The Lordship of Heinsberg was a territory within the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...

, centred on the city of

Heinsberg Heinsberg (; li, Hinsberg ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Heinsberg (district), district Heinsberg. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 20 km north-east of Si ...

. The most notable member of the house of Heinsberg was

Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to: * Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC) * Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC) * Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor * Philip I of France (1052–1108) * Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...

, archbishop and archchancellor.

History

From 1413 the town of

Wassenberg Wassenberg (; li, Wasseberg ) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Rur, approx. 6 km north-east of Heinsberg and 15 km south-east of ...

was given to the Lordship of Heinsberg, as security for a debt amounting to 20,000 Rhenish guilders.

Rulers

* Goswin I: ?–1086 (Deposed) *Gerhard: ? – ? *: ? – 1168 (Died) *: 1168 – 1168 (Deposed) *Arnold I: 1168 – ?, younger son of

Dietrich II, Count of Cleves Dietrich II was Count of Cleves from 1147 through 1172, son of Arnold I, Count of Cleves and Ida, the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain. The County of Cleves (german: Grafschaft Kleve; nl, Graafschap Kleef) was a comital polity of the Holy R ...

, in 1168 became lord in right of his wife Alix of Heinsberg, possible daughter of Goswin II. *Arnold II: ? – 1218 (Died), son of Arnold and Alix. * Henry II of Sponheim (d. 1258/1259), founder of the Sponheim-Heinsberg line as Henry I, jure uxoris lord of Heinsberg in right of his wife Agnes of Heinsberg (french: Agnès de Clèves-Valkenbourg-Heinsberg), lady of Heinsberg, daughter of Arnold II.

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