Polity Ostfriesland County

This article is about the specific polity Ostfriesland County and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Was a county, and later a principality, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Frisia.

Establishment

  • January 1466: Establishment of the Ostfriesland County.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1541: Esens came under the rule of the Rietbergers through inheritance.
  • January 1601: Esens fell to the Counts of East Friesland through inheritance.

Disestablishment

  • January 1668: Ostfriesland is elevated to principality.