 In addition to its scattered territories the family acquired the lordships of Burresheim and Blieskastel before 1660, where it built a residence around 1760.In 1697 Freiherr Karl Caspar received the county of Hohengeroldseck as a fiefdom from Austria.In 1711 he was created Imperial count (Reichsgraf) "von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck".