Duchy of Lower Lotharingia

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Was one of the stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom.

Establishment

February 962: Otto I, King of Germany, was crowned emperor by Pope John XII.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

1.1.Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 986: The bishops of Liège acquired their status as a Prince-bishop between 980 and 985 when Bishop Notger, who had been the bishop of Liege since 972, received secular control of the County of Huy from Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.

January 993: Otto I, was the first count of Chiny.

January 999: Establishment of the Namur Margraviate.

January 1001: Düren is declared a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.

January 1004: The old fort was converted into a Benedictine monastery, the Deutz Abbey, by Archbishop Heribert of Cologne in 1003.

January 1016: Looz County is first mentioned in 1015.

January 1036: The county of Salm-en-Ardenne, of which Vielsalm was part, was established around the year 1000.

January 1061: In 1060, the title Count of Luxembourg was first used by Conrad I of Luxembourg.

January 1065: In 1064, Archbishop Anno II of Cologne founded a Benedictine abbey in the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia.

January 1078: Berg County is mentioned for the first time in 1077. The fief was ruled by a branch of the Ezzonids.

January 1081: In 1080, Breda Lordship was first mentioned as an imperial immediate fief.

January 1086: Goswin I, who is mentioned as such from 1085, is regarded as the first of the Lords of Heinsberg.

January 1086: Hückeswagen was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Hückeswagen and was first mentioned in 1085 as the Franconian Salhof or Sattelhof. The first count who can be clearly identified in the documents from 1138 was Friedrich von Hückeswagen.

January 1086: The Landgraviate of Brabant is partitioned from Lower Lotharingia.

January 1093: Kleve County is first mentioned in 1092. It emerged from the Gau of Hamaland.

January 1097: The county of Geldern emerged about 1096, when Gerard III of Wassenberg was first documented as "Count of Guelders".

January 1101: Hoorn County was established in the 11th/12th Century.

January 1101: Rochefort Lordship is mentioned for the first time in 1100.

January 1101: The House of Enghien is a family of the nobility of the counties of Flanders and Hainaut. They first appear at the end of the 11th century as lords of Enghien (Belgium).

January 1105: Already an Eppo de Scleydo had called himself Lord of Schleiden in 1104.

January 1108: The county of Cambrai was established at the end of the 9th century and given to the Bishop of Cambrai for the first time in 948 and finally in 1007.

January 1118: Arenberg Lordship established c. 1117.

January 1126: Saarwerden County partitioned from Blieskastel.

January 1140: Sayn County is mentioned for the first time in 1139.

January 1144: The Jülichgau region of the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia becomes the Jülich County.

January 1156: The Duchy of Limburg becomes independent from Lower Lorraine.

January 1166: The residence of Charlemagne was an old royal property. The Charlemagne Privilege, a charter of liberty dated January 8, 1166, gave Aachen city rights as well as the right to market and mint coins and raised it to the status of an imperial city.

January 1182: In 1181 Kaiserswerth became an imperial city.

January 1191: Upon the death of Duke Godfrey III in 1190, his son Duke Henry I inherited the ducal title by order of Emperor Henry VI at the Diet of Schwäbisch Hall. The Duchy of Lower Lorraine therefore lost its territorial authority, while the remainder of the imperial fiefdoms were held by the Dukes of Brabant and then called the Duchy of Lothier (or Lothryk).

January 1201: From the 11th century, the lords of Cuijk can be traced in history.

January 1205: Unlike most Dutch towns, Maastricht did not receive city rights at a certain date. These developed gradually during its long history. In 1204 the city's dual authority was formalised in a treaty, with the prince-bishops of Liège and the dukes of Brabant holding joint sovereignty over the city.

January 1218: Between 1217 and 1222 Wipperfürth received privileges (tax exemptions) from Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne and after 1225 city rights from Heinrich von Limburg, Count von Berg.

January 1226: Neuenahr Castle was built around 1225 by the Counts of Neuenahr, a new branch of the Are-Hochstaden-Nürburg family. The territory eventually went to Nürburg County, a prominent noble family in the region.