County of Manderscheid

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County of Manderscheid Grafschaft Manderscheid (German)
10th century–1488
Coat of arms
County of Manderscheid (green) on a map from c. 1720
Status	County
Capital	Manderscheid
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	10th century
• Partitioned into three	1488
Preceded by Succeeded by West Francia County of Manderscheid-Schleiden County of Manderscheid-Kail County of Manderscheid-Blankenheim

The House of Manderscheid was the name of the most powerful family in the Eifel region of Germany for a considerable period of time in the 15th century. In 1457, Dietrich III von Manderscheid was made a Reichsgraf (Imperial count) by the Emperor (probably Frederick III). When Dietrich died on 20 February 1498, he had appointed his sons Johann, Konrad and Wilhelm as new rulers – the family property had been distributed in 1488. Each of the sons founded a powerful lineage: Johann started the Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Gerolstein line, William the Manderscheid-Kail line, and Konrad (Cuno) the Manderscheid-Schleiden line. Augusta von Manderscheid-Blankenheim was the last countess. She was married to a member of the Bohemian nobility, Count Philipp Christian von Sternberg (1732–1811).