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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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
former state
territorial lordship
borderedBy North Sea coast region
linked to: North Sea coast
capital Kniphausen
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedIn 19th century
endTime 19th century
followedBy Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
governmentSystem hereditary lordship
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
local trade
hasHistoricalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Napoleonic era
hasLanguage German
Low German
hasLegalStatus imperial fief
territorial lordship under shifting overlordships
hasNobleRankAssociated Imperial count
Imperial lord
hasOverlord County of Oldenburg
linked to: Duchy of Oldenburg

Duchy of Oldenburg
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Holy Roman Emperor
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
hasReligion Protestantism
hasRulerTitle Lord of Kniphausen
hasRulingFamily Bentinck family
House of Bentinck
hasTerritorialForm enclave‑like territory
hasTypeOfGovernment feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Frisia
Lower Saxony
isSubjectOf East Frisian regional history
regional German legal history
locatedIn East Frisia
northwestern Germany
namedAfter Kniphausen
partOf Lower Saxon Circle
Oldenburg region
politicalStructure estate‑based society
presentCountry Germany
presentLocation state of Lower Saxony
linked to: Lower Saxony
sovereigntyStatus immediate to the Empire
semi‑independent
startTime 17th century

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Stadtholder of Kniphausen country Lordship of Kniphausen
Stadtholder of Kniphausen appliesToJurisdiction Lordship of Kniphausen
Stadtholder of Kniphausen partOf government of the Lordship of Kniphausen
linked to: Lordship of Kniphausen