Lordship/County of Manderscheid(-Niederberg)

 

The village of Manderscheid was partitioned between the rulers of two castles: the Niederburg (which belonged to Luxembourg, but with an initially autonomous Manderscheidian lord) and the Oberburg (which belonged to the Electorate of Trier with a subordinate Amtmann). This page covers only the former. Although it was the ancestral core of  Manderscheidian Germany for four centuries, Niederburg ceased to be part of it in 1546—10 years before the database begins.

 

  • Simplified country name
    • Luxembourg-Manderschied-Schleiden (1546-1556-1560)
    • Luxembourg-Manderscheid-Kerpen (1560-1613)
    • Luxembourg-Kail (1613-1642)
    • Luxembourg-Blankenheim (1642-1780)
    • Luxembourg-Sternberg (1780-1794)
  • Nation:
  • Chronology
    • ~1133: Created as an autonomous lordship under Luxembourg sovereignty
    • 1457: Promoted to a county
    • 1488: Assigned to Manderscheid-Schlieden during a three-way partition
    • 1546: Demoted to an outsourced subdivision of Luxembourg
    • 1556: Assigned, with the rest of Luxembourg to Spain upon the partition of Habsburgian lands/beginning of database
    • 1560: Transferred to Manderscheid-Schleiden-Kerpen during a partition of Schleiden
    • 1613: Transferred to Manderscheid-Kail upon the extinction of the Kerpen line in 1593 and a lengthy dispute
    • 1642: Transferred to Manderscheid-Blankenheim upon the extinction of the Kail line
    • 1780: Transferred to Sternberg-Manderscheid upon the extinction of the final Manderscheidian line
    • 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
  • Outsourcings