• Source: County of Ravensberg

      • The County of Ravensberg (German: Grafschaft Ravensberg) was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory was in present-day eastern Westphalia, Germany, at the foot of the Osning or Teutoburg Forest.


      History




      Ravensberg was first mentioned in the 12th century; its first seat was Ravensberg Castle. The Counts of Ravensberg then had Sparrenberg Castle built in Bielefeld c. 1240–50, which they made their seat. They also owned Limberg Castle near Preußisch Oldendorf.
      The county was later inherited by the Duchy of Berg in 1346, which in turn became part of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg in 1423, and ultimately the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1521.
      After the War of the Jülich succession, in the Treaty of Xanten in 1614, the County of Ravensberg came to the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, and was administered within Minden-Ravensberg from 1719–1807, when it was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
      Aside from Bielefeld, other communities in the County of Ravensberg were Borgholzhausen, Halle, Steinhagen, Versmold, Werther, Isselhorst (now part of Gütersloh), Enger, Hiddenhausen, Rödinghausen, Spenge, Herford (except for Falkendiek), Bünde (except for Dünne and Spradow), Vlotho (except for Uffeln), Kirchlengern south of the Werre, Preußisch Oldendorf (except for Hedem and Lashorst) and Bad Oeynhausen south of the Werre.


      Rulers




      = House Calvelage-Ravensberg

      =
      Until 1144 Hermann I
      c. 1140 – c. 1170 Otto I
      c. 1160 – c. 1180 Heinrich
      c. 1175 – c. 1220 Hermann II
      c. 1220 – 1244 Otto II
      c. 1220 – 1249 Ludwig
      1249–1306 Otto III
      1306–1328 Otto IV
      1328–1346 Bernard


      = House of Jülich

      =
      1348–1395 in Personal union with Berg, since 1437 with Jülich-Berg

      1346–1360 Gerhard I
      1360–1408 William I, lets his 2 sons rule :
      1395–1403 Adolf
      1403–1428 William II
      1428–1475 Gerhard II
      1475–1511 William III


      = House of La Marck, Dukes

      =
      from 1521 a part of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

      1511–1539 John
      1539–1592 William V
      1592–1609 John William I


      = House of Hohenzollern

      =
      from 1614 Margraves of Brandenburg and Kings of Prussia

      1614–1619 John Sigismund of Hohenzollern
      1619–1640 George William, son
      1640–1688 Frederick William I, son
      1688–1713 Frederick I, son, King in Prussia from 1701
      1713–1740 Frederick William I, son, King in Prussia
      1740–1786 Frederick II, son, King of Prussia from 1772
      1786–1797 Frederick William II, nephew, King of Prussia
      1797–1807 Frederick William III, King of Prussia
      To France by the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit, incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia


      See also


      Ostwestfalen-Lippe


      External links


      Media related to County of Ravensberg at Wikimedia Commons

      Historical Map of Northrhine-Westphalia 1789

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: