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Name: Sulz County

Type: Polity

Start: 962 AD

End: 1473 AD

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment


  • February 962: Sulz County 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.


    2. 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 1474: Between 1301 and 1473, the town of Sulz was the seat of the Geroldsecker line, which lived here, but in the 15th century, despite inheritance, experienced a steady economic decline and finally they had to sell it to Württemberg in 1473 under massive pressure.
  • Selected Sources


  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31
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