Principality of Neuchâtel

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The Principality of Neuchâtel (French: Principauté de Neuchâtel; known as the County of Neuchâtel (Comté de Neuchâtel) until the 17th century) was a state in present-day Switzerland that existed from the 11th century until 1848. It was the predecessor of the modern Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel. Its capital was the city of Neuchâtel. An associate state of the Old Swiss Confederation, Neuchâtel was allied from the late 13th century to several Swiss cantons and cities, most notably Fribourg (1290), Bern (1308), Solothurn (1369) and Lucerne (1501). Following the extinction of the native House of Neuchâtel in 1395, the county passed into the hands of families from Southern Germany, then to the French House of Orléans-Longueville in the early 16th century. On the death of Marie de Nemours in 1707, the principality was awarded to the royal dynasty of Prussia, the House of Hohenzollern, entering into a personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia. After an interlude during the Napoleonic era...

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