Electorate of Cologne:
Quasi-countries under Manderscheidian or Markian administration
This page covers territories under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne, but administered by either Manderscheidian or Markian countries. Information that only applies prior to the period covered by the database is shown in italics.
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Manderscheid-Blankenheim)
- Simplified country name: Cologne-Blankenheim
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Chronology
- 1592: Quasi-country created when Manderscheid-Blankenheim is granted administrative rights over Erp
- 1780: Quasi-country terminated upon the extinction of the Blankenheim line
- Successor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg)
Subdivisions of Cologne-Blankenheim
- Herrschaft Erp1592 - 1780
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Manderscheid-Schleiden/Virneburg)
- Simplified country names
- Cologne-Manderscheid-Schleiden (1545-1560)
- Cologne-Virneburg (1560-1615)
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Virneburg)
- Chronology
- 1545: Quasi-country with administrative rights over Herrschaft Gelsdorf functionally created upon the extinction of the Virneburg line, although a long dispute ensued
- 1560: Administrative rights over Gelsdorf shift to Manderscheid-Schleiden-Virneburg upon the partition of Manderscheid-Schleiden/beginning of database
- 1572: Dispute over former Virneburg territories formally resolved
- 1615: Quasi-country terminated upon resolution of territorial disputes after the 1590 extinction of the Manderscheid-Virneburg line
- Successor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Mark-Schleiden)
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Mark-Schleiden/Kerpen)
- Simplified country names
- Cologne-Mark-Schleiden (1615-1640)
- Cologne-Mark-Kerpen (1640-1688)
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Manderscheid-Virneburg)
- Chronology
- 1615: Quasi-country created when administrative rights over Gelsdorf are assigned to Mark-Schleiden after an extended dispute
- 1640: Administrative rights over Gelsdorf shift to Mark-Schleiden-Kerpen upon the partition of Mark-Schleiden
- 1688: Quasi-country terminated when sovereignty over Gelsdorf switches to the Duchy of Jülich
- Successor: Duchy of Jülich (adm. Mark-Kerpen)
Subdivisions of Cologne-Manderscheid-Schleiden/Virneburg and Cologne-Mark-Schleiden/Kerpen
- Herrschaft Gelsdorf1560 - 1688