Lordships of Lahr and Mahlberg

 

This page coveres the territory of the Lordships of Lahr and Mahlberg. They were governed as a condominium from 1442 until 1629. The database does not begin until 1605, because I do not track Nassuvian places under the Walramian line earlier that that year, when they were all united under Saarbrücken. In 1629, the condominium ended and Lahr and Mahlberg were assigned to different countries. Lahr remained an identifiable country in personal union with Walramian entities until 1728, at which time it was absorbed into Saarbrücken-Usingen. Mahlberg, in contrast, was absorbed into Baden-Baden as soon as the condominium ended.

 

Lordship of Lahr-Mahlberg

 

  • Simplified country name: Saarbrücken\Baden
  • Nation: Jointly-Ruled Germany
  • Chronology
    • 1277: Created upon partition of Geroldseck lands
    • 1426: Entered into personal union with Moers-Saarwerden
    • 1442: Granted 50% administrative interest to Baden-Baden
    • 1497: Baden-Baden’s administrative interest converted to a sovereign interest
    • 1527: Moers-Saarwerden’s 50% share passed Nassau (Walramian line)
    • 1605: Nassuvian share falls to Saarbrücken\beginning of database
    • 1629: Partitioned
  • Successors
    • Lordship of Lahr
    • Margraviate of Baden-Baden (Mahlberg)

 

Lordship of Lahr

 

  • Simplified country name
    • Lahr-Saarbrücken (1629-1723)
    • Lahr-Ottweiler (1723-1728)
  • Nation: Nassuvian Germany
  • Predecessor: Lordship of Lahr-Mahlberg
  • Chronology
    • 1629: Created
    • 1723: Transferred from Saarbrücken to Ottweiler
    • 1728: Terminated
  • Successor: Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen
  • Personal unions
    • as primary: none
    • as secondary
      • Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1629-1723)
      • Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (1723-1728)

 

 

Chronological list of countries to which the Lordship of Lahr belonged
Chronological list of countries to which the Lordship of Mahlberg belonged

The Lordship of Lahr-Mahlberg was created in 1277 when the Geroldseck holdings were partitioned. The ruling line died out in 1426 and the Lordship entered into a personal union with the County of Moers-Saarwerden. In 1442, the Margraviate of Baden-Baden was granted a 50 percent administrative interest, which was expanded into a sovereign interest in 1497. In 1527, the Moers-Saarwerden interest passed to the Walramian line of Nassuvian Germany. The table below tracks the interests of various Nassuvian and Zähringian entities between 1442 and 1629, when the Lordship was geographically partitioned. At that time, Lahr became fully Nassuvian and Mahlberg became fully Zähringian.

 

Distribution of Interests in the Lahr-Mahlberg Condominium (1442-1629)

 

(Walramian) Nassuvian Germany Zähringian Germany
Moers-Saarwerden Weilburg-Saarbrücken Weilburg-Saarwerden Weilburg-Weilnau Saarbrücken Baden-Baden Baden
1442-1503 50% 50%
1503-1527 50% 50%
1527-1535 50% 50%
1535-1556 50% 50%
1556-1559 50% 50%
1559-1574 50% 50%
1574-1605 50% 50%
1605-1629 50% 50%