Electorate of Cologne:

Quasi-countries under the sole or partial administration of Jülich subjects

 

This page covers territories under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne, but administered by subjects of the Duchy of Jülich (as distinct from being administered by the Duchy itself). It also covers Herrlichkeit Hüls, which was an administrative condominium in which subjects of both JüIich and other countries participated. Information that only applies prior to the period covered by the database is shown in italics.

 

Electorate of Cologne (adm. Jülich subjects)

 

  • Simplified country name: Cologne-Jülich~
  • Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
  • Predecessors (after 1559)
  • Chronology
    • pre-1559: Subjects of the Duchy of Jülich acquire administrative rights over Buchholz, Keldinich, Kendinich, Kirchsahr, Müggenhausen, Wehr, Weilerswist, and Vettelhoven, thereby creating the quasi-country
    • 1559: beginning of database
    • ~1600: the von Schellart family, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, surrenders administrative rights over Müggenhausen to subjects of the Electorate
    • 1661: Gladbach Abbey, subject to the Duchy of Jülich, acquires administrative rights over Stadt Rhens from the Bonkhorst family, subjects of the Duchy of Limburg
    • 1694: Gladbach Abbey surrenders administrative rights over Rhens to Rommersdorf Abbey, subject to the Electorate of Trier
    • 1713: The Mirbach-Drove family, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, acquires administrative rights over Burgsahr from subjects of the Electorate
    • 1732: The Lützelbach family, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, acquires administrative rights over Wensberg from Burgbrohl
    • 1760: The Barons of von Siegenhoven-Anstel, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, surrender administrative rights over Keldenich to the Elector of Cologne
    • 1766: The von Reuschenberg family, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, surrender administrative rights over Kendinich to subjects of the Electorate
    • 1782: The von Elsken family, subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, acquires administrative rights over Müggenhausen from subjects of the Electorate
    • ~1790: The von Elsken family surrenders administrative rights over Müggenhausen to subjects of the Electorate
    • 1794: Quasi-country terminated upon French occupation/end of database
  • Successors

 

Subdivisions of Cologne-Jülich~
  • Herrschaft Müggenhausen1559 - ~1600
  • ___and again1792 - ~1790
  • Herrlichkeit Keldinich1559 - 1760
  • Herrlichkeit Kendinich1559 - 1766
  • Herrschaft Buchholz1559 - 1794
  • Herrschaft Kirchsahr1559 - 1794
  • Herrschaft Vettelhoven1559 - 1794
  • Herrschaft Wehr1559 - 1794
  • Herrlichkeit Weilerswist1559 - 1794
  • Stadt Rhens1661 - 1694
  • Herrschaft Burgsahr1713 - 1794
  • Herrschaft Wensberg1732 - 1794

 

Electorate of Cologne (adm. Jülich subjects and others)

 

  • Simplified country name: Cologne-Jülich~ et al.
  • Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
  • Chronology
    • 1165: Herrlichkeit Hüls established
    • 1288: Hüls confirms its subordination to the Electorate of Cologne, creating a quasi-country
    • 1412: Sovereignty over the northern (“Moersische Straße”) section transferred to the County of Moers
    • 1570: Administrative rights over Hüls divided into 19 shares upon the extinction of the Hüls line and resolution of a five-year dispute; beginning of database
    • 1570-1794: The 19 shares are shifted around among various parties, some of whom are subjects of the Electorate, some of which are subjects of the Duchy of Jülich, and some of which are subjects of other countries
    • 1794: Quasi-country terminated upon French occupation; end of database

 

Subdivisions of Cologne-Jülich~ et al.