Horne was a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond. The residence of the counts of Horne was moved from Horn to Weert in the 15th century.
After the execution in 1568 of Philip de Montmorency who died without male heirs, the Prince-Bishop of Liège, as suzerain of Horne, was declared the direct lord and new count. The bishops ruled the county in personal union. Horne maintained its own laws and customs as well as its financial autonomy. The county included the communes of Neer, Nunhem, Haelen, Buggenum, Roggel, Heythuysen, Horn, Beegden, Geystingen and Ophoven.
It was suppressed in 1795, when it was occupied by the French, and it became part of the French département Meuse-Inférieure.
Philip de Montmorency's posthumous child's descendants makes up the House of Horne today.
After the execution in 1568 of Philip de Montmorency who died without male heirs, the Prince-Bishop of Liège, as suzerain of Horne, was declared the direct lord and new count. The bishops ruled the county in personal union. Horne maintained its own laws and customs as well as its financial autonomy. The county included the communes of Neer, Nunhem, Haelen, Buggenum, Roggel, Heythuysen, Horn, Beegden, Geystingen and Ophoven.
It was suppressed in 1795, when it was occupied by the French, and it became part of the French département Meuse-Inférieure.
Philip de Montmorency's posthumous child's descendants makes up the House of Horne today.
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horne
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Philip de MontmorencyPhilip de Montmorency was a Dutch and French noble born in 1524. He was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands, passing away in 1568. He died while his wife, Anna Walburgis van Nieuwenaer, was pregnant with their first child, Christian I. Christian I was sent to New Netherland (present-day New York) shortly after his birth to ensure his safety and to protect his claim to the now Principality of Horne.
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The Heads of the House of Horne
Dates are the length of the respective leader's reign. Most names are anglicised.
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Marian, the Princess of Horne from 1959 to 2000.
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Today
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Today, Horn is under Dutch jurisdiction, located in the province of Limburg in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, no longer under control of the House of Horne.
The Prince of Horne is Edward Bieniak, also a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His son and heir, Dylan Jován Bieniak, is the Hereditary Prince of Horne. The House of Horne currently supports multiple royal families and charities around the world. Also, official visits are conducted by members of the Princely Family. |
Edward Bieniak, the Prince of Horne
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