The Lordship of Schellenberg (German: Herrschaft Schellenberg) was a historic state of the Holy Roman Empire, now located in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
The territory included the current municipalities of Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Ruggell and Schellenberg.
Different dynasties of counts bought and sold them, until their purchase in 1699 by Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, for 115,000 guilders; he had been granted princely status in 1706, but needed to acquire a territory with imperial immediacy in order to vote in the Diet of the Princes of the Empire.
In 1712, the Liechtenstein dynasty also purchased the nearby County of Vaduz, for 290,000 guilders.
[2][3] The Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, formally united Vaduz and Schellenberg in 1719 as the Principality of Liechtenstein.