Lordship of Ahrenthal (and its immediate predecessors)

 

Duchy of Jülich (adm. Trier subjects)

 

• Simplified country name: Jülich-Trier~
• Nation: Wittelsbachian Germany
• Predecessor: Duchy of Jülich (adm. Electorate of Cologne subjects) [the von Effern family between 1630 and 1641, the Hillesheim family thereafter]
• Chronology
  • 14th century: Construction of Ahrenthal castle by subjects of Jülich 
  • 1665: Created when the Hillesheim administrators switch their allegiance from the Electorate of Cologne to the Electorate of Trier
  • 1702: Terminated upon Ahrenthal gaining its independence
• Successor: Lordship of Ahrenthal

 

Lordship of Ahrenthal

 

• Simplified country name: Ahrenthal
• Nation: Minor-Dynastic Germany
• Predecessor: Duchy of Jülich (adm. Trier subjects)
• Chronology
  • 1702: Created upon gaining its independence from Jülich
  • 1737: Enhanced by the purchase of the Lordship of Kalenborn
  • 1785: Acquired from the Hillesheims by the Counts of Spee
  • 1794: Terminated upon French occupation/end of database

 

Lordship of Kalenborn

 

• Simplified country name: Kalenborn
• Nation: Minor-Dynastic Germany
• Chronology
  • ~1100: Territory surrounding Kalenborn is assigned to either the County of Are or the Electorate of Cologne, leaving Kalenborn as an independent lordship
  • 1560: Beginning of database (1)
  • 1737: Terminated upon purchase by the Hillesheims, who combine it with the Lordship of Ahrenthal