Principality of Sedan

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Principality of Sedan Principauté de Sedan (French)
1424–1642
Map of the Principality
Status	In personal union with the Duchy of Bouillon (1487-1642)
Capital	Sedan
Religion	Protestantism
Government	Principality
Prince of Sedan
• 1424–1454	Eberhard II (first)
• 1623–1642	Frédéric Maurice (last)
Historical era	Late Middle Ages
• Established	1424
• French annexation	1642
Succeeded by Kingdom of France

The Principality of Sedan (French: Principauté de Sedan) was an independent Protestant state centered on the Château de Sedan (now the city of Sedan) in the Ardennes. It was ruled by the Prince of Sedan (French: Prince de Sedan), who belonged to the noble La Marck and La Tour d'Auvergne families. The Princes of Sedan asserted and acquired recognition of their sovereignty gradually between the 1520s and 1580s by means of adopting the princely title, minting coin, legislating and signing treaties. In 1641, during the Thirty Years' War, the Prince submitted to France and his principality was occupied the following year. In 1651 the reduced principality was exchanged for other lands in France and was annexed to the crown.