Arenberg
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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.
Key facts
- Former Country.conventional_long_name
- County (Duchy) of Arenberg
- Former Country.common_name
- Arenberg
- Former Country.era
- Middle AgesEarly modern period
- Former Country.status
- County, Duchy
- Former Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Former Country.government_type
- Principality
- Former Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire, thenState of the Confederation of the Rhine
- Former Country.year_start
- 1549
- Former Country.year_end
- 1810
- Former Country.event_pre
- County established
- Former Country.event_start
- Gained
- Former Country.event1
- Raised to Princely county
- Former Country.date_event1
- 1576
- Former Country.event2
- Joined Council of Princes
- Former Country.date_event2
- 1580
- Former Country.event3
- Raised to Duchy
- Former Country.date_event3
- 1645
- Former Country.event4
- Joined Confederation of the Rhine
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- 1549–1645
- 1789
- 1798
- 1810
- 1814
- 1826
- 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
- External links
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 == 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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