Polity Sponheim Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1001: The family of Sponheim, or Spanheim (German: Spanheimer), has been documented since the 11th century.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.
  • January 1437: Expansion of the Sponheim Lordship (based on maps).

Disestablishment

  • January 1438: The Sponheim Lordship is divided between Baden, Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and the Electoral Palatinate 1437.

Selected Sources

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