Electorate of Cologne:

Quasi-Countries under the administration of subjects of Berg, Bavaria, and Cleves

 

This page covers periods during which Herrschaft Rösberg was administered by subjects (not the rulers) of foreign countries, while under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne. Other Herrschaften were administered by those same parties and they are included here as well. Information that only applies prior to the period covered by the database is shown in italics.

 

Electorate of Cologne (adm. Berg subjects)\

(adm. shared btw. Berg subjects & Bassenheim-Gudenau)

 

• Simplified country name
  • Cologne-Berg\Gudenau (Wolkenburg)
  • Cologne-Berg~ (everything else)
• Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
• Predecessors
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Alpen) (Rösberg)
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. shared btw. Myllendonk & Bassenheim-Gudenau) (Wolkenburg)
• Chronology
  • ~1244: Heisterbach Abbey, subjects of the County (later Duchy) of Berg acquires ecclesiastical property in the Herrschaften of Flerzheim and Neukirchen an der Sürsch, which develops over time into full administrative rights over the Herrschaften
  • 1559: beginning of database (1)
  • 1589: The Kettler family, subjects of the Duchy of Berg, acquire administrative rights over Herrschaft Rösberg from Neuenahr-Alpen
  • 1603: The Kettlers surrender administrative rights over Rösberg to subjects of Cleves
  • 1622: Heisterbach Abbey assumes Myllendonk’s share of administrative rights over Wolkenburg until a succession dispute could be resolved
  • 1642: Heisterbach Abbey surrenders its share of administrative rights over Wolkenburg to Bassenheim-Gudenau
  • 1794: Quasi-country terminated upon French occupation/end of database
• Successors
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. Cleves subjects) (Rösberg)
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. Bassenheim-Gudenau) (Wolkenburg)

 

(1) I assume that the creation of the quasi-country (meaning full administrative control over Flerzheim and Neukirchen by Heisterbach Abbey) had occurred by this time.