Polity Wölpe County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1141: The first known Wölper was Egilbert I, probably first attested in an undated document by Bishop Sigward von Minden (1124-1140).

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1302: The last count was Otto von Wölpe (1258-1307), who had entered the clergy. He had no male heirs and sold the county of Wölpe to Count Otto von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst in 1301.