County of Regenstein

This article is about the county. For its ruling family, see House of Regenstein. For the castle, see Regenstein Castle.

Grafschaft Regenstein

State of the Holy Roman Empire

1160–1599

Coat of arms

Capital

Derenburg

Government

County

Historical era

Middle Ages

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Partitioned from
County of Blankenburg

1160 1160

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County of
Regenstein-Heimburg

1366

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Personal union
with Blankenburg

1368

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Joined
Lower Saxon Circle

1500

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Fell to
Bishopric of Halberstadt

1599 1599

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Acquired by
Brandenburg-Prussia

1648

Preceded by

Succeeded by

County of Blankenburg

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

The County of Regenstein was a mediaeval statelet of the Holy Roman Empire.

History

Ruins of Regenstein Castle

The counts of Regenstein Castle near Heimburg were first mentioned in an 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 (German: Der Raubgraf) 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

The following articles do not yet exist on the English Wikipedia, but do exist on the German Wikipedia:

Lower Saxon Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Ecclesiastical	Bremen¹ Halberstadt¹ Hildesheim Lübeck Magdeburg¹ Ratzeburg² Schwerin¹

Secular	Bremen³ Brunswick and Lunenburg Blankenburg⁴ Calenberg⁵ Celle⁵ Grubenhagen⁶ Hanover⁷ Wolfenbüttel Holstein Glückstadt Gottorp⁸ Pinneberg⁹ Mecklenburg Güstrow¹⁰ Schwerin Strelitz¹¹ Rantzau¹² Regenstein Saxe-Lauenburg⁵

Cities	Bremen Goslar Hamburg Lübeck Mühlhausen Nordhausen

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. Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories

Coordinates: 51°48′54″N 10°57′36″E / 51.815°N 10.960°E / 51.815; 10.960

References

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