Lordship of Gemen

 

This page covers the geographic Lordship of Gemen, which dates to the 11th century and consists of three villages surrounded by Münster territory near the borders with the Duchy of Cleves and the United Netherlands.

 

• Simplified country names
  • Gemen (1492-1640; 1644-1806)
  • Gemen-Styrum (1640-1644)
• Nations
  • Schaumburgian Germany (1492-1640)
  • Limburgian Germany (1640-1801)
  • Minor-Dynastic Germany (1801-1806)
• Chronology
  • 1092: Created as a lordship based in Gemen castle
  • 1492: Enters into personal union with the County of Schaumburg upon the extinction of the Gemen line/beginning of database
  • 1640: Enters into personal union with Limburg-Stryum upon the extinction of the Schaumburg line
  • 1644: Spun off from Limburg-Styrum
  • 1801: Acquired by the Boineburg family upon the extinction of the Styrum-Gemen line
  • 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
• Personal unions
  • as secondary
    • Principality of Schaumburg (1492-1640)
    • County of Limburg-Styrum (1640-1644)