Lordship of Merl
- Simplified country names
- Merl-Gudenau (1659-1735)
- Merl-Vorst-Gudenau (1735-1794)
- Nations
- Bassenheimian Germany (1659-1735)
- Minor-Dynastic Germany (1735-1794)
- Predecessor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Bassenheim-Gudenau)
- Chronology
- 1659: Created as an independent lordship in personal union with Bassenheim-Gudenau (1)
- 1735: Personal union switches to Vorst-Lombeck-Gudenau through marriage
- 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
- Personal unions
- as secondary
- Lordship of Bassenheim-Gudenau (1659-1735)
- Lordship of Vorst-Lombeck-Gudenau (1735-1777)
- as secondary
(1) No date for the removal of Merl from the close overlordship of the Electorate of Cologne can be documented. I use 1659, when Gudenau facilitated the creation of Lordship of Villip independent of Jülich. Doing the same for Merl with respect to Cologne would have been a similar process.