Ziegenhain
Ziegenhain was a Hessian county of the Holy Roman Empire, named after the family's castle. In 1337 Count John I ruled both Ziegenhain and Nidda, reunited through his marriage to the Nidda heiress Lukardis in 1330.
In 1344 John sold the advocacy of Fulda Abbey back to the abbey, retaining its hereditary marshal's office. The last count, John II the Strong, died without male heirs in 1450. Hesse and Hohenlohe disputed the inheritance until 1495, when the county passed to the landgraves of Hesse.
Characters
- Adelheid of Ziegenhain
- Engelbert II of Ziegenhain
- Godfrey VI, Count of Ziegenhain
- Gottfried VII, Count of Ziegenhain
- John I, Count of Ziegenhain
- Conrad of Ziegenhain
- Sophie of Ziegenhain