Rappoltstein Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

February 962: Rappoltstein Lordship is mentioned for the first time in 961.

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.

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

2.1.Thirty Years' War

Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.

2.1.1.Thirty Years' War Minor Scenarios

A series of conflicts related to the Thirty Years' War.

2.1.1.1.Invasion of Franche Comté (Ten Years War)

Was French invasion of modern-day Franche-Comté, at the time a possession of the Habsburg, during the Thirty Years' War.

January 1645: Following a treaty concluded with Cardinal Mazarin in 1644, France committed to cease hostilities in Franche-Comté, in exchange for the considerable sum of 40,000 écus, thus guaranteeing the region's neutrality once again. The year 1644 thus marked the end of the Ten Years' War in Franche-Comté.

2.1.2.Franco-Swedish Period

Was the fourth main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of France.

2.1.2.1.North German Front (Sweden)

Was the north German front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

November 1648: When in November Gustaf of Sweden received a report about the signed peace, he ordered his troops to leave. Also the French troops started leaving the occupied territories in the Holy Roman Empire.

2.1.2.2.Rhineland Front (France)

Was the Rhineland front during the Franco-Swedish period of the Thirty Years' War.

January 1638: France occupies Laufenberg.

May 1648: The French returned to Swabia and then to Bavaria. They defeated the Imperial forces at Zusmarshausen (May 17, 1648) and drove Maximilian of Bavaria out of Munich.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

Disestablishment

January 1674: The Lords of Rappoltstein have been documented since 1038 and exercised the rights of the town lords until 1673. After their extinction, the rule of Rappoltstein (Ribeaupierre) and with it the town fell to Pfalz-Birkenfeld, from 1734 Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken.