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Arenberg

Coordinates: 50°51′48″N 4°41′00″E / 50.8633°N 4.6832°E

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County (Duchy) of Arenberg

Grafschaft (Herzogtum) Arenberg (German)

1549–1810

Flag

Coat of arms

The Duchy of Arenberg in 1807 after the Napoleonic relocation

Status

State of the Holy Roman Empire, then
State of the Confederation of the Rhine

Capital

Aremberg

Common languages

Moselle Franconian

Government

Principality

Historical era

Middle Ages
Early modern period

• County established

c. 1117

• Gained Reichsfreiheit

1549

• Raised to Princely county

1576

• Joined Council of Princes

1580

• Raised to Duchy

1645

• Joined Confederation
of the Rhine

1806

• Mediatized to Hanover
and Prussia

1810

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Prince-Bishopric of Münster

Electorate of Hanover
Kingdom of Prussia
First French Empire
Grand Duchy of Berg

Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a former county, principality and finally duchy that was located in what is now Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian noble family.

History

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First mentioned in the 12th century, it was named after the village of Aremberg in the Ahr Hills, located in today's Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany.

1549–1645

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Aremberg was originally a county. It became a state of the Holy Roman Empire (reichsunmittelbar) in 1549, was raised to a princely county in 1576, then became a duchy in 1645.

1789

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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.

However, although the duchy itself was in Germany, from the 15th century onward, the principal lands of the Dukes of Arenberg have been in what is now Belgium.

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.

1798

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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 in 1803 new lands: the county of Vest Recklinghausen, the county of Meppen, and later the lordship of Dülmen.

1810

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Arenberg joined Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, although that did not prevent it from being mediatised in 1810, with France annexing Dülmen and Meppen, and the duchy of Berg annexing Recklinghausen.

1814

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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. In both Prussia and Hanover, the dukes became local peers subordinate to the king.

1826

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In 1826, the Arenberg territory in Hanover was named the duchy of Arenberg-Meppen, and it 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 immediate family members of the dukes are called by the nominal title of Prince of Arenberg. The ducal family descends agnatically from the House of Ligne.

The Forest of Arenberg is located in northeastern France, and it is famous for its cobbled roads used in the classic road cycle race Paris–Roubaix. Its areas saw extensive mining in the past.

Counts, Princely Counts and Dukes

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Counts of Arenberg (1117–1576)

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Franko (1117–1129)
Henry I (1129–1187)
Eberhard I (1188–1202)
Eberhard II (1202–1229)
Henry II (1220–1250)
Gerard (1252–1260)
John I (1260–1279)
Mathilde (1282–1299)
Eberhard III (Count of Marck) (1282–1308)
Engelbert (1308–1328)
Eberhard IV (1328–1387)
Eberhard V (1387–1454)

Partition into Arenberg and Rochefort

John II (1454–1480)
Eberhard VI (1480–1496)
Eberhard VII (1496–1531)
Robert I (1531–1541)
Robert II (?–1536)
Robert III (1541–1544)
Margaret (1544–1576)
John III (1547–1568)
Charles (1568–1576)

Princely Counts of Arenberg (1576–1645)

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Margaret (1576–1596) with Jean de Ligne
Charles (1576–1616)
Philip Charles (1616–1640)
Philip Francis (1640–1645)

Dukes of Arenberg (1645–1810)

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Philippe François, 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 Marie Raymond, 5th Duke of Arenberg (1754–1778)
Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg (1778–1803)
Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg (1803–1810)

Mediatised 1810

References

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Sources

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External links

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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aremberg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 452. This has a detailed account of the inheritance of the noble titles from the 13th century onward.
Map of Luxembourg and the Duchy of Arenberg in 1789

v t e Electoral Rhenish Circle (1512–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
Electorates	Cologne Mainz Palatinate Trier
Other territories	Koblenz Gelnhausen Nassau-Beilstein Nieder-Isenburg Rheineck Thurn and Taxis
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories

States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)

Rank elevated
by Napoleon

Kingdoms	Bavaria Saxony Württemberg
Grand Duchies	Baden Hesse
Duchies	Nassau

States created

Kingdoms	Westphalia
Grand Duchies	Berg Frankfurt¹ Würzburg
Principalities	Aschaffenburg² Leyen Regensburg²

Pre-existing
states

Saxon duchies	Coburg-Saalfeld Gotha-Altenburg Hildburghausen Meiningen Weimar³ Eisenach³ Weimar-Eisenach⁴
Other duchies	Anhalt Bernburg Dessau Köthen Arenberg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg
Principalities	Hohenzollern Hechingen Sigmaringen Isenburg Liechtenstein Lippe-Detmold Reuss Ebersdorf Greiz Lobenstein Schleiz Salm⁵ Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Waldeck

¹ from 1810
² until 1810
³ until 1809
⁴ from 1809
⁵ until 1811

50°51′48″N 4°41′00″E / 50.8633°N 4.6832°E / 50.8633; 4.6832

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Counts, Princely Counts and Dukes

Counts of Arenberg (1117–1576)

Princely Counts of Arenberg (1576–1645)

Dukes of Arenberg (1645–1810)

See also

References

Sources

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