The Dukes of Arenberg

Prologue

Chapter 1
The Lords of Arenberg as Burgraves of Cologne
From the earliest records until the thirteenth century

Chapter 2
A tree with seven branches
From the thirteenth century until the sixteenth century: from river Rhine to river Meuse

Chapter 3
The marriages of two exceptional women
The legacy of Marguerite de La Marck-Arenberg and Anne of Croÿ in the sixteenth century

Chapter 4
The Arenberg Family & the Spanish House of Habsburg
Philip of Arenberg and his relatives on the battlefields of the seventeenth century

Chapter 5
The Arenberg Family & the Austrian House of Habsburg
The long careers of three Dukes during the eighteenth century

Chapter 6
The challenges of a new political order
The consequences of the French Revolution in the long nineteenth century

Chapter 7
Arenberg, a ‘transnational’ family caught up in nationalism
The First World War and its aftermath

Chapter 8 | Duke Leopold of Arenberg
A European family looking towards the future
The House of Arenberg today

Epilogue | Duke Leopold of Arenberg
The Arenberg Foundation
Promotion of European History and Culture

Explanatory maps