County of Regenstein
County of Regenstein Grafschaft Regenstein | |||||||||
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| 1162–1599 | |||||||||
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| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Derenburg | ||||||||
| Historical era | Bishopric of Halberstadt | 1599 1599 | |||||||
• Acquired by Brandenburg-Prussia | 1648 | ||||||||
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The County of Regenstein was a mediaeval
statelet of the Holy Roman Empire. It was ruled by the Saxon comital House of Regenstein, named after their residence at Regenstein Castle near Blankenburg north of the Harz
mountain range.
History
The progenitor of the family, Count
Lothair of Supplinburg and his Welf successors. His son Conrad was the first descendant to call himself Comes de Regenstein in 1162, while his brother Siegfried continued to rule as Count of Blankenburg
.
After the deposition of the Saxon duke
Johann Philipp Kirnberger and the novel of the same name by Julius Wolff.[2]
In the 15th century the comital family finally relocated its seat to
Protestant in 1539. The last scion of the comital family, Count John Ernest, died in 1599. With Blankenburg, the County of Regenstein fell back to the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt. Shortly thereafter Blankenburg and Regenstein were separated: Regenstein remained with the secularised Principality of Halberstadt, while the remaining County of Blankenburg was annexed and held by the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
.
Counts of Regenstein
- Siegfried (-1073), brother of Konrad, Count of Blankenburg-Regenstein
- Henry (-1235), son
- Siegfried II (-1251), son
- Ulric, Count of Regenstein-Heimburg (-1267), brother
- Ulric III (1287–1322)
- Albert II (1310–1349), son
- Albert III (1341–1365), son
- John Ernest, Count of Blankenburg and Regenstein (-1599)
Notes
The following articles do not yet exist on the English Wikipedia, but do exist on the German Wikipedia:
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1 until 1648. 2 until 1701. 3 from 1648. 4 until 1731. 5 until 1705. 6 until 1596. 7 from 1708. 8 until 1773. 9 until 1640. 10 until 1695. 11 from 1701. 12 until 1734.
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories | ||
51°48′54″N 10°57′36″E / 51.815°N 10.960°E
References
- ^ Reginbodonen (in German)
- ^ Julius Wolff (in German)
