County of Rantzau
Imperial County of Rantzau Reichsgrafschaft Rantzau | |||||||||
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| 1650–1864 | |||||||||
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| Status | Imperial county | ||||||||
| Capital | Barmstedt | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1650 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Denmark-Norway | 9 April 1726 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Prussia | 1864 | ||||||||
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The Imperial County of Rantzau (German: Reichsgrafschaft Rantzau) was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire which lasted from 1650 to 1864. Its territory is more or less congruent with the present Amt Rantzau.
History
In 1649, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, sold his part of the Lordship of Pinneberg, which had formerly belonged to the County of Schauenburg, to Count Christian zu Rantzau (1614–1663), royal Danish governor of Holstein. In 1650 or 1651, Rantzau became an immediate county and state of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1726, it was annexed by the Danish rulers, after Wilhelm Adolf, Count of Rantzau (1688-1734), had murdered his brothers and was imprisoned. Wilhelm Adolf died in 1734 and Rantzau was inherited by the Duchy of Holstein, which was reigned by the Danish kings and its secundogenitures.
Origin in the House of Holstein
| Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duchy of Holstein (from 1474) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Köbler, G. (2007). Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder (7th ed.). C.H.Beck. p. 549. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.
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1 until 1648. 2 until 1701. 3 from 1648. 4 until 1731. 5 until 1705. 6 until 1596. 7 from 1708. 8 until 1773. 9 until 1640. 10 until 1695. 11 from 1701. 12 until 1734.
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories | ||
