Lordship of Heinsberg
The Lordship of Heinsberg was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire, centred on the city of Heinsberg. The most notable member of the house of Heinsberg was Philip I, archbishop and archchancellor.
History[]
From 1413 the town of Wassenberg was given to the Lordship of Heinsberg, as security for a debt amounting to 20,000 Rhenish guilders.[1]
Rulers[]
- Goswin I: ?–1086 (Deposed)[2]
- Gerhard: ? – ?[2]
- [2] : ? – 1168 (Died)
- [2] : 1168 – 1168 (Deposed)
- Arnold I: 1168 – ?,[2] younger son of Dietrich II, Count of Cleves, in 1168 became lord in right of his wife Alix of Heinsberg, possible daughter of Goswin II.
- Arnold II: ? – 1218 (Died),[2] son of Arnold and Alix.
- Henry II of Sponheim (d. 1258/1259), founder of the Sponheim-Heinsberg line as Henry I, jure uxoris lord of Heinsberg in right of his wife Agnes of Heinsberg (French: Agnès de Clèves-Valkenbourg-Heinsberg), lady of Heinsberg, daughter of Arnold II.
References[]
- ^ Stein 2017, p. 87.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Jackman 2013, p. 28.
Books[]
Stein, Robert (2017). Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States: The Unification of the Burgundian Netherlands, 1380-1480. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780198757108.
Categories:
- Lordships of the Holy Roman Empire
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