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Stolberg-Wernigerode was a German County located in western Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the Harz region around Wernigerode. The Counts of Wernigerode had become extinct in 1429 and their lands were inherited by the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode. In 1538, Stolberg-Stolberg was created as a partition of Stolberg-Wernigerode. It was partitioned several times: between itself and Stolberg-Ortenberg in 1572; between itself and Stolberg-Stolberg in 1638; between itself and Stolberg-Islenburg in 1672; and between itself, Stolberg-Gedern, and Stolberg-Schwarza in 1710.

The children of Fürsten and Erbprinzen zu Stolberg-Wernigerode bear the title Prince[ss] zu Stolberg- Wernigerode (Serene Highness). Other members of this line bear the title Graf/Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (Illustrious Highness).

In 1714, Count Christian Ernest surrendered his military and the fiscal independence of Stolberg-Wernigerode to the King of Prussia, although he still maintained rulership over his territories. In 1815, Stolberg-Wernigerode was mediatised to Prussia, although successive counts retained sovereign rights until 1876.

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