Heinrich of Berg and Ehingen became Margrave of Burgau (Arnold, p. 124)
1301: Margrave Heinrich III died thus his line became extinct; Austrian Habsburgs acquired Burgau
1304: Imperial fief of Burgau invested in the sons of King Albrecht I; Heinrich III of Burgau's widow purchased family's allodial lands.
1300's: Habsburgs mortgaged Burgua or its parts
1418: Wittelsbachs of Bavaria attempted to purchase Burgau but was resisted by imperial cities of Augsburg.
1559: Burgau mortgaged to Bishopric of Augsburg
1609: Emperor Rudolf II gave Burgau to Karl of Austria, Ferdinand II's son by Philippine Welser.
Rulers of Burgau
Konrad von Bibereck
Margrave of Burgau, 1162-1180
Heinrich von Ramsberg
Margrave of Burgau, 1180-1205
Gottfried von Ramsberg
Margrave of Burgau, 1180-1205
Berthold von Ramsberg
Margrave of Burgau, 1180-1205
To Schelkilngen, 1205-1301
Heinrich of Berg and Ehingen
Margrave of Burgau, 1218-?
Heinrich III
(d.1301)
Margrave of Burgau
To Austria, 1301-1457
To Bavaria-Landshut, 1457-1470
Jakob von Landau
Margrave of Burgau, 1492-1498
To Augsburg, 1498-1559
To Tyrol, 1559-1592
Ferdinand II of Tyrol
[Bio2]
To Habsburg-Tyrol
Prince of Burgau
[Prof1]
"Since 1557, he (Ferdinand II of Tyrol) was secretly married with Philippine Welser, daughter of a patrician from Augsburg, with whom he had several children. The marriage was only permitted by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1559 under the condition of secrecy. The children were to receive the name 'of Austria' but would only be entitled to inherit if the House of Habsburg would become totally extinct in the male line... The sons born of this marriage received the title Margrave of Burgau, an old Habsburg possession in Further Austria. The younger of the sons, the one who survived father, later received princely rank, becoming Fuerst zu Burgau...." (Medieval Coinage)
To Austria, 1618-1805
To Bavaria, 1805-Present
- "The territory around Burgau was originally part of the stem duchy of Swabia. The death of Conradin and the resulting extinction of the Hohenstaufen line in 1268 led to collapse of the integrity of the duchy and its division into reichsfrei lands, after local nobles resisted Emperor Rudolph of Habsburg's attempts to annex the duchy. The Lords of Burgau are first found in documentary mention in 1147, as Herren von Burguo. Burgau was raised to a margraviate in 1212.
- "With the death of margrave Henry III in 1301, the margravial line fell extinct and the Empire claimed the fief. Albert I of Germany transferred the feudal rights to his two sons, acquiring the territory for the Habsburgs, with Henry III's widow purchasing the allodial rights. Four different titles were awarded: that of allodial rights, Imperial feudal rights (German: Reichslehen), manorial rights (German: Grundherrschaft) and guardianship (German: Vogtei, usually translated as a bailiwick when used as a title).
- "The location of the castle produced latent tensions with the Bavarian Wittelsbachs, who coveted the margraviate to round off their territories. Their attempted purchase of the territory in 1418 was resisted by the Imperial Cities of Augsburg and Ulm, with the support of other Swabian Cities. Burgau came to rely on the support of the Imperial Cities, along with the Bishopric of Augsburg and the Fugger lands to stem the Wittelsbach's acquisitive desires, particularly after they won the land west of the Lech.
- "Throughout the 14th century, the Habsburgs were compelled to mortgage the marquisate or its parts; the last such mortgage being to the Bishopric, ending in 1559. Further Austria fell to Emperor Ferdinand I in 1522, passing to his second son Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, on his death.
- "Ferdinand II's successor, his nephew Emperor Rudolph II, entrusted the margraviate to Charles of Burgau, Ferdinand II's second son by his morganatic wife Philippine Welser, daughter of an Augsburg burgher. Charles was the last holder of the marquisate, from 1609–18; on his death, the land returned to the senior Austrian Habsburg line. When that archducal line expired, with the death of Sigismund Francis, the Viennese court gained responsibility for the marquisate.
- "In 1805, by the Peace of Pressburg, Napoléon forced a defeated Emperor Francis II to cede Further Austria to French allies on his abdication and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, with Burgau passing to the kingdom of Bavaria." (Burgau in Wikipedia)
References:
BURGHAUSEN AND SCHALA
References
Counts of Burghausen and Schala (FMG)
Family Tree: Peilstein, Burghausen & Schala
