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Name: Rietberg County

Type: Polity

Start: 1238 AD

End: 1807 AD

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment


  • January 1238: Rietberg County was formed when Conrad I of Cuijk Arnsberg acquired Rietberg from Lippe.
  • Chronology


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    1. European wars of religion


    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.

    1.1.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.

    1.1.1.Swedish Period

    Was the third main period of the Thirty Years' War. It started with the intervention of the Kingdom of Sweden.

  • September 1633: The Swedes take Osnabrück.

  • 1.1.2.Franco-Swedish Period

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

    1.1.2.1.North German Front (Sweden)

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

  • November 1637: After the death of Swedish King Ferdinand II, his son and successor Ferdinand III brought the Swedish troops back to Pomerania, leaving the territories occupied by Sweden in Germany.

  • 2. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

  • January 1808: In 1807, the territory of Rietberg was transferred to the Kingdom of Westphalia.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1457: The Rietberg County is acquired by the Landgraviate of Hesse.

  • January 1541: Esens came under the rule of the Rietbergers through inheritance.

  • January 1566: Rietberg County is restored.

  • January 1601: Esens fell to the Counts of East Friesland through inheritance.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1808: In 1807, the territory of Rietberg was transferred to the Kingdom of Westphalia.
  • Selected Sources


  • Schmidt, G. (2006): Der Dreißigjährige Krieg, Munich (Germany), p. 65
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