Polity Ziegenhain County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1149: Ziegenhain County is mentioned for the first time in 1148.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1259: The County of Nidda emerged from a partition of Ziegenhain County.
  • January 1334: Ziegenhain County acquired Nidda.

Disestablishment

  • January 1451: In 1450 the house of Ziegenhain went extinct. Succession dispute between Hesse and Hohenlohe-Weikersheim. Ziegenhain was occupied by Hesse despite the legal succession of Hohenlohe.