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Julich, Kleve und Berg

 

15 Mar 1521               Cleves united with Julich and Berg (Julich-Kleve-Berg)

1609 - 1614               War of Julich succession, under imperial administration

12 Nov 1614               Catholic Julich and Berg awarded to Palatinate-Neuburg,

                           Protestant Cleves to Brandenburg-Prussia

26 May 1685               Julich and Berg inherited by the Count of Palatinate

02 Sep 1690               In union with Palatinate

31 Dec 1742               Julich and Berg inherited by the Duke of Bavaria

12 Oct 1794               Julich occupied by France

09 Mar 1801               Julich and Kleve annexed by France

15 Mar 1806               Duchy of Kleve and Berg

12 Jul 1896               Grand Duchy of Berg

01 Jan 1811               Annexed to France

10 Nov 1813 - 15 Jun 1814 Allied administration

15 Jul 1814               Annexed to Prussia

 

Monarchs of Julich, Berg und Cleves 

941-944 Gottfreid I

944-966 Ehrenfreid I

1000-1029 Gerhard I

1051-1094 Gerhard II

1094-1114 Gerhard III

1114-1127 Gerhard IV

1130-1138 Gerhard V

1141-1166 Gerhard VI

1143-1176 Wilhelm I

1176-1207 Wilhelm II

1207-1219 Wilhelm III

1219-1277 Wilhelm IV

1274-1277 Wilhelm V

1277-1297 Walram I

1298-1328 Gerhard VII

1328-1336 Wilhelm VI

1336-1361 Wilhelm I

1361-1393 Wilhelm II

1393-1402 Wilhelm III

1402-1423 Reinhald I

1423-1437 Adolf I

1437-1475 Gerhard VII

1475-1511 Wilhelm IV

06 Sep 1511 - 06 Feb 1539 La Marck, Johann III

06 Feb 1539 - 05 Jan 1592 La Marck, Wilhelm V

05 Jan 1592 - 25 Mar 1609 La Marck, Johann Wilhelm I

Berg

 

 

 

1101   County of Berg

1368 United with Cleves

24 May 1380               Berg raised to a Duchy

14 Aug 1437               Berg inherited by the duke of Julich

07 Feb 1511               Berg inherited by the duke of Cleves

15 Mar 1521               United with Cleves and Julich (Julich-Cleves-Berg)

25 Mar 1609               War of Julich succession

12 Nov 1614               Catholic Julich and Berg awarded to Palatinate-Neuburg

02 Sep 1690               In union with Electoral Palatinate

27 Mar 1803               Berg separated from Palatinate

15 Mar 1806               Ceded to France

12 Jul 1806               Grand Duchy of Berg

 

1068-1090 Adolf II

1101-1132 Adolf III

1132-1160 Adolf IV

1160-1166 Eberhard I

1166-1167 Heinrich I

1160-1189 Engelbert I

1189-1197 Adolf V

1189-1218 Adolf VI

1218-1248 Irmgard I

1226-1248 Heinrich II

1248-1259 Adolf VII

1259-1296 Adolf VIII

1296-1308 Wilhelm I

1308-1348 Adolf IX

1348-1340 Gerhard I

1360-1361 Margarethe I

1361-1408 Wilhelm VII

1408-1423 Adolf X

Duke

27 Mar 1803 - 15 Mar 1806 Wilhelm Herzog in Bayern

                           und Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld

Grand Dukes

24 Mar 1806 - 15 Jul 1808 Joachim Napoleon Murat

15 Jul 1808 - 10 Nov 1813 Bonaparte, Napoleon I

                          (regent from 03 Mar 1809)

03 Mar 1809 - 10 Nov 1813 Bonaparte, Charles Louis Napoleon

Commissioner

07 Aug 1808 - 13 Nov 1813 Jacques Claude, comte de Beugot

 

Chief Ministers

24 Apr 1806 - 07 Aug 1808 Jean Antoine Michel Agar de Mercuez

24 Apr      - 03 Jun 1806 Johann Engelbert von Fuchsius

03 Jun 1806 - 13 Nov 1813 Johann Franz Joseph,

                           Graf von Nesselrode-Reichenstein

07 Aug 1808 - 13 Nov 1813 Jacques Claude, comte de Beugot

 

Kleve (Cleves)

 

       1092               County of Cleves

       1368               Berg united with Cleves

04 Apr 1417               Raised to a Duchy

15 Mar 1521               United with Berg and Julich (Julich-Kleve-Berg)

12 Nov 1614               Protestant Cleves to Brandenburg-Prussia

       1795               Cleves occupied by France

09 Mar 1809               Annexed to France

15 Nov 1805               Cleves on the right bank of the Rheine ceded to France

10 Nov 1813 - 15 Jun 1814 Allied administration

15 Jul 1814               Annexed to Prussia

 

690-700 Antonio I

700-732 Aelius I

732-742 Theodorerich I

770-800 Reinhold I

800-812 Johannes I

Balduin I

Eberhard I

Eberhard II

Luthard I

Baldur I

 

930-935 Arnulf I

935-999 Konrad I

999-1019 Theoderich II

1021-1047 Rutger I

1047-1056 Dietrich I

1056-1085 Eberhard III

1085-1114 Dietrich II

1114      Theoderich III

1117-1147 Arnulf II

1134-1150 Arnulf III

1150-1172 Dietrich III

1172-1193 Dietrich IV

1193-1202 Arnulf IV

1202-1260 Dietrich V

1260-1275 Dietrich VI

1275-1305 Dietrich VII

1305-1310 Otto I

1310-1346 Dietrich VIII

1346-1368 Johann

1368-1394 Adolf I

1394-1448 Adolf II

1448-1481 Johann I

1481-1521 Johann II

Essen

 

850                       Benedictine Abbey of Essen

1661                      Abbesses made Princesses of the Empire

03 Aug 1802 - 27 Apr 1803 Prussian occupation

27 Apr 1803               Annexed by Prussia

03 Nov 1806               Annexed to Berg, in condominium with Prussia from 23 Aug

13 Nov 1813 - 25 May 1815 Allied administration

25 May 1815               Restored to Prussia

 

Princess-Abbesses

1489 - 1521               Meyna Herren von Daun-Oberstein

       1525 - 11 Dec 1534 Margarete Grafen von Beichlingen

       1534 - 10 Mar 1551 Sibylle Grafen von Montfort-Rothenfels

       1551 - 09 Mar 1560 Katherina Grafen von Tecklenburg ................ 1517-1560

   Apr 1560 - 12 Sep 1561 Maria Grafen von Spiegelberg

01 Oct 1561 - 28 Jun 1575 Irmgard Grafen von Diepholz

       1575 - 18 Dec 1578 Elisabeth von Manderscheid-Blankenheim .......... 1544-1586

18 Dec 1578 - 05 Mar 1588 Elisabeth Grafen von Sayn

       1588 - 02 May 1598 Elisabeth Grafen von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

       1598 - 28 Nov 1604 Margarete Elisabeth Grafen von Manderscheid

                           -Blankenheim-Gerolstein

       1605 - 12 Jan 1614 Elisabeth Herren van Bergh-Heerenberg ........... 1581-1614

12 Jan 1614 - 14 Dec 1644 Maria Clara Freiherren von Spaur,

                           Pflaum und Valor ............................... 1590-1644

       1645 - 23 Apr 1646 Anna Eleonore Freiherren von Staufen ............ 1580-1646
05 Jun 1646 - 15 Oct 1688 Anna Salome I
                           von Salm-Reifferscheidt ........................ 1622-1688
04 Nov 1688 - 15 Mar 1691 Anna Salome II von
                           Manderscheid-Blankenheim ....................... 1628-1691
05 Apr 1691 - 14 Aug 1726 Bernhardine Sophie von Ostfrisland
                           und Rietberg ................................... 1654-1726
15 Oct 1726 - 16 Jul 1776 Franziska Christine Pfalzgrafen
                           von Sulzbach ................................... 1696-1776
16 Jul 1776 - 27 Apr 1803 Maria Kunigunde Herzogin von Sachsen ............ 1749-1826

Herford

 

 

Princess-Abbesses

23 Jun 1688 - 01 Dec 1728 Charlotte Sophie Herzogin Kurland 

04 Feb 1729 - 31 Mar 1750 Johanna Charlotte Fürstin von Anhalt-Dessau 

31 Mar 1750 - 13 Oct 1764 Hedwig Sophie Auguste Herzogin

                           von Holstein-Gottorp

13 Oct 1764 - 1802        Friedrike Charlotte Leopoldine Luise,

                           Prinzessin von Brandenburg Schwedt

 
Osnabruck
 
Osnabrück (Lower Saxony), coat of arms - vector image
 
783 Bishopic of Osnabrück
1224 Prince-Bishopic of Osnabrück
1802 Part of Hannover
 
Bishops
       783 - 01 Apr 809 Wiho
810        - 12 Apr 829 Meginhard
       829 -        845 Goswin
       845 - 11 Apr 860 Gosbert
11 Apr 860 - 01 Feb 887 Eckbert
01 Feb 887 - 11 May 906 Egilmar
       906 -        918 Bernhard I
       918 - 14 May 949 Dodo I
14 May 949 - 07 Nov 967 Drogo
07 Nov 967 - 31 Mar 978 Ludolf
01 Apr 978 - 12 Apr 996 Dodo II
       978 -        980 Kuno
                        (counter Bishop)
16 Apr 996 - 27 Nov 1000 Günther
Prince-Bishops
       1349 - 17 Aug 1366 Johann II Hoet
       1366 -        1376 Melchoir von Braunschweig-
                           Grubenhagen
       1376 -        1402 Dietrich von Horne
       1402 - 12 Aug 1410 Heinrich III Schauenburg-Holstein
12 Aug 1410 - 14 Oct 1424 Otto IV von Hoya
   Nov 1424 - 22 Mar 1437 Johann III von Diepholz
22 Mar 1437 -        1442 Erich von Hoya
                          (administrator)
       1442 -        1450 Heinrich II von Moers
                          (administrator)
       1450 -        1454 Albrecht von Hoya
       1454 -        1455 Rudolf von Diepholz
       1455 - 21 May 1482 Konrad III von Diepholz
   Jun 1482 - 09 Feb 1508 Konrad IV von Rietberg
   Feb 1508 - 14 May 1532 Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
01 Jun 1532 - 15 Jul 1553 Franz Graf von Waldeck
   Aug 1553 - 05 Apr 1574 Johann Graf von Hoya
01 May 1574 - 22 Apr 1585 Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg
20 Jul      - 03 Aug 1585 Wilhelm von Schencking
03 Aug 1585 - 11 Mar 1591 Bernhard von Waldeck
11 Mar 1591 - 19 Mar 1623 Philipp Sigismund Herzog von
                           Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
18 Apr 1623 - 19 Sep 1625 Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern
01 Oct 1625 - 01 Dec 1661 Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg
01 Jan 1662 - 23 Jan 1698 Ernst August von Braunschweig-
                           Calenberg
14 Apr 1698 - 04 Dec 1715 Karl Josef Ignaz Herzog
                           von Lothringen
02 Mar 1716 - 14 Aug 1728 Ernst August II Herzog
                           von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
04 Nov 1728 - 06 Feb 1761 Klemens August Herzog von Bayern
06 Feb 1761 - 26 Feb 1764 Georg Herzog von Braunschweig
                           -Lüneburg
26 Feb 1764 - 04 Nov 1802 Frederick Augustus, Duke of York
                           and Albany
Rietberg
 
 
Counts 
10 Jun 1687 - 15 Mar 1690 Franz Adolf Wilhelm
15 Mar 1690 - 01 Jan 1758 Maria Ernestine Franziska
01 Jan 1758 -        1794 Wenzel Anton Graf von Kaunitz
       1794 -        1797 Ernst Christoph
       1797 - 29 Aug 1807 Dominicus Andreas Graf von
                           Questenberg
Schaumberg-Lippe
 
 
19 Jul 1647               County of Schaumberg-Lippe, separated from Lippe
18 Apr 1807               Raised to the rank of Principality
 
Counts
19 Jul 1647 - 20 Apr 1681 Philip I ............................................. 1601-1681
20 Apr 1681 - 13 Jun 1728 Friedrich Christian .................................. 1655-1728
13 Jun 1728 - 24 Sep 1748 Albrecht Wolfgang .................................... 1699-1748
24 Sep 1748 - 10 Sep 1777 Wilhelm Friedrich .................................... 1724-1777
10 Sep 1777 - 13 Feb 1787 Philip II ............................................ 1723-1787
13 Feb 1787 - 18 Apr 1807 Georg Wilhelm ........................................ 1784-1860
13 Feb 1787 - 09 Nov 1799 Juliane Wilhelmine Louise
                           Landgräfin von Hessen-Philippsthal .................. 1761-1799
13 Feb 1787 - 1807        Johann Ludwig Reichsgraf
                           von Wallmoden-Grimorn ............................... 1736-1811
                           (co-regent to 1799)
Wied
 
Wappen Fürstentum Wied
 
1093-1243 County of Wied
1243-1462 Divided
1462-1698 County of Wied
1698      Divided
1806      Mediatised to Prussia
 
Counts
860-... Matfried I
Eberhard
Matfried II
Richwin I
Richwin II
Richwin III
1093-1112 Richwin IV
          (co-ruler)
1093-1129 Matfried III
11..-1152 Burchard
1129-1161 Siegried
1158-1189 Theodoric
1217-1218 Georg
12..-1243 Lothar
1338-1383 Wilhelm I
- Isenberg-Wied -
1383-1409 Wilhelm II
1409-1413 Gerlach I
1413-1462 Wilhelm III
1413-1454 Johann I
- Wied -
1462-1487 Friedrich I
1487-1526 Wilhelm IV
1487-1533 Johann II
1533-1535 Philip I
1535-1581 Johann III
1581-1591 Hermann I
1591-1612 Hermann II
1591-1633 Johann Wilhelm
1633-1638 Philip Ludwig II
1638-1698 Friedrich II
- Wied-Dierdorf -
1631 - 1664 Johann Ernst
1664 - 1709 Ludwig Friedrich
- Wied-Runkel -
1698 - 1699 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
1699 - 1706 Maximilan Heinrich
1706 - 1762 John Ludwig Adolf
1762 - 1791 Christian Ludwig
1791 - 1806 Karl Ludwig