Lordship of Kniphausen

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The Lordship of Kniphausen was a small semi-independent territorial lordship in what is now northwestern Germany, historically ruled by local nobles under shifting regional overlordships.

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Surface form Occurrences
government of the Lordship of Kniphausen 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
former state
territorial lordship
borderedBy North Sea coast region NERFINISHED
capital Kniphausen NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedIn 19th century
endTime 19th century
followedBy Grand Duchy of Oldenburg NERFINISHED
governmentSystem hereditary lordship
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
local trade
hasHistoricalEra Early modern period NERFINISHED
Napoleonic era NERFINISHED
hasLanguage German
Low German NERFINISHED
hasLegalStatus imperial fief
territorial lordship under shifting overlordships
hasNobleRankAssociated Imperial count
Imperial lord
hasOverlord County of Oldenburg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Oldenburg NERFINISHED
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
hasReligion Protestantism
hasRulerTitle Lord of Kniphausen NERFINISHED
hasRulingFamily Bentinck family NERFINISHED
House of Bentinck NERFINISHED
hasTerritorialForm enclave‑like territory
hasTypeOfGovernment feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Frisia NERFINISHED
Lower Saxony NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf East Frisian regional history
regional German legal history
locatedIn East Frisia NERFINISHED
northwestern Germany
namedAfter Kniphausen NERFINISHED
partOf Lower Saxon Circle NERFINISHED
Oldenburg region NERFINISHED
politicalStructure estate‑based society
presentCountry Germany NERFINISHED
presentLocation state of Lower Saxony NERFINISHED
sovereigntyStatus immediate to the Empire
semi‑independent
startTime 17th century

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Stadtholder of Kniphausen appliesToJurisdiction Lordship of Kniphausen
Stadtholder of Kniphausen country Lordship of Kniphausen
Stadtholder of Kniphausen partOf Lordship of Kniphausen
this entity surface form: government of the Lordship of Kniphausen