Lordship of Anholt Herrschaft Anholt (German) | |||||||||
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| 1169–1802 | |||||||||
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| Status | Lordship | ||||||||
| Capital | Anholt | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low Rhenish | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First mentioned | 1169 | ||||||||
• gained Reichsfreiheit | 14th century | ||||||||
• To Lords of Gemen | 1372 | ||||||||
• To Lords of Bronckhorst | 1402 | ||||||||
• Inherited by Salm | 1641 | ||||||||
• Incorporated into Salm | 1802 | ||||||||
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The Lordship of Anholt was a small state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was an imperial estate and a member of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle.