Horne (also ''Horn'', ''Hoorn'' or ''Hoorne'') is a small historic

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of the

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in the present day

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and

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. It takes its name from the village Horn, 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. Ro ...

. The residence of the counts of Horne was moved from Horn to

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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

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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 (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 (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,

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Band XVIII (1998) Tafel 62ff und Band XIV (1991) Tafel 122 County of Horne County of Horne 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 {{Belgium-hist-stub