Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym

 

This page covers the territory within Anhalt that was spun off from Anhalt-Bernburg and governed from Hoym. Note that in the historical record between 1707 and 1806, the territory in question was part of a larger complex. Between 1707 and 1727, that complex called itself the Principality of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. Between 1727 and 1806, it called itself the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Neither name ever appears in the database. Instead, I represent them as some combination of one sovereign country, one nonsovereign country, and two quasi-countries (none of whose names appear in the historical record) as follows:

 

• Holzappel-Schaumburg-Hoym (sovereign country in Ascanian Germany, joining in 1727)
• Anhalt-Hoym (nonsovereign spinoff of Bernburg in Ascanian Germany, joining in 1707)
• Saxony-Hoym (quasi-country in Wettinian Germany, joining in 1707)
• Magdeburg-Hoym (quasi-country in the Kingdom of Prussia, joining in 1707)

 

Summary of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym

 

• Simplified country name: Anhalt-Hoym
• Nation: Ascanian Germany
• Predecessor: Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
• Chronology
  • 1707: Created upon spinoff from Anhalt-Bernburg; granted Bernburg’s administrative rights over Amt Zeitz
  • 1727: Enters into personal union with Holzappel-Schaumburg upon the death of the prince’s grandmother-in-law
  • 1806: Upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, loses Holzappel-Schaumburg to the Napoleonic Duchy of Nassau; end of database for Amt Zeitz
  • 1812: Terminated upon the extinction of the Hoym line
• Successor: Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
• Outsourcings
  • to Anhalt-Hoym by
    • Electorate of Saxony (1707-1806)
    • Kingdom of Prussia (1707-1806)
• Personal unions
  • as primary
    • County of Holzappel-Schaumburg (1727-1806)