Stolberg-Stolberg

County of Stolberg-Stolberg Grafschaft Stolberg-Stolberg
1548–1803
Coat of arms
Status	Mediatised to Saxony	1803
• Awarded to Prussia	1815
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Stolberg County of Wernigerode Stolberg-Wernigerode Stolberg-Rossla Electorate of Saxony

Stolberg-Stolberg was a

With the death of Count Wolf Georg zu Stolberg in 1631, Stolberg-Stolberg was inherited by members of the Rhenish line. On 31 May 1645, Stolberg-Stolberg was divided between a senior Stolberg-Wernigerode line and a junior Stolberg-Stolberg line. In 1706, Stolberg-Stolberg divided again, with Stolberg-Rossla being created.

Stolberg-Stolberg was forced to recognize the suzerainty of the Electorate of Saxony in 1738. It was awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia in the 1815 Congress of Vienna.

The children of Fürsten and Erbprinzen zu Stolberg-Wernigerode bore the title of Prince[ss] (Prinz[essin]) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and were styled Serene Highness. Other members of this line bore the title of Count[ess] (Graf/Gräfin) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, with the style of Illustrious Highness.

Rulers of Stolberg-Stolberg

Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg

• Christoph Friedrich (1704-1738)
• Christoph Ludwig II (1738-1761), son
• Karl Ludwig (1761-1815), son,
  mediatised
  in 1803
• Joseph (1815-1839), son
• Alfred (1839-1903), Fürst from 1893 on

Princes of Stolberg-Stolberg

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (1988). Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder (in German).
  ISBN 3-406-33290-0
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• ISBN 3-520-31402-9
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