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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in Thuringia.
Establishment
January 1104: Schwarzburg County is mentioned for the first time in 1103.
Chronology
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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 1631: On September 17, 1631, the Swedish army under Gustav Adolf met the troops of the Catholic League under Tilly in the Battle of Breitenfeld north of Leipzig.
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.
June 1648: In May 1648, there was the last major field battle of the Thirty Years' War between French-Swedish and Imperial-Bavarian armies near Augsburg.
1.1.3.Peace of Westphalia
Were a series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War. Catholics and Protestants were redefined as equal in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire. There were major territorial adjustments. In particular, France, Sweden and Brandenburg had major territorial gains, and several religious territories of the Holy Roman Empire were secularized.
October 1648: With the Peace of Westphalia Sweden received Western Pomerania (henceforth Swedish Pomerania), Wismar, and the Prince-Bishoprics of Bremen and Verden as hereditary fiefs. Sweden evacuated the remnant territories it had occupied in the Holy Roman Empire.
January 1209: Saalfeld received city rights in 1208 as the fourth place in Thuringia. The town charter was confirmed in 1208 by the Schwarzburgers, who at that time were the feudal lords of the Saalfeld area.
January 1335: At the beginning of the 13th century, Rudolstadt was owned by the Counts of Orlamünde, from whom it passed in part around 1300 and in 1334 completely to the Counts of Schwarzburg.
January 1343: In 1342 the town of Sömmerda came into the possession of the County of Schwarzburg.
January 1357: After the death of Heinrich V. von Hohnstein in 1356 without male heirs, the town became the property of the dynasty of counts (1697 princely) Schwarzburg, who developed Sondershausen as their seat.
January 1373: In 1372, the fief of Ebeleben was divided between the Counts of Schwarzburg and the Landgrave of Thuringia.
January 1419: Sömmerda was sold to Erfurt, which belonged to the Archbishopric of Mainz.
January 1419: As Count Dietrich IX. von Hohnstein (Hohnstein-Kelbra-Heringen line) died in 1417, parts of the town fell to the Counts of Schwarzburg and the Counts of Stolberg.
January 1447: After the Landgraves of Thuringia died out in 1446, the areas of the Kevernburgers came to close relatives, the Counts of Schwarzburg.
January 1478: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XV century.
January 1548: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire at the time of the Reformation.
January 1600: Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands. It was founded by Count Albert VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, who unified the territories of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt County under his rule.
January 1600: Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 by Count Albert VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, as part of a division of Schwarzburg dynasty lands. This division led to the creation of two separate territories, with Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen County being the other territory.
Disestablishment
January 1787: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XVIII century.
Selected Sources
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 34-35
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 38-39
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 46-47
Schmidt, G. (2006): Der Dreißigjährige Krieg, Munich (Germany), p. 65
Spindler, M. (2017): Geschichte Schwabens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich (Germany), p. 266
Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, pp.191-195
Westfälischer Friede - Vertrag von Osnabrück, https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Westf%C3%A4lischer_Friede_%E2%80%93_Vertrag_von_Osnabr%C3%BCck
Schwarzburg County
