County of Lingen

 

  • Simplified country names
    • Lingen-Tecklenburg
    • Lingen
  • Nations
  • Chronology
    • ~1180: created as a county
    • 1328: Acquired by Schwerin, where it became part of Tecklenburg
    • 1493: Spun off from Tecklenburg
    • 1541: Reunited with Tecklenburg/beginning of database
    • 1547: Acquired by the Habsburgs after an Imperial ban on the Count of Tecklenburg
    • 1597: Conquered by the Netherlands
    • 1605: Reconquered by the Habsburgs
    • 1632: Restored to the Netherlands
    • 1702: Acquired by Prussia upon the extinction of the ruling Netherlandic line.
    • 1802: Acquired additional territory upon the secularization of the Bishopric of Münster/end of database
  • Personal unions
    • as secondary
      • County of Tecklenburg (1541-1547)
      • Duchy of Burgundy (1547-1556)
      • Kingdom of Spain (1556-1597; 1605-1632)
      • Netherlandic Republic (1597-1605; 1632-1702)