Polity Bederkesa Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1160: The Lords of Bederkesa are first mentioned in an archbishop's document. In 1159, Marcward de Bederkesa appeared as a witness under a document issued by Archbishop Hartwig I of Stade (1148-1168).

Chronology

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1. Events

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

Disestablishment

  • January 1382: The Imperial city of Bremen acquires Bederkesa.

Selected Sources

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