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Arenberg (also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg) is a historic county, principality and finally duchy located in modern Germany. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A principality (or princedom) is a monarchical feudatory or Sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of Prince A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian aristocratic family. The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families who took their name from Arenberg, a small principality of the Holy Roman In the Kingdom of Belgium there are at the moment approximately 1300 noble families
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History
First mentioned in the 12th century, it was named after the village Aremberg in the modern district of Ahrweiler, in the Rhineland-Palatinate. Aremberg is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ahrweiler is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany.
Aremberg was originally a county. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. It became a state of the Holy Roman Empire (reichsunmittelbar) in 1549, was raised to a principality in 1576, and finally a duchy in 1645. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Imperial immediacy (Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit) was a privileged feudal and political status a form of statehood which a City, religious A principality (or princedom) is a monarchical feudatory or Sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of Prince A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess.
The territorial possessions of the dukes of Arenberg varied through the ages. Around 1789 the duchy was located in the Eifel region on the west side of the Rhine, and contained amongst others Aremberg, Schleiden and Kerpen. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Aremberg is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills in the district of Euskirchen, and has 13957 inhabitants Kerpen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia.
However, although the Duchy itself was in Germany, from the 15th century on, the principal lands of the Dukes of Arenberg have been in modern day Belgium. The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families who took their name from Arenberg, a small principality of the Holy Roman The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
The pre-Napoleonic duchy had an area of 413 km² and a population of 14,800. It belonged to the Electoral Rhenish Circle, and was bordered by the duchy of Jülich, the Archbishopric of Cologne, the Archbishopric of Trier, and the county of Blankenheim. The Electoral Rhenish Circle (Kurrheinischer Reichskreis was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512. The Electorate of Cologne (Kurfürstentum Köln or Kurköln) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire and existed from the 10th to the early 19th The Archbishopric of Trier (Erzbistum Trier was a Roman Catholic Diocese in Germany, that existed from Carolingian times until the end of the Blankenheim is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
After the French occupation of the west bank of the Rhine around 1798 (see Treaty of Campo Formio and Treaty of Lunéville) the duke of Arenberg received new lands: the county of Vest Recklinghausen, the county of Meppen, and the lordship of Dülmen. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on October 17, 1797 (26 Vendémiaire Year VI of the French Republic by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Ludwig The Treaty of Lunéville was signed on February 9 1801 between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Empire by Joseph Bonaparte and The County of Vest Recklinghausen Meppen is a town in and the seat of the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, Germany, at the confluence of the Ems, Hase, and Nordradde Dülmen is a municipality in the district Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Arenberg joined Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, although that did not prevent it being mediatised in 1810, with France annexing Dülmen and Meppen, and the duchy of Berg annexing Recklinghausen. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation (Rheinbund États confédérés du Rhin officially and Confédération du Rhin in practice) lasted The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany in 1795 &ndash 1814, during Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dülmen is a municipality in the district Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Meppen is a town in and the seat of the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, Germany, at the confluence of the Ems, Hase, and Nordradde Berg was a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Recklinghausen (ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊzən is a City in the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
After Napoleon's defeat in 1814 and the dissolution of the Confederation of the Rhine the former Arenberg territories were divided between the kingdom of Prussia and the kingdom of Hanover. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising The Kingdom of Hanover (Königreich Hannover was established in October of 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian Both in Prussia and Hanover, the dukes became local peers subordinate to the king.
In 1826, the Arenberg territory in Hanover was named duchy of Arenberg-Meppen. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Arenberg-Meppen had an area of 2,195 km² and a population of 56,700. The county of Recklinghausen, in Prussia, had an area of 780 km² and a population of 64,700.
The dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian aristocratic family. The direct family of the reigning duke are called by the nominal title of prince of Arenberg. The ducal family descends agnatically from the House of Ligne. The House of Ligne is one of oldest and the most prestigious Belgian noble families
The forest of Arenberg is located in northeastern France, and is famous for its cobbled roads used in the classic road cycle race Paris-Roubaix [1]. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Paris-Roubaix is a single-day professional bicycle road race held in northern France starting in Compiègne and finishing in Roubaix, near the Its areas saw extensive mining in the past. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body
Counts, Princely Counts and Dukes
Counts of Arenberg (1117–1576)
- Franko (1117–1129)
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- Henry I (1136–1187)
- Eberhard I (1188–1202)
- Eberhard II (1202–1229) with. . .
- Henry II (1220–1250)
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- Gerard (1252–1260)
- John I (1260–1279)
- Mathilde (1282–1299) with. . .
- Eberhard (Count of Marck) (1282–1308)
- Eberhard I (III) (1308–1387)
- Eberhard II (1387–1454)
Partition into Arenberg and Rochefort
- John II (1454–1480)
- Eberhard III (1480–1496)
- Eberhard IV (1496–1531)
- Robert I (1531–1541) with. The County of Mark (Grafschaft Mark colloquially known as Die Mark) was a County of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle . .
- Robert II (?–1536)
- Robert III (1541–1544)
- Margaret (1544–1576) with. . .
- John III (1547–1568) and. . .
- Charles (1568–1576)
Princely Counts of Arenberg (1576–1645)
- Margaret (1576–1596) with. . .
- Charles (1576–1616)
- Philip Charles (1616–1640)
- Philip Francis (1640–1645)
Dukes of Arenberg (1645–1810)
- Philip Francis, 1st Duke of Arenberg(1645–1675)
- Charles Eugene, 2nd Duke of Arenberg(1675–1681)
- Philip Charles Francis, 3rd Duke of Arenberg (1681–1691)
- Leopold, 4th Duke of Arenberg (1691–1754)
- Charles, 5th Duke of Arenberg (1754–1778)
- Louis Pierre, 6th Duke of Arenberg (1778–1803)[2]
- Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg (1803–1810)
Mediatised 1810
Non-reigning dukes of Arenberg (1810–present)
- Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg (1810–1861)
- Engelbert Auguste, 8th Duke of Arenberg (1861–1875)
- Engelbert-Marie, 9th Duke of Arenberg (1875–1949)
- Engelbert-Charles, 10th Duke of Arenberg (1949–1974)
- Erik Engelbert, 11th Duke of Arenberg (1974–1992)
- Jean Engelbert, 12th Duke of Arenberg (1992–present)
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