List of the rulers of the Ravenstein rule

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The Ravenstein rule was a historical territory in what is now the Netherlands . Various noble families ruled the territory throughout its history.

House Cuijk / House Herpen

Reign Surname
1167-1204 Henry II
1204-1233 Albert I.
1233-1264 Rudiger I.
1298-1297 Albert II
- 1302 Rudiger II.
1302-1308 Albert III
1313-1324 Rudiger III.

Falkenburg House

Reign Surname
1324-1345 Johann
1345-1378 Walraven
1378-1396 Reinalt

House Salm

Reign Surname
1396-1397 Simon II
1397 Johann IV.

House Mark

Reign Surname
1397-1448 Adolf I.
1448-1450 Johann I.
1450-1492 Adolf II
1492-1528 Philipp von Kleve-Ravenstein
1528-1592 William the Rich
1592-1609 Johann Wilhelm

Counting corresponds to the counting within the House of Mark as Lords of Ravenstein

House of Brandenburg

Reign Surname
1609-1619 Johann Sigismund
1619-1640 Georg Wilhelm
1640-1671 Friedrich Wilhelm

House Pfalz-Neuburg

Reign Surname
1609-1614 Philipp Ludwig
1614-1653 Wolfgang Wilhelm
1653-1690 Philipp Wilhelm
1690-1716 Johann Wilhelm
1716-1742 Karl Philipp

House Pfalz-Sulzbach

Reign Surname
1742-1795 Karl Theodor

After 1795, the Ravenstein reign became part of the Batavian Republic and then of the short-lived Kingdom of Holland . Subsequently, in the course of the French annexation of the Netherlands , the area became part of the Bouches-du-Rhin department and finally, in 1815, incorporated into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .