Lordship of Kerpen

 

This page covers the Lordships of Kerpen (not to be confused with the Kerpen paired with Lommersum to the north) and Kasselburg, which were in close proximity to one another and which followed exactly the same jurisdictional path during the period covered by the database.

 

  • Simplified country name
    • Kerpen-Schleiden (1545-1560; 1615-1640)
    • Kerpen-Schleiden-Kerpen (1560-1615; 1640-1674)
  • Nation:
  • Chronology
    • ~1200: Created as a lordship with imperial immediacy
    • 1545: Acquired by Manderscheid-Schleiden in personal union/beginning of database
    • 1560: Assigned to Manderscheid-Schleiden-Kerpen after partition of Manderscheid-Schleiden
    • 1615: Assigned to Mark-Schleiden after extinction of Kerpen line in 1593 and lengthy dispute
    • 1640: Assigned to Mark-Schleiden-Kerpen after partition of Mark-Schleiden
    • 1674: Awarded to Arenberg by the Imperial Chamber Court, where it becomes a subdivision
  • Successor: Duchy of Arenberg
  • Personal unions
    • Kerpen as secondary