Lordship/County of Manderscheid(-Niederberg)

 

The village of Manderscheid was partitioned between the rulers of two castles: the Niederburg (which belonged to Luxembourg, but with an initially autonomous Manderscheidian lord) and the Oberburg (which belonged to the Electorate of Trier with a subordinate Amtmann). This page covers only the former. Although it was the ancestral core of  Manderscheidian Germany for four centuries, Niederburg ceased to be part of it in 1546—10 years before the database begins.

 

  • Simplified country name
    • Luxembourg-Manderschied-Schleiden (1546-1556-1560)
    • Luxembourg-Manderscheid-Kerpen (1560-1613)
    • Luxembourg-Kail (1613-1642)
    • Luxembourg-Blankenheim (1642-1780)
    • Luxembourg-Sternberg (1780-1794)
  • Nation:
  • Chronology
    • ~1133: Created as an autonomous lordship under Luxembourg sovereignty
    • 1457: Promoted to a county
    • 1488: Assigned to Manderscheid-Schlieden after a three-way partition
    • 1546: Demoted to an outsourced subdivision of Luxembourg
    • 1556: Luxembourg becomes Spanish/beginning of database
    • 1560: Assigned to Manderscheid-Schleiden-Kerpen after partition of Schleiden
    • 1613: Assigned to Manderscheid-Kail after extinction of Kerpen line in 1593 and lengthy dispute
    • 1642: Assigned to Manderscheid-Blankenheim after extinction of Kail line
    • 1780: Assigned to Sternberg-Manderscheid after extinction of final Manderscheidian line
    • 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
  • Outsourcings