Electorate of Cologne:

Quasi-countries under Neuenahrian administration

 

This page covers territories under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne, but administered by Neuenahrian countries. Information that only applies prior to the period covered by the database is shown in italics.

 

Index of simplified country names referenced on this page

 

• Cologne-Rösberg
• Cologne-Neuenahr-Bedburg
• Cologne-Neuenahr-Alpen

 

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Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Rösberg)

 

• Simplified country name: Cologne-Rösberg
• Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
• Chronology
  • 1358: Prospective quasi-country created when Neuenahr-Rösberg acquires administrative rights over Rösberg proper (an Unterherrschaft of the Electorate of Cologne) (1)
  • 1422: Neuenahr-Rösberg acquires administrative rights over Cologne Erbvogtei and Alpen (Unterherrschaften of the Electorate of Cologne)
  • 1446: Neuenahr-Rösberg acquires administrative rights over Bedbur (an Unterherrschaft of the Electorate of Cologne) from Limburg-Broich
  • 1459: Neuenahr-Rösberg acquires administrative rights over Hackenbroich (an Unterherrschaft of the Electorate of Cologne) from Limburg-Broich
  • 1465: Neuenahr-Rösberg spins off administrative rights over Alpen to Neuenahr-Alpen; spins-off administrative rights over Bedburg to Neuenahr-Bedburg
  • 1484: Prospective quasi-country terminated upon extinction of the Rösberg line
• Successors
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Alpen) (Erbvogtei & Alpen)
  • Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Bedburg) (Bedbur, Hackenbroich & Rösberg)

 

(1) I characterize Cologne-Rösberg as a prospective quasi-country because it held no sovereign territory and its rulers were subject to the Electorate of Cologne. Nevertheless, it is helpful to track its acquisitions to provide context for the true quasi-countries that emerged later.

 

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Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Bedburg)

 

• Simplified country name: Cologne-Neuenahr-Bedburg
• Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
• Prececessor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Rösberg)
• Chronology
  • 1465: Prospective quasi-country created when Neuenahr-Bedburg is spun-off from Neuenahr-Rösberg with administrative rights over Bedbur
  • 1484: Neuenahr-Bedburg acquires administrative rights over Hackenbroich and Rösberg upon the extinction of the Rösberg line
  • 1519: Prospective quasi-country converts to true quasi-country when Neuenahr-Bedburg acquires sovereignty over the County of Moers and its rulers cease to be subjects of the Electorate
  • 1559: Beginning of database for Electorate of Cologne
  • 1578: Quasi-country terminated upon extinction of Bedburg line
• Successor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Neuenahr-Alpen)