Noble family of Arenberg
The noble family of Arenberg was already mentioned in the 12th century and it was named after the village of Aremberg in the Ahr Hills, located in what's nowadays the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. On this blog 'Allaboutroyalfamilies', I mentioned the House of Arenberg a few times, but the most significant blog post was the one of the Arenberg Castle near Louvain, Belgium. See this link . The noble house of Arenberg spread their wings in Europe, as many important families. They also have a very interesting history. Some royal history At the beginning Aremberg was originally a county with counts as its rulers. In 1549 it became a state of the Holy Roman Empire and it was raised to a princely county in 1576 and then in 1645 it became a duchy. Around 1789 the duchy of Arenberg was located in the Eifel region on the west side of the Rhine and contained amongst others, Aremberg, Schleiden and Kerpen. But back in time, from the 15th. century o