County/Principality of Moers

 

  • Simplified country names
    • Moers-Bedburg (1519-1578)
    • Moers-Alpen (1578-1594)
    • Moers (1594-1794)
  • Nations
  • Chronology
    • ~1150: Created as a county under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne
    • 1288: Awarded to the County of Cleves after the Battle of Worringen
    • 1361: Recognized by Cleves as an independent country
    • 1493: Forcibly ceded to the County of Wied
    • 1501: Wied sovereignty confirmed upon the extinction of the original Moers line
    • 1519: Entered into personal union with Neuenahr-Bedburg upon the abdication of the Wied count/beginning of database
    • 1578: Personal union shifted to Neuenahr-Alpen upon the extinction of the Bedburg line
    • 1594: Transferred to the Netherlandic Republic to keep it out of Spanish hands
    • 1702: Transferred to the Kingdom of Prussia upon the death of the Netherlandic Stadtholder
    • 1707: Promoted to a principality
    • 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
  • Personal unions
    • as secondary
      • County of Neuenahr-Bedburg (1519-1578)
      • County of Neuenahr-Alpen (1578-1594)
      • Netherlandic Republic (1594-1702)

 

Subdivisions of the County/Principality of Moers