County_of_Horne

County of Horne

County of Horne

Historic county of the Holy Roman Empire

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.

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The County of Horn in the 18th century
Map showing the Imperial Abbey of Thorn, the County of Horne and the barony of Kessenich
Castle Horn

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

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

References

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

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