User:Rajofcanada/HREStates/Duchy
Duchy
[edit]- 1576: HRE Princely County of Arenberg
- 1644: Duchy of Arenberg
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Territorial possessions
- ?-1794
- Duchy of Arenberg
- Lordship of Schleiden
- Lordship of Kommern
- Lordship of Kerpen
- Lordship of Saffenburg
- Lordship of Kesselburg
- Lordship of Fleringen
- Lordship of Gillenfeld
- 1802-1810
- Vest Recklinghausen
- Amt Meppen
- 1806-1810
- County of Dulmen
- ?: County of Bar (-le-Duc) was a fief of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1301: Count of Bar became a vassal of the Kings of France for the Western part of his possessions (Barrois Mouvant), but he remained a vassal of the Roman Emperors for the Eastern part of his possessions
- 1354: Duchy of Bar created by John II of France for his son-in-law Robert I of Bar
- 1354: Emperor Karl IV granted title of Margrave of Pont-a-Mousson (with the rank of HRE Prince) to Robert I of Bar
- 1396: Robert I of Bar inherited the Lordship of Cassel after the death of his grandmother Yolande of Flanders
- 1399: Pont-a-Mousson ceded by Robert I of Bar to his eldest surviving son Edward (d.1415)
- 1480: Duchy of Bar permanently united with Duchy of Lorraine
- 1634-1659, 1670-1697; 1702-1714: the Franch occupied the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar
- 1766: Duchies of Lorraine and Bar finally annexed to France [1]
Duchy of Bavaria (See under "Kingdom")
[edit]- 1101: County
- 1380: Duchy
- 1437: To Duchy of Julich
- 1511: To Duchy of Cleves
- 1521: United with Mark and Cleves
- 1609: War of Successions
- 1582: HRE Council of Princes
- 1609: To Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1614: To Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1685: To Electorate of the Palatinate
- 1799: To Bavaria
- 1801: Annexed to France
- 1803: To Bavaria
- 1811: To France
- 1815: To Prussia
- 1106: Emperor Henry V granted Counts of Louvain the Margraviate of Antwerp
- 1158: Elevated to Duchy of Brabant
- 1180: Dukes of Brabant elevated to Imperial Prince
- ?: Conquered County of Toxandrie doubling Louvain's territory
- 1190: Duke Henry I abandoned title of "Duke of Lower Lorraine" and assumed that of "Duke of Brabant"
- 1204: Brabant acquired 1/2 of the Imperial Margraviate of Maastricht
- 1244: Brabant conquered the County of Dalheim
- 1283: John I of Brabant bought Duchy of Limburg from Adolf of Berg
- 1288: After the Battle of Worringen, Brabant acquired the Duchy of Limburg, the Lordship of Herzogenrath and the Castles of Wassenberg and Kerpen
- 1294-1312: John II of Brabant issued the "Charter of Cortenberg" bestowing liberties to his subjects
- 1347: John III ceded Margraviate of Antwerp to his 2nd daughter, Margaret of Brabant, wife of Louis II of Flanders
- 1390: Johanna, Duchess of Brabant, revoked her will granting succession to Brabant to House of Luxemburg and named her niece, Margaret of Flanders, as her heir
- 1430: Dukes of Burgundy inherited Brabant
- Lines
- Brunswick-Celle
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Brunswick-Grubenhagen
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Brunswick-Kalenberg
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Reference
- History of Brunswick
- The History of the Duchy of Brunswick
- Succession Laws in the House of Welf (Braunschweig, Lüneburg, Hannover)
- (German) The House of Welf
- 970: Margraviate of Carinthia
- 1180: Duchy of Carinthia
- 1286: To Counts of Gorizia
- 1335: To Habsburg Austria
- 1512 Austrian Circle
- 1804: To Kingdom of Illyria
- References
- Carantha: History of Slovenia-Carantania
- Krain
- 1002: Margraviate of Carniola
- 1054: Emperor Henry II creates a separate Carniola as a fief Duchy of Carinthia
- 1071-1090: To Aquileia
- 1237-1251: Imperial Administration
- 1259-1269: To Aquileia
- 1270-1918: To Habsburgs
- 1364: Duchy of Carniola
- 1512: Austrian Circle
- 1803: Imperial Estate in Bench of Princes
- 1805-1806: French occupation
- Kleve
- 1000's: County
- 1368: United with County of Mark
- 1417: Duchy of Cleve
- 1521: United with Julich, Berg, Cleves and Mark
- 1582: HRE Council of Princes
- 1609: War of Succession
- 1614 to Brandenburg
- ?-1672: Occupied by United Provinces
- To Prussia
- 1795: French occupation
- 1815: To Prussia
Duchy of Croy-Solre
[edit]- References
- Duchy of Courland, 1561-1795
- Dukes of Courland
- Princes Biron, Dukes of Curland (Courland)
- Reference
- History of Gottschee
- Gelderland, Geldern
- 1339: HRE Prince, Duchy of Guelders; 1579: To United Provinces (except Upper Guelders)
- References
- Die Genealogie der Vögte, Grafen und Herzöge von Geldern (Google English translation) [2]
- Title: Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes, Lauenburg & Oldenburg
- 1111: Emperor Lothair invested Adolf of Schaumburg (Schauenburg) as Count of Holstein and Stormarn
- 1261: Division into Holstein-Itzehoe, Holstein-Kiel, Holstein-Pinneberg, Holstein-Plon, Holstein-Rendsburg, Holstein-Segeberg
- 1386: Acquired Duchy of Schleswig
- 1459: Line of Counts of Schaumburg extinct in Holstein when Adolf XI died
- 1460: Dukes of Schleswig & Counts of Holstein
- 1111: HRE County
- 1474: HRE Duchy
- 1474: Merged into Schleswig-Holstein
- 1582: HRE Council of Princes
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Lines
- Holstein-Gluckstadt
- 1448-1863: Kings of Denmark
- 1448-1814: Kings of Norway
- 1667/76-1773: Counts of Oldenburg & Delmenhorst
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- 1814-1864: Dukes of Lauenburg
- Holstein-Gottorp
- References
- Schleswig-Holstein: Fundamentals of history
- Jülich
- References
- Classic Encyclopaedia: Lauenburg
- Duchy of Lauenburg: 1261-1918
- Sachsen-Lauenburg: List of Rulers
- Lotharingia
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- References
- History of Lorraine
- 968: Archbishopric of Magdeburg
- 1635: Magdeburg given to Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels
- 1648: Archbishopric converted into a secular duchy
- 1680: After the death of the last administrator, Duchy of Magdeburg fell to Prussia
- 1773: "The area of the see was over 2000 sq. m. It included 29 towns and over 400 villages and contained about 250,000 inhabitants."
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- 1806: To Kingdom of Westphalia
- 1814: Restored to Prussia
- References
- Classic Encyclopaedia: Magdeburg
Duchy of Mecklenburg
[edit]- ?: Emperor Otto the Great divided the territory of Mecklenburg into two margraviates
- 1060-1093: Mecklenburg ruled by Cruto, Prince of the Island of Rugen
- 1170: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa raised Pribislav to the dignity of Prince of the Emppire
- 1229: Division into Mecklenburg, Werle (ext. 1430), Rostock (ext. 1314) and Parchim (ext. 1316)
- ?: Duke Henry the Lion acquired Stargard as dowry when he married Beatrice of Brandenburg
- ?: Henry the Lion acquired Rostock after its line died out in 1314
- 1348: Emperor Charles iIV made Albert II (d.1379) and John I (d.1392) dukes and princes of the Empire
- 1352: Partition which gave rise to the Stargard line (ext. 1471)
- 1358: Albert II purchased County of Schwerin
- ?: Albert III of Mecklenburg elected King of Sweden in 1363
- 1471: Henry the Fat (1422-1477) reunited all of Mecklenburg after extinction of Stargard line
- 1536: Division between brothers Henry V (1503-1552) who became Duke of Schwerin and Albert VII (1503-1547) who became Duke of Gustrow
- 1552: John Albert succeeded his father in Gustrow in 1547 and later his uncle in Schwerin in 1552
- 1555: John Albert gave Schwerin to his brother Ulrich
- 1610: Mecklenburg reunited
- 1621: Division between Adolf Frederick I in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and John Albert II in Mecklenburg-Gustrow
- 1628: Two dukes of Mecklenburg placed under imperial ban for aligning with Christian IV of Denmark in the Thirty Years" War
- 1629: Mecklenburg transferred to the imperial general Albert von Wallenstein as an imperial fief
- 1631: Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden restored the two dukes to their lands
- 1635: Emperor recognized the two dukes in Mecklenburg after Wallenstein's downfall
- 1648: By Peace of Westphalia, Bishoprics of Schwerin and Ratzeburg assigned to Mecklenburg-Schwerin as principalities; city of Wismar and districts of Poel and Newkloster were ceded to Sweden
- 1692: Succession dispute after Christian Ludwig I died; claimants were his nephew, Frederick William, and Adolf Frederick II of Strelitz, Christian's only surviving brother
- 1701: By Hamburg Compact mediated by the Emperor Leopold, Adolf Frederic II received the Principality of Ratzeburg and other territories; Frederick William got the rest of Mecklenburg; start of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Mecklenburg-Schwerin lines based on where the 2 dukes decided to establish court
- 1803: Sweden pawned city of Wismar and counties of Neukloster to Frederick Francis I for 1.25 million thalers
- 1806: The two Mecklenburg duchies became independent and sovereign
- 1808: The two duchies joined Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine; left Confederation in 1813
- 1815: Two rulers took title of Grand Duke and joined the German Confederation
- 1903: Sweden indicated it would not redeem the above areas
- Lines
- Mecklenburg-Gustrow
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wendes, Schwerin & Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the Lands of Rostock & Stargard)
- References
- Meckleburg
- Buckeburg Castle
- Meckleburg
- Genealogy
- Medieval Lands: Mecklenburg
- Rulers' List and Biography
- Regnal Chronologies: Mecklenburg
- Obodrite Rulers of Mecklenburg
- Princes of Mecklenburg
- Titles: Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelnbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein
- 915: Nassau town founded
- 1125: Nassau castle built
- 1159: County
- 1255: Division between Ottonian and Walramian branches and thereafter underwent numerous further partitions
- 1366: Princely County
- 1515: Counts gain title of Prince of Orange
- 1737: Principality
- 1806: Duchy
- 1866: Annexed by Prussia
- References
- The House of Orange
- Lines:
- Pomerania-Stettin
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Pomerania-Wolgast
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- 995: Pomerania conquered by Boleslaw I of Poland
- 1000's: Pomerania became an independent duchy
- 1046: 1st "Pomeranian" Duke (Zemuzil of Slavia) appeared before Emperor Henry III in Merseburg
- 1121-1138: Poland regained control of eastern Pomerania
- 1156: Division into Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Demmin
- 1164: Duchy of Pomerania became a fief of Saxony
- 1168-1180: Henry the Lion of Saxony conquered Pomerania
- 1181: Dukes of Pomerania recognized by the German Emperor; Pomerania became an Imperial fief
- 1184-1227: Pomerania came under Danish sovereignty
- 1227: Imperial fief again
- 1227: Duchy of Pomeralia (eastern Pomerania) became independent
- 122*1231: Under Margrave of Brandenburg's feudal authority7: Duke Swantopelk II of Pomerelia acquired Counties of Schlawe & Stolp
- 1236: Pomerania-Demmin accepted Brandenburg's feudal authority; Stargard transferred to Brandenburg
- 1250: Margrave of Brandenburg enfeoffs 2 Pomeranian dukes with the whole of Pomerania
- 1250: Barnim I acquired castle and territory of Wolgast
- 1264: Pomerania-Demmin line died out
- 1270: Rugen acquired County of Schlawe
- 1277: Rugen sold Schlawe to Brandenburg
- 1294: Pomeralia annexed to Poland
- 1295: Division into Pomerania-Stettin & Pomerania-Wolgast
- 1307: County of Stolp passed to Brandenburg
- 1308/1309: Pomeralia acquired by Teutonic Knights
- 1317: Duke Wartislaw IV acquired Schlawe-Stolp from Brandenburg
- 1318-1347: County of Stolp acquired by Teutonic Knights
- 1320: HRE Prince
- Duchy of Further Pomerania (Hinterpommern, Eastern part)
- Duchy of Hither Pomerania (Vorpommern, Western part)
- 1325: Principality of Rugen passed to Pomerania
- 1338: Recognized by German Empire
- 1347: Pomerania acquired County of Schlawe after its dynasty died out
- 1420: Pomerania came under Brandenburg sovereignty
- 1440: Pomerania joined the Prussian federation
- 1529: Pomerania gained imperial immediacy
- 1532: Pomerania joined Lower Saxony Circle; divided into Hither and Further Pomerania
- 1466: Teutonic Knights restored Pomerelia to Poland
- 1627-1630: Pomerania occupied by imperial troops of Emperor Ferdinand II
- 1630-1815: Swedish occupation
- 1637: Pomerania granted to Elector of Brandenburg
- 1637: Counties of Lauenburg & Butow passed to Poland
- 1648: Treaty of Westphalia gave Hither Pomerania (western Pomerania, with Stettin, Stralsund & Rugen) & Farther Pomerania (eastern Pomerania with Stargard) to Brandenburg
- 1657: Counties of Lauenburg & Butow fell to Brandenburg
- 1720: Sweden lost half of Hither Pomerania to Prussia
- To 1806: Kings of Sweden remained Princes of the HRE as owners of Swedish Pomerania
- 1806-1813: French occupation
- 1815: To Prussia
- References
- Biography of Pomeranian Rulers
- History of Pomerania
- Milestones in Pomeranian History
- Pomerania
- Pomerania
- 1792: In Council of Princes
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
[edit]- 1792: In Council of Princes
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg
[edit]- 1792: In Council of Princes
References:
Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
[edit]- 1792: In Council of Princes
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha
[edit]==Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
- 1260: Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- 1792: In Council of Princes
- Reference
- Map of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
[edit]- 1260: Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein
[edit]Silesian Duchies
[edit]- Sagan
- To Bohemia, 1504
Lower Silesia
[edit]- Wrocław (Breslau) (To Bohemia, 1335)
- Brzeg (Brieg) (To Bohemia, 1675)
- Głogów (Glogau) (To Bohemia, 1476)
- Jauer
- Legnica (Liegnitz) (To Bohemia, 1675)
- Munsterberg
- Oleśnica (Ols) (To Bohemia, 1476)
- Świdnica (Schweidnitz) (To Bohemia, 1368)
- Steinau
Upper Silesia
[edit]Beuthen
[edit]Falkenberg
[edit]Kosel
[edit]Neisse
[edit]- Neiße
- (Oppeln) (To Bohemia, 1532)
Ratibor
[edit]Strehlitz
[edit]- Teschen
- 1625: To Crown of Bohemia
Troppau
[edit]- 1195: 1st mention of Troppau
- 1224: Granted German city rights
- 1261 Bohemian King Ottokar II raised Troppau to a principality and gave it to his natural son, Nikolaus
- 1377: Divided into principalities of Jagerndorf, Leobschütz & Troppau
- 1460: Purchased by King George Podiebrad of Bohemia
- 1485: George's son Viktorin traded it with King Matthias Corvinus
- 1501: Johann Corvinus sold it to King Wladyslaw of Bohemia & HuUngary
- 1511: Troppau incorporated into the Crown of Bohemia
- 1526: Emperor Ferdinand I, as King of Bohemia, took possession of Troppau
- 1613: Emperor Matthias invested the House of Liechtenstein with Troppau
References
[edit]- 1122-1129: Margrave Leopold I [3]
- acquired largge Eppenstein estates
- separated Styria from Carinthia
- 1147: the March of the River Drau devolved on the Margraves of Styria
- Duchy of Wurttemberg (See Wurttemberg under Kingdom)
- Reference
- Dukes of Zahringen