County of Regenstein
County of Regenstein Grafschaft Regenstein | |||||||||
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| 1160 – 1599 | |||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Derenburg | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1160 1160 | |||||||||
| 1366 | |||||||||
| 1368 | |||||||||
| 1500 | |||||||||
| 1599 1599 | |||||||||
| 1648 | |||||||||
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The County of Regenstein was a mediæval statelet of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Counts of Regenstein Castle near Heimburg were first mentioned in a 1169 deed, with Count Conrad of Regenstein, son of Poppo I, Count of Blankenburg (1095-1164), himself a nephew of Count Reinhard, Bishop of Halberstadt from the Ripuarian House of Reginbodo[1].
The most renowned Count of Regenstein was Albert II (1310–49)[2], who in the 1330s was frequently in dispute with the leaders of the surrounding estates like the Halberstadt bishops and the abbess of Quedlinburg. These tales were romanticised in the ballad The Robber Count (Template:Lang-de) by Gottfried August Bürger, melodized by Johann Philipp Kirnberger and the novel of the same name by Julius Wolff[3].
In the 15th century the comital family relocated its seat to Blankenburg; Regenstein Castle lapsed and was left to ruin. The last scion of the comital family, Count John Ernest, died in 1599. With Blankenburg it fell back to the Bishopric of Halberstadt. Shortly thereafter Blankenburg and Regenstein were separated. Regenstein remained with Halberstadt, while Blankenburg was annexed and held by the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Counts of Regenstein
- Siegfried (-1073), brother of Konrad, Count of Blankenburg-Regenstein
- Henry (-1235), son
- Siegfried II (-1251), son
- Ulric, Count of Regenstein-Heimburg (-1267), brother
- Ulric III (1287-1322)
- Albert II (1310-1349), son
- Albert III (1341-1365), son
- John Ernest, Count of Blankenburg and Regenstein (-1599)
Notes
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1 until 1648. 2 until 1701. 3 from 1648. 4 until 1731. 5 until 1705. 6 until 1596. 7 from 1708. 8 until 1773. 9 until 1640. 10 until 1695. 11 from 1701. 12 until 1734.
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