Lordship of Saffenburg

 

• Simplified country name
  • Saffenburg-Schleiden (1545-1560; 1615-1640)
  • Saffenburg-Kerpen (1560-1615; 1640-1655)
  • Saffenburg-Kerpen-Virneburg (1655-1773)
• Nation
  • Manderscheidian Germany (1545-1615)
  • Markian Germany (1615-1773)
• Chronology
  • ~1074: Created as a lordship
  • 1358: Acquired an administrative interest in the County of Neuenahr-Neuenahr from the Electorate of Cologne.
  • 1424: Acquired by County of Virneburg
  • 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
  • 1655: Mortgaged to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, which assumed administrative responsibilities
  • 1773: Assigned to Arenberg upon the extinction of the Markian line, where it became a subdivision
• Successor: Duchy of Arenberg
• Personal unions
  • Saffenburg as secondary
    • County of Manderscheid-Schleiden (1545-1560)
    • County of Manderscheid-Schleiden-Kerpen (1560-1615)
    • County of Mark-Schleiden (1615-1640)
    • County of Mark-Schleiden-Kerpen (1640-1773)
• Outsourcings
  • by Mark-Schleiden-Kerpen to
    • County of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (1655-1773)