Stolberg-Stolberg

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Grafschaft Stolberg-Stolberg"
conventional_long_name = County of Stolberg-Stolberg
common_name = Stolberg-Stolberg|
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start = 1548
year_end = 1803
life_span = |
event_pre =
date_pre =
event_start = Division of Stolberg
date_start = 19 March 1548
event1 = Creation of
Stolberg-Wernigerode
date_event1 = 31 May 1645
event2 = Creation of
Stolberg-Rossla
date_event2 = 1706
event3 = Under "Vogterei" of
Electoral Saxony
date_event3 =
1730–38
event_end = Mediatised to Saxony
date_end =
event_post = Awarded to Prussia
date_post = 1815|
p1 = County of Stolberg
image_p1 =
p2 = County of Wernigerode
image_p2 =
s1 = Stolberg-Wernigerode
image_s1 =
s2 = Stolberg-Rossla
image_s2 =
s3 = Electorate of Saxony
flag_s3 = Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg|



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image_map_caption = |
capital = Stolberg
footnotes =

Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

In 1429 the County of Wernigerode passed to the Counts of Stolberg, who ruled Wernigerode through a personal union. In 1548 the line was split between a Harz line (Stolberg-Stolberg) and a Rhenish line which had possessions in Rochefort (Stolberg-Rochefort) and Königstein im Taunus (Stolberg-Königstein).

With the death of Count Wolf Georg zu Stolberg in 1631, Stolberg-Stolberg was inherited by members of the Rhenish line. On 31 May 1645 Stolberg-Stolberg was divided between a senior Stolberg-Wernigerode line and a junior Stolberg-Stolberg line. In 1706, Stolberg-Stolberg divided again, with Stolberg-Rossla being created.

Stolberg-Stolberg was forced to recognize the suzerainty of the Electorate of Saxony in 1738. It was mediatised to Saxony in 1803, but was awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia in the 1815 Congress of Vienna.

The children of Fürsten and Erbprinzen zu Stolberg-Wernigerode bore the title Prince [ss] zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and were styled Serene Highness. Other members of this line bore the title Graf/Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, with the style Illustrious Highness.

References

*cite book|last=Köbler|first=Gerhard|title=Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder|publisher=Verlag C. H. Beck|location=Munich|year=1988|pages=639|isbn=3406332900 de icon
*cite book|last=Schwineköper|first=Berent|authorlink=Berent Schwineköper|title=Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands, Band 11, Provinz Sachsen/Anhalt|year=1987|publisher=Alfred Kröner Verlag|location=Stuttgart|pages=644|isbn=3-520-31402-9 de icon