Horne
Horne was a lordship in the lower Maas valley, named after the village of Horn and held as a fief of Loon. In 1337 William IV of Horne was its lord.
Jacob I became an imperial count in 1450. The later lord Philip de Montmorency opposed Philip II of Spain's religious policy and was beheaded with the Count of Egmont at Brussels in 1568. The Duke of Alba confiscated his fiefs, and the Loon portion passed to the Prince-Bishop of Liège. French troops ended the county in 1795, incorporating it into Meuse-Inférieure.
Characters
- Agnes of Horne
- Elizabeth of Cleves-Hülchrath
- Elisabeth of Horne
- Gerard I of Horne
- Gerard II of Horne
- Johanna of Horne
- Oda of Horne
- Oda of Putten
- Willem IV of Horne
- Willem V of Horne