Manderscheid
Manderscheid was an Eifel lordship of the House of Manderscheid, whose Schleiden estates were held by William IV in 1337.
Dietrich III inherited Schleiden and Blankenheim and became an imperial count in 1457. After his death in 1498, his sons divided the inheritance into the Blankenheim, Kail and Schleiden lines, as arranged in 1488. The Kail line died out in 1762; in 1780 the last countess of Blankenheim carried its lands to the Sternberg counts. French revolutionary troops occupied the Eifel in 1794 and abolished the county.
Characters
- Adelheid von Fischbach
- Agnes von Manderscheid
- Gertrud von Virneburg
- Jutta von Reuland
- Wilhelm II von Manderscheid
- Wilhelm III von Manderscheid
- Wilhelm IV von Manderscheid