Schaumburgian Germany

The Schauenburg line emerged around Rinteln on the Weser River in the early 12th century. In 1111, they acquired administrative responsibilities in Holstein and focused their activity there, calling themselves the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. (After 1386, they also controlled most of Schleswig.) They lost all of their Holstein (and Schleswig) territory in 1459 except the County of Pinneberg, and shifted their focus to the Schaumburg region. In 1467, they acquired the Lordship of Gemen—an enclave surrounded by the Bishopric of Münster. They changed the spelling of their name to “Schaumburg” in 1485 and I start the database at that point. The line died out in 1640 and its territory was distributed as follows:

 

• In 1647, the core County of Schaumburg on the Weser was divided among three claimants as follows:
  • A Hessian portion, which retained the name County of Schaumburg, but which I call Schaumburg-Kassel to distinguish it from the original;
  • A Lippian portion, which became the County of Schaumburg-Lippe;
  • A Guelphic portion, which was absorbed into the Principality of Calenburg.
• Holstein-Pinneberg was immediately divided between the Danish Duchy of Holstein-Segeberg and the Oldenburgian (but not Danish) Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp.
• Gemen was claimed by Limburg-Styrum (a claim that dated to 1635).