County of Tecklenburg

 

• Simplified country names
  • Tecklenburg (1534-1557; 1707-1802)
  • Tecklenburg-Steinfurt (1557-1606)
  • Tecklenburg-Tecklenburg (1606-1696)
  • Tecklenburg-Braunfels (1696-1707)
• Nations
  • Schwerinian Germany (1534-1557)
  • Bentheimian Germany (1557-1696)
  • Solmsian Germany (1696-1707)
  • Kingdom of Prussia (1707-1802)
• Chronology
  • ~1100: Created as a county
  • 1262: Acquired (along with Lingen) by Bentheim upon the extinction of the Tecklenburg line
  • 1328: Acquired through marriage by Schwerin
  • 1365: Acquired Rheda, which became a subdivision
  • 1493: Spun off Lingen
  • 1541: Reunited with Lingen/beginning of database
  • 1547: Surrendered Lingen to the Habsburgs
  • 1557: Entered into a personal union with Bentheim & Steinfurt upon the extinction of the Schwerinian line
  • 1610: Spun off from Bentheim & Steinfurt as part of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
  • 1696: Awarded to Solms-Braunfels by an Imperial court
  • 1707: Sold to the Kingdom of Prussia
  • 1802: Occupied by Napoleonic France/end of database
• Personal unions
  • as primary
    • County of Lingen (1541-1547)
  • as secondary
    • County of Bentheim & Steinfurt (1557-1610)
    • County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1610-1696)
    • County of Solms-Braunfels (1696-1707)