Gerard II Of Isenburg-Kempenich
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Isenburg-Kempenich was the name of a state of the
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, based around Kempenich in modern
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, Germany. Isenburg-Kempenich emerged around the Lordship of Kempenich, which was first mentioned in 1093 as being ruled by Richwin of Wied. In 1143 another Richwin is mentioned, although it is unclear if it is the son of the former Richwin or if it was the former Richwin. Either way, his son Sigfried is considered the founder of the state of Isenburg-Kempenich in 1142. In 1152 Siegfried had his daughters entered into a monastery. Through marriage, Isenburg-Kempenich passed to
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of the House of Isenburg in 1153. In 1158 the Lords
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and Florentin are mentioned in a document of the Emperor
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. Both lords are mentioned in 1166 and 1173, but only Florentin was mentioned in 1183 and in 1187. Inheritance passed to the sons of Theodoric I after Florentin's death, Salentin, Rosemann and
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. Salentin died sometime after 1213 leaving Rosemann as the most powerful of the three lords. Isenburg-Kempenich benefited greatly from their close relation to Henry II of Isenburg-Grenzau, one of the most powerful lords in the region. In 1277, Gerard I made his lordship mediate to the
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. Simon was left the sole ruler of Kempenich and it was decreed the lordship could no longer be partitioned. Simon I was succeeded by his son Simon II in 1341, and his brother John respected the treaty. But after the death of Simon II his sons Simon II, Theodoric VI,
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co-ruled the lordship. Henry appears to have died almost immediately, and Theodoric VI was not mentioned after 1378. Simon died in 1420 without descendants, and after John died in 1424 Kempenich passed to the Lords of Schöneck. In 1434 it passed to the Archbishop of Trier, who sold the territory to the Counts of Virneburg.


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{{Reflist House of Isenburg Lordships of the Holy Roman Empire