Horne (also ''Horn'', ''Hoorn'' or ''Hoorne'') is a small historic
county
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of the
Holy Roman Empire
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in the present day
Netherlands
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and
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. It takes its name from the village
Horn
Horn most often refers to:
*Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound
** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments
*Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
, west of
Roermond
Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Roer ...
. The residence of the counts of Horne was moved from Horn to
Weert
Weert (; li, Wieërt ) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal.
Popu ...
in the 15th century.
After the execution in 1568 of
Philip de Montmorency
Philip de Montmorency (ca. 1524 – 5 June 1568 in Brussels), also known as Count of Horn, ''Horne'', ''Hoorne'' or ''Hoorn'', was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands.
Biography
De Montmorency was born as the eldest of four ch ...
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.
[Bulletin de la Commission centrale de statistique, Brussels, 1857, vol. 7, p. 136.]
It was suppressed in 1795, when it was
occupied by the French, and it became part of the French département
Meuse-Inférieure
Meuse-Inférieure ( "Lower Meuse"; ; ) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. It was named after the river Meuse. Its territory corresponded largely with the present-d ...
.
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
Willem IV of Horne (1303-1343) was Lord of Altena, Weert, Nederweert, Wessem, Heeze, Leende, and Cortessem. From his niece Beatrice of Leuven he inherited Gaasbeek, Leeuw, Herstal and Montcornet.
Family
Parents
Willem van Horne, 4th Lord ...
(Lord 1330-1343)
*
Gerard II of Horne
Gerard II of Horne (1324 - 26 September 1345) was a medieval nobleman.
Family
Gerard van Horne, second lord of Horne named Gerard, was the son of Willem IV of Horne and Oda van Putten of Strijen. He had 5 sisters. From his father's second marr ...
(Lord 1343-1345)
*
Willem V of Horne
Willem V of Horne (c. 1337 - 1357) was a medieval nobleman.
Family
Willem V of Horne, was the oldest son of Willem IV of Horne and Elisabeth ('Else') of Kleef-Hülchrath. When Willem IV died, almost all of the inheritance went to Gerard II of H ...
(Lord 1345-1357)
*
Dirk Loef of Horne
Dirk Loef of Horne was a medieval nobleman.
Family
Dirk Loef van Horne was born in 1338 or 1339. He was the second son of Willem IV of Horne's marriage to Elisabeth of Kleve-Hülchrath, which was his second marriage. This made Dirk Loef's chan ...
(Lord 1357-1368)
*
Willem VI of Horne
Willem VI of Horne was a Dutch Nobleman, the Lord of Horne.
Family
Willem VI van Horne was the only child of Willem V van Horne and Mechteld van Arkel. When he was born, the inheritance of Willem IV of Horne was still contested between the chil ...
(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
Philip de Montmorency (ca. 1524 – 5 June 1568 in Brussels), also known as Count of Horn, ''Horne'', ''Hoorne'' or ''Hoorn'', was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands.
Biography
De Montmorency was born as the eldest of four chi ...
* The prince-bishops of Liège, 1568-1795
References
Sources
* Detlev Schwennicke,
Europäische Stammtafeln ''Europäische Stammtafeln'' - German for ''European Family Trees'' - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history. It is a standard reference work for thos ...
Band XVIII (1998) Tafel 62ff und Band XIV (1991) Tafel 122
County of Horne
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 mo ...
County of Horne
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 mo ...
1795 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
States and territories established in the 920s
Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
920 establishments
10th-century establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
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