County of Holzappel
- Simplified country name:
- Holzappel (1643-1656; 1700-1707)
- Holzappel-Dillenburg (1656-1676)
- Holzappel-Schaumburg (1676-1700)
- Nation
- Minor-Dynastic Germany (1643-1656)
- Nassuvian Germany (1656-1700)
- Ascanian Germany (1700-1707)
- Predecessor: County of Nassau-Dillenburg-Hadamar
- Chronology
- 1643: Created upon the awarding of a countship to Peter Melander for his service in the Thirty-Years War and his purchase of territory
- 1656: Entered into a personal union with Schaumburg upon its purchase by Melander’s widow; entered into a personal union with Dillenburg-Dillenburg upon the death of the widow and their daughter, who was married to the prince, inherited the county
- 1676: Personal union limited to Schaumburg upon the death of the prince
- 1692: Granddaughter of Melander promised future rule upon marriage to an Ascanian prince
- 1700: Holzappel (but not Schaumburg) inherited by Melander’s Ascanian great-grandson upon death of his mother
- 1707: Terminated upon the formal merger of Holzappel and Schaumburg
- Successor: County of Holzappel-Schaumburg (1)
- Personal unions
- Holzappel as secondary
- Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dillenburg (1656-1676)
- Principality of Nassau-Schaumburg (1676-1700)
- Holzappel as secondary
(1) Technically, Schaumburg was listed first because it was a principality, which outranked a county. However, I reverse to order to avoid confusion with countries in Schaumburgian Germany, with which the Principality was not associated.
Subdivisions of the County of Holzappel
- Gericht Esterau1643 - 1707
- Vogtei Isselbach1643 - 1707
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