Principality of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

The Principality of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym was formed in 1707 as subordinate to Anhalt-Bernburg. Amt Hoym was the only Anhalt territory that was part of it. Haus Zeitz and Belleben (which formed Amt Zeitz, which had been under Bernburg administration since 1684) were also part of it, but they remained under Saxon and Prussian sovereignty respectively. In 1718, the prince acquired (through his wife) sovereignty over the County of Holzappel and the Lordship of Schaumburg (both on the lower Lahn River), which he incorporated into the renamed Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

 

In 1806, when the Holy Roman Empire was abolished, Holzappel was assigned to the Duchy of Nassau, a Napoleonic client state that became independent in 1815 under the Treaty of Vienna. Amt Zeitz was incorporated into another Napoleonic client state, the Kingdom of Westphalia, then was awarded to Prussia in 1815 (although Bernburg ownership was confirmed in 1823). The Hoym line died out in 1812 and Amt Hoym reverted to Anhalt-Bernburg.

 

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