County of (Limburg-)Hohenlimburg

 

This page covers the County of (Limburg-)Hohenlimburg, located on the Lenne River in the modern city of Hagen. Its formal name was, and always remained, the County of Limburg, but I use the name Hohenlimburg (the name of the castle from which it was ruled) to distinguish it from the Duchy of Limburg and other countries that used the Limburg name. Hohenlimburg became a condominium in 1459 and left Limburgian Germany entirely upon that line’s extinction in 1511. In 1542, it reverted to a unitary state and passed through a number of Neuenahrian and Bentheimian hands. It was never subdivided.

 

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• • Rösberg\Hohenlimburg
  • Alpen\Falkenstein
  • Hohenlimburg(-…)

 

 

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Condo btw. Cos of Neuenahr-Rösberg/Alpen & Limburg-Hohenlimburg

 

• Simplified country names
  • Rösberg\Hohenlimburg
  • Alpen\Hohenlimburg
• Nation: Jointly-Ruled Germany
• Predecessor: County of Limburg-Hohenlimburg
• Chronology
  • 1459: Created when Limburgians reassert partial sovereignty over Hohenlimburg after the death of the Neuenahrian count, creating a condominium between Limburg-Hohenlimburg and Neuenahr-Rösberg
  • 1484: Alpen replaces Rösberg as the Neuenahrian participant upon extinction of Rösberg line
  • 1511: Terminated upon the extinction of the Limburgian line
• Successor: Condo btw. Cos. of Neuenahr-Alpen & Daun-Oberstein 

 

Condo btw. Cos. of Neuenahr-Alpen & Daun-Oberstein/Falkenstein

 

• Simplified country names
  • Alpen\Oberstein (1511-1518)
  • Alpen\Falkenstein (1518-1542)
• Nation: Jointly-Ruled Germany
• Predecessor: Condo. btw. Cos. of Neuenahr-Alpen & Limburg-Hohenlimburg
• Chronology
  • 1511: Created when Daun-Oberstein inherits the Limburgian share of the Hohenlimburg condominium upon the extinction of the Limburgian line/beginning of database
  • 1518: Falkenstein replaces Oberstein as the Daunian participant
  • 1542: Terminated when a Daunian heiress married the Neuenahrian count.
• Successor: County of Hohenlimburg

 

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County of (Limburg-)Hohenlimburg (in pers. union w/…)

 

• Simplified country name
  • Hohenlimburg (1304-1442)
  • Hohenlimburg-Rõsberg (1442-1459) 
  • Hohenlimburg-Neuenahr-Alpen (1542-1589)
  • Hohenlimburg-Steinfurt (1589-1610)
  • Hohenlimburg-Bentheim-Limburg (1610-1626)
  • Hohenlimburg-Bentheim-Alpen (1626-1629)
  • Hohenlimburg-Tecklenburg (1629-1696)
  • Hohenlimburg (1696-1806) (1)
• Nation
  • Limburgian Germany (1304-1442) 
  • Neuenahrian Germany (1442-1459; 1542-1589)
  • Bentheimian Germany (1589-1806)
• Predecessors
  • County of Limburg (1242-1304)
  • Condo. btw. Cos. of Neuenahr-Alpen and Daun-Falkenstein
• Chronology
  • 1304: Created when the County of Limburg is partitioned between Hohenlimburg and Styrum
  • 1442: Neuenahr-Rösberg acquires sovereignty over Limburg-Hohenlimburg via marriage
  • 1459: Suspended when sovereignty is split between Neuenahr-Rösberg and Limburg-Hohenlimburg
  • 1542: Restored when a Neuenahrian acquires the both shares of the condominium
  • 1589: Enters into personal union with Bentheim-Steinfurt upon extinction of the Neuenahr-Alpen line
  • 1610: Spun off from Bentheim-Steinfurt as Bentheim-Steinfurt-Limburg
  • 1626: Inherited by Bentheim-Alpen upon extinction of the Bentheim-Limburg line
  • 1629: Enters into personal union with Tecklenburg upon extinction of the Bentheim-Alpen line
  • 1696: Becomes self-governing upon transfer of Tecklenburg proper to Solms-Braunfels
  • 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
• Personal unions
  • as secondary
    • County of Neuenahr-Rösberg-Alpen (1542-1589)
    • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1589-1610)
    • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Limburg (1610-1626)
    • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Alpen (1626-1629)
    • County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1629-1696)

 

(1) The country retained the Tecklenburg name even after the loss of Tecklenburg proper, but I drop it to avoid confusion. Instead, I treat Hohenlimburg as the anchor of a new personal union between the remaining countries ruled by the Tecklenburg line.

 

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