Polity Werle Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1228: Establishment of the Werle Lordship.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1. Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

1.1.1. First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

  • May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
  • June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • March 1235: Malchow was part of the Werle Lordship.
  • January 1256: Territorial change based on available maps.
  • January 1284: Establishment of the Werle-Parchim Lordship.
  • January 1284: Establishment of the Werle-Güstrow Lordship.
  • January 1293: The Werle-Parchim Lordship is disestablished.
  • January 1293: Territorial change based on available maps.
  • January 1317: Territorial change based on available maps.
  • January 1317: Establishment of the Werle-Goldberg Lordship.
  • January 1427: The Werle-Güstrow-Goldberg Lordship is disestablished.
  • January 1427: The Werle-Waren Lordship is disestablished.

Disestablishment

  • January 1437: The Werle Lordship is disestablished.

Selected Sources

  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), p. 26-49
  • Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67