County of Norden

County of Norden
*Grafschaft Norden* (German)
*Graafschap Norden* (Dutch)
*Gróófskup Nörden* (East Frisian Low Saxon)
County of Norden Grafschaft Norden (German); Graafschap Norden (Dutch); Gróófskup Nörden (East Frisian Low Saxon)
1463–1464
	Flag Coat of arms
	Norderland around 1600, by Ubbo Emmius
Status	Imperial county of the Holy Roman Empire (1463–1464)
Capital	Norden
Common languages	East Frisian (until the 17th century); East Frisian Low Saxon (from the 16th century); German;
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Feudal monarchy
Count of Norden
• 1463–1464	Ulrich I (first count)
• 1661–1668	Edzard Ferdinand I (as an appanage)
Historical era	Middle Ages;
• Elevation of Ulrich I to Imperial Count	14 June 1463
• Incorporation in the County of East Frisia	1 October 1464
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Norderland
Amt Norden
Amt Berum
Today part of	Germany;

The County of Norden (German: Grafschaft Norden) was an imperial county of the Holy Roman Empire in the region of East Frisia in the northwest of the present-day state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

The county originated from the historical district of Norderland in the northwest of East Frisia. When the system of Frisian freedom began to collapse in the fourteenth century, Norderland, like other areas in Frisia, saw the rise of the chieftains. They built castles and began to exercise power in their area. The castles of Norderland fell one by one into the hands of the powerful Cirksena dynasty. On 14 June 1463, they were proclaimed 'Count of Norden' by Emperor Frederick III. With that, the county was born. A year later, on 1 October 1464, the County of East Frisia was founded. With this, the short-lived existence of the County of Norden came to an end. Only between 1661 and 1668 did it serve as an appanage for Edzard Ferdinand of East Frisia, the third son of Ulrich II of East Frisia.