Lordship of Homburg

 

  • Simplified country name
    • Homburg-Wittgenstein (1604-1605)
    • Homburg-Berleburg (1605-1635; 1743-1806)
    • Homburg (1635-1743)
  • Nation: Sayn-Wittgensteinian Germany
  • Chronology
    • 1276: Homburg created as a lordship
    • 1294: Sovereignty over Homburg is divided between two Saynian lines (Sayn & Homburg)
    • 1361: The Homburg line acquires Wittgenstein and adopts its name
    • 1385: The Wittgensteins purchase Vogtei Wiehl and attach it to the lordship
    • 1604: The Wittgensteins acquire full sovereignty over Homburg, with which they enter into personal union, but surrender the parishes of Waldbröhl and Morsbach to the Duchy of Berg/beginning of database
    • 1605: Sovereignty over Homburg is assigned to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg upon the partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein
    • 1635: Homburg is spun off from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
    • 1743: Homburg reverts to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg upon the extinction of the Homburg line
    • 1806: Terminated upon the demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
  • Personal unions

 

Subdivisions of the Lordship of Homburg