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County/Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid and its successors
County/Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid
- Nation: Reifferscheidian Germany
- Predecessor: Lordship of Reifferscheid-Bedburg
- Chronology
- 1460: Created as a county when the Lord of Reifferscheid inherited the territories of the County of Lower Salm after its ruling line’s 1416 extinction and a long dispute/beginning of database
- 1475: Acquires administrative rights over Alfter and Wevelinghoven (Unterherrschaften of the Electorate of Cologne)
- 1546: Surrenders administrative rights to Wevelinghoven to Neuenahr-Alpen
- 1589: Acquires full administrative rights to Bedbur and Hackenbroich (Unterherrschaften of the Electorate of Cologne) and shared administrative rights (between the Electorate of Cologne and Duchy of Jülich) over Fliesteden
- 1628: Promoted to an altgraviate
- 1639: Terminated upon partition
- Successors
- Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur
- Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck
- Personal unions
- Insourcings
Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg
- Nation: Reifferscheidian Germany
- Predecessor: Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid
- Chronology
- 1639: Created upon the partition of Salm-Reifferscheid, including the core lordship, full administrative rights over Bedbur, and share administrative rights over Fleisteden
- 1780: Acquired administrative rights to Herrschaft Erp (an Unterherrschaft of the Electorate of Cologne) from Manderscheid-Blankenheim
- 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
- Personal unions
- Insourcings
Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck
- Nation: Reifferscheidian Germany
- Predecessor: Altgraviate of Salm-Reifferscheid
- Chronology
- 1639: Created upon the partition of Salm-Reifferscheid, including the Lordship of Dyck and administrative rights over Alfter and Hackenbroich
- 1794: Occupied by France/end of database
- Personal unions
- Insourcings