Duchy of Luxembourg:

Quasi-Country of Schleiden

 

 

This page covers the geographic country of Schleiden. It was an independent Manderscheidian country between 1445 and 1546, when it was placed under Luxembourg sovereignty, thus exiting the Manderscheidian nation 10 years before the database begins.

 

• Simplified country name
  • Luxembourg-Manderschied-Schleiden (1546-1556-1560)
  • Luxembourg-Manderscheid-Kerpen (1560-1615)
  • Luxembourg-Mark-Schleiden (1615-1640)
  • Luxembourg-Mark-Kerpen (1640-1773)
  • Luxembourg-Arenberg (1773-1794)
• Nation:
  • Manderscheidian Germany (1445-1546) 
  • Habsburgian Netherlands (1546-1556)
  • Spanish Netherlands (1556-1714)
  • Austrian Netherlands (1714-1794)
• Chronology
  • ~1104: Created as an autonomous lordship under Luxembourg sovereignty
  • 1445: Acquired by Manderscheid in personal union
  • 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 Manderscheid-Schleiden
  • 1615: Assigned to Mark-Schleiden after extinction of Kerpen line in 1593 and lengthy dispute
  • 1640: Assigned to Mark-Schleiden-Kerpen after partition of Mark-Schleiden
  • 1773: Assigned to Arenberg after extinction of Markian line
  • 1794: Occupied by France/end of database