County of Horne

County of Horne
*Graofsjap Häör* (Limburgish)
*Graafschap Horn* (Dutch)
County of Horne Graofsjap Häör (Limburgish); Graafschap Horn (Dutch)
920–1795
	Coat of arms
	Lordship of Horne (1350)
Status	County
Capital	Horn
Common languages	Limburgish, Dutch
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	920
• Personal union	1568
• Annexed by France	1795
• Concordat	10 September 1801
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Maasgau
Meuse-Inférieure
French First Republic

Last updated July 04, 2024

Horne (also Horn, Hoorn or Hoorne) is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond. The residence of the counts of Horne was moved from Horn to Weert in the 15th century.

After the execution in 1568 of Philip de Montmorency who died without male heirs, the Prince-Bishop of Liège, as suzerain of Horne, was declared the direct lord and new count. The bishops ruled the county in personal union. Horne maintained its own laws and customs as well as its financial autonomy. The county included the communes of Neer, Nunhem, Haelen, Buggenum, Roggel, Heythuysen, Horne, Beegden, Geystingen and Ophoven.^[1]

It was suppressed in 1795, when it was occupied by the French, and it became part of the French département Meuse-Inférieure.

Rulers of Horne

Lords of Horne

Engelbert de Hurne,
Engelbert de Hurnen,
Henry van Horn, † 1196
William,
Engelbert,
Gerhard van Horn
William I., † 1264/65,
Engelbert van Horn, 1212/64
William II., † 1300/1301,
William III., † 1301,
Gerhard I., † 1330,
Willem IV of Horne (Lord 1330-1343)
Gerard II of Horne (Lord 1343-1345)
Willem V of Horne (Lord 1345-1357)
Dirk Loef of Horne (Lord 1357-1368)
Willem VI of Horne (Lord 1368-1405) † 1417,
William VII., † 1433,

Counts of Horne

Jacob I., † 1488,
Jacob II., † 1530,
Jacob III., X 1531,
John, † 1540
Philippe de Montmorency
The prince-bishops of Liège, 1568-1795

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References

↑ Bulletin de la Commission centrale de statistique, Brussels, 1857, vol. 7, p. 136.

Sources

Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Band XVIII (1998) Tafel 62ff und Band XIV (1991) Tafel 122

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[1] Bulletin de la Commission centrale de statistique, Brussels, 1857, vol. 7, p. 136.

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