List of states in the Holy Roman Empire
This is a list of states which were part of the Holy Roman Empire at any time within the empire's existence between 962 and 1806. Whilst any such list could never be truly definitive, nevertheless the list below attempts to be as comprehensive as possible.
Only those entities that possessed Reichsunmittelbarkeit, ie that were under the direct authority of the emperor, are listed.
There is also a separate list of Imperial Free Cities, as well as a list of participants in the Reichstag as of 1792.
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Table of states
Warning: The list is in development, and as yet far from complete.
Key
- The "Circle" column of the table shows the Imperial circle the state belonged to (see legend table below).
- The "Bench" column shows where the state was represented in the Reichstag (Imperial parliament).
| Imperial Circles | Benches |
|---|---|
| AU: Austrian Circle | EL: Elector |
| BA: Bavarian Circle | EC: Bench of ecclesiastical princes |
| BU: Burgundian Circle | PR: Bench of princes |
| ER: Electoral Rhenish Circle | RP: Bench of Rhenish prelates |
| FR: Franconian Circle | SP: Bench of Swabian prelates |
| LR: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle | FC: Bench of Franconian counts |
| LS: Lower Saxon Circle | SC: Bench of Swabian counts |
| UR: Upper Rhenish Circle | WE: Bench of Westphalian counts |
| US: Upper Saxon Circle | WT: Bench of Wetterau counts |
| SW: Swabian Circle | RH: Bench of Rhenish free cities |
| none: "Circle free" | SW: Bench of Swabian free cities |
Note that in the "Circle" column, "n/a" denotes a state that had ceased to exist before the Reichsreform.
Other abbreviations used:
- Abp. = Archbishopric
- Bp. = Bishopric
- Co. = County
- D. = Duchy
- Ldg. = Landgraviate
- Mrg. = Margraviate
- Pr. = Principality
Table
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen | Imperial City | LR | RH | 1306 | Annexed to France in 1801 |
| Aalen | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1360 | Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Adendorf | County from 1711; A lordship until 1653, barony until 1711 |
Partitioned from Saffig-Olbrück in 1554 | Raised to the Principality of the Leyen in 1806 | ||
| Ahr | County | 1107 | Annexed to Nurburg in 1210 | ||
| Aichen | Lordship | Partitioned from Hohenrechberg in 1323 | Partitioned several times Partitions annexed to Osterberg in 1738 | ||
| Albeck | Lordship | Annexed to Ulm in 1383 | |||
| Aletzheim | County | Partitioned from Pappenheim in 1439 | Annexed to Pappenheim in 1697 | ||
| Allersberg | Lordship | Partitioned from Wolfstein in 1343 | Annexed to Sulzburg in 1474 | ||
| Alpheim | County | Partitioned from Neuenahr in 1465 | Annexed to Mörs in 1589 | ||
| Alsace | Duchy | 640 | Partitioned into Lower and Upper Alsace Annexed to France | ||
| Alt-Bruchhausen | County | Partitioned from Bruchhausen in 1234 | Annexed to Hoya in 1338 | ||
| Alt-Eberstein | County | Partitioned from the Usgau in 1207 | Annexed to Neu-Eberstein then Baden in 1283 | ||
| Alt-Katzenelnbogen | County | Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen in 1245 | Annexed to Neu-Katzenelnbogen in 1403 | ||
| Altena | County | 10th Century | Renamed to Altena-Berg in 1160 | ||
| Altena | County | Renamed from Altena-Berg in 1180 | Annexed to Marck in 1249 | ||
| Altena-Berg | County | Union of Altena with several districts of Berg in 1160 | Renamed to Altena in 1180 | ||
| Altensteig | Lordship | ||||
| Anhalt | Principality from 1218 A county from 1212 |
US | PR | 1173 Split off from D. of Saxony |
Partitioned in 1252 into Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg, and Anhalt-Zerbst; reunified in 1570; partitioned in 1603 into Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Plötzkau, and Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Aschersleben | Principality | US | PR | 1252 Created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt |
Annexed to Bp. of Halberstadt in 1322 |
| Anhalt-Bernburg | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt in 1252 | Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1468; re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt in 1603 |
| Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | Principality | US | PR | Created out of union of Holzapfel and Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym in 1727 | |
| Anhalt-Dessau | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst in 1396 | Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1561; re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt in 1603 |
| Anhalt-Dornburg | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst in 1667 | Annexed to Anhalt-Zerbst in 1742 |
| Anhalt-Harzgerode | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg in 1635 | Annexed to Anhalt-Bernburg in 1709 |
| Anhalt-Köthen | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst in 1396 | Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau in 1552; re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt in 1603 |
| Anhalt-Mühlingen | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst in 1667 | Annexed to Anhalt-Zerbst in 1714 |
| Anhalt-Pless | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Köthen in 1755 | |
| Anhalt-Plötzkau | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Dessau in 1544 | Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst in 1553; re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt in 1603; annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen in 1665\ |
| Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg in 1718 | United into Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym in 1727 |
| Anhalt-Zerbst | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt in 1252 | Partitioned into Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen in 1396 |
| Anhalt-Zerbst | Principality | US | PR | Partitioned from Anhalt-Dessau in 1544 | Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau in 1796 |
| Arenberg | Duchy from 1644 Originally a county; raised to a princely county in 1576 |
ER | PR | c. 1177 | |
| Arlon | County | 950 | Annexed to Limburg in 1221 | ||
| Aschaffenburg | Prince-Primacy | 1803 | Annexed to Frankfurt in 1806 | ||
| Auersperg | Principality | SW | SW | 1653 with the purchase of Thengen | |
| Auersperg-Schönfeldscher | Principality | Partitioned from Auersperg in 1795 | |||
| Auersperg-Zweig | Principality | Partitioned from Auersperg in 1795 | |||
| Augsburg | Bishopric | SW | EC | c. 888 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Augsburg | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1276 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1806 |
| Austria | Archduchy from 15th century Originally a margraviate; raised to a duchy in 1155 |
AU | PR | 960 | |
| Austrian Netherlands | 1482, after the Burgundian inheritance | Territories of the Austrian Habsburgs in modern Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands. Became the Spanish Netherlands 1516 - 1713, and was annexed to France temproarily in 1793 and finally in 1794. |
B
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baar | Landgraviate | ||||
| Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Cellmünz | Lordship | Partitioned from Staufeneck-Babenhausen in 1432 | Divided into Frundsburg and Kronburg in 1487 | ||
| Baden | Margraviate from 1112, and an electorate from 1803 | SW | PR | c.960 | Partitioned into Baden-Baden and Baden-Hachberg in 1190 Reunited in 1771 |
| Baden-Baden | Margraviate | SW | PR | Partitioned from Baden in 1190 | Divided between Baden-Eberstein and Baden-Pforzheim in 1335 |
| Baden-Baden | Margraviate | SW | PR | Partitioned from Baden-Pforzheim in 1348 | Inherited by Baden-Durlach in 1771 |
| Baden-Durlach | Margraviate | SW | PR | Partitioned from Baden-Baden in 1515 | Inherited the Baden-Baden line in 1771 |
| Baden-Eberstein | Margraviate | Partitioned from Baden-Baden in 1291 | Annexed to Baden-Pforzheim in 1353 | ||
| Baden-Hochberg | Margraviate | Partitioned from Baden in 1190 | Annexed to Baden-Baden in 1415 | ||
| Baden-Pforzheim | Margraviate | Partitioned from Baden-Baden in 1291 | Annexed to Baden-Baden in 1361 | ||
| Baden-Rodemachern | Margraviate | Partitioned from Baden-Baden in 1537 | Annexed to Baden-Baden in 1666 | ||
| Badenweiler | Lordship | ||||
| Baindt | Abbacy | ||||
| Bamberg | Bishopric | FR | EC | 1007 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1802 |
| Barby | County | c. 1060 | Partitioned several times Partitions eventually annexed by Anhalt, Brandenburg and Saxony | ||
| Basel | Bishopric | UR | EC | 999 | Allied to the Swiss Confederation in 1579; annexed to the Rauracian Republic in 1792; mediatised to Baden and France in 1801 |
| Basel | Free City | n/a | Joined Swiss Confederation in 1501 | ||
| Bavaria | Duchy, and an electorate from 1623 | BA | EL | 6th century | |
| Bavaria-Ingolstadt | Duchy | Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut in 1392 | Annexed to Bavaria-Munich in 1445 | ||
| Bavaria-Landshut | Duchy | Partitioned from Lower Bavaria in 1353 | Annexed to Bavaria-Munich in 1503 | ||
| Bavaria-Munich | Duchy | Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut in 1392 | Became D. of Bavaria in 1505 | ||
| Bavaria-Straubing | Duchy | Partitioned from Lower Bavaria in 1353 | Divided between Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Munich in 1425 | ||
| Bayer-Naumburg | Lordship | Partitioned from Querfurt in 1316 | Annexed to Mansfeld in 1496 | ||
| Bedburg | County | Partitioned from Neuenahr in 1465 | Annexed to Mörs in 1519 | ||
| Beichlingen | Lordship | 1144 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Gleichen in 1567 | ||
| Bentheim | County | LR | WE | 1050 | Partitioned into Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Bentheim-Bentheim in 1277 |
| Bentheim-Steinfurt | County | LR | WE | 1454 Split off from Co. of Bentheim-Bentheim |
Annexed to Prussia in 1806 |
| Berchtesgaden | Provostry | 1491 | Annexed to Salzburg in 1803 Annexed to Austria in 1805 | ||
| Berg | Duchy from 1380 Originally a county |
LR | PR | 1093 | 1614 to Palatinate-Neuburg |
| Bern | Imperial City | 1218 | Canton of Switzerland from 1353 | ||
| Besançon | Archbishopric | EC | Annexed to France in 1792 | ||
| Besançon | Imperial City | Annexed by Co. of Burgundy ("Franche-Comté") in 1648 | |||
| Biberach an der Riß | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1180 | Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Billungenmark | Margraviate | 928 | Conquered by the Bodriches in 983 | ||
| Bilstein | County | 1073 | Annexed to Hesse in 1303 | ||
| Blamont | Lordship | ||||
| Blankenburg | Principality | c. 1082 | Annexed to Regenstein in 1368 | ||
| Blankenheim | County | Partitioned from Blankenheim-Schleiden in 1149 | Annexed to France in 1803 | ||
| Blankenheim and Gerolstein | County | Partitioned from Blankenheim in 1488 | Partitioned into Blankenheim and Gerolstein and Bettingen in 1533 | ||
| Blankenheim-Schleiden | Lordship | c. 1115 | Partitioned into Blankenheim and Schleiden in 1149 | ||
| Blumenegg | Lordship | ||||
| Bohemia | Kingdom from 1198 Originally a duchy |
none | EL | Principality from 845, joined the Empire c. 890 | Passed to Austria in 1526 |
| Bonndorf | County | ||||
| Bopfingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Bouillon | County | 959; 1496; 1559 | Annexed to Liége in 1095 and 1522. Annexed to France in 1552 and 1676 | ||
| Brabant | Duchy | n/a | PR | 1095 | Passed to D. of Burgundy in 1430 |
| Brandenburg | Margraviate, and an electorate from 1355 | US | EL | 1157 Originally created as the "Northern March" |
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| Brandenburg | Bishopric | US | EC | 949 | Annexed to the Electorate of Brandenburg in 1569 |
| Brandenburg-Ansbach | Burgraviate | FR | PR | 1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg | Passed to Brandenburg in 1791 |
| Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Burgraviate | FR | PR | 1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg | Passed to Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1769 |
| Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Burgraviate | Partitioned from Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1655 | Annexed to Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1726 | ||
| Brakel | Imperial City | LR | RH | Held by Bp. of Paderborn | |
| Brauneck | County | 1230 as a partition of Hohenlohe | Partitioned several times. All annexed to Hohenlohe in 1340, 1391, and 1448 | ||
| Bregenz | County | SW | SW | 950 | Annexed to Tübingen then Montfort in 1180 Annexed to Austria in 1458 Annexed to Bavaria in 1782 |
| Breisgau | County | SW | SW | 771 | Annexed by Zähringen in 1077 |
| Breisgau | Duchy | SW | SW | 1801 | Reconstituted as Breisgau-Modena in 1803 |
| Breisgau-Modena | Duchy | SW | SW | 1803 | Divided between Baden and Württemberg in 1805 |
| Bremen | Archbishopric | LS | EC | 787 | Secularized as a duchy to Sweden in 1648 |
| Bremen | Duchy | LS | 1648 Secularized from Abp. of Bremen |
Held by Sweden; passed to Hanover in 1719 | |
| Bremen | Imperial City | LS | RH | 1202 | |
| Brena | Barony | 1156 | Annexed by Saxe-Wittenburg in 1290 | ||
| Bretzenheim | Principality | 1790 for the Wittelsbach-Bretzenheim branch | Central German territories annexed by Hesse-Darmstadt in 1802 Southern German territories annexed by Austria in 1804 | ||
| Brixen | Bishopric | AU | EC | 1179 | Annexed by Austria to Carniola in 1803 |
| Bruchhausen | County | 1199 | Partitioned in 1234 Annexed by Co. of Hoya 1338 and 1388 | ||
| Bruchsal and Odenheim | Abbacy | ||||
| Brunswick-Lüneburg | Duchy from 1235 originally a County |
Partitioned from Saxony in 1139 | Partitioned into Brunswick-Brunswick and Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1267 | ||
| Brunswick-Brunswick | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick in 1252 | Divided between Brunswick-Göttingen and Brunswick-Grubenhagen in 1292 | ||
| Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1641 | Became the Electorate of Hanover in 1692 | ||
| Brunswick-Celle | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1527 | Partitioned in 1569 | ||
| Brunswick-Celle | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1641 | Annexed to Hanover in 1705 | ||
| Brunswick-Göttingen | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Brunswick in 1279 | Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1442 | ||
| Brunswick-Grubenhagen | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Brunswick in 1279 | Annexed to Brunswick-Osterode in 1526 | ||
| Brunswick-Lüneburg | Duchy | LS | PR | Partitioned from Brunswick in 1252 | Partitioned in 1527 |
| Brunswick-Lüneburg | Duchy | LS | PR | Partitioned from Brunswick-Celle in 1569 | Partitioned into Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen and Brunswick-Celle in 1641 |
| Brunswick-Osterode | Duchy | Partitioned from Brunswick-Grubenhagen in 1322 | Annexed to Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1596 | ||
| Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Duchy | LS | PR | Partitioned from Brunswick-Göttingen in 1345 | |
| Buchau | Abbacy | ||||
| Buchau | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized in 1803 |
| Buchhorn | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1089 | Mediatized in 1803 |
| Burgbrohl | Lordship | Partitioned from Saffig in 1451 | Annexed to Saffig-Olbrück in 1533 | ||
| Burgundy ("Franche Comté") |
County | BU | PR | 1127 | Passed to D. of Burgundy in 1330; annexed to France in 1678 |
| Burtscheid | Abbacy |
C
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvelage | County | 1072 | Annexed to Ravensberg in 1170 | ||
| Calw | County | ||||
| Cambrai | Imperial City | BU | Annexed to France in 1677 | ||
| Carinthia | Duchy | AU | PR | 876; 927; 976; 995 | |
| Carinthia | Margraviate | AU | PR | 788 | Annexed to D. of Carinthia 1258 |
| Carniola | Duchy from 1590 Originally a margraviate |
AU | PR | 1040 | |
| Castell | County | 1200 | Partitioned into Castell-Remlingen and Castel-Rüdenhausen in 1597 | ||
| Castell | County | Partitioned from Castell-Castell in 1709 | Annexed to Castell-Castell in 1772 | ||
| Castell-Castell | County | Partitioned from Castell-Remlingen in 1668 | |||
| Castell-Remlingen | County | Partitioned from Castell in 1597 | Annexed to Castell in 1762 | ||
| Castell-Rüdenhausen | County | Partitioned from Castell in 1597 | |||
| Chatelot | Lordship | ||||
| Chur | Bishopric | AU | EC | 1170 | Annexed to the Helvetic Republic in 1798 |
| Cläven | Lordship | 909 | Partitioned in 950 | ||
| Clemont | Lordship | ||||
| Cleves | Duchy from 1417; originally a county |
LR | PR | 719 | 1614 to Brandenburg |
| Colmar | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Cologne | Archbishopric | ER | EL | 954 | Annexed to Ldg. of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803 |
| Cologne | Free City | LR | RH | 1288 | Annexed to France in 1794 |
| Constance - see under "Konstanz" |
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| Corvey | Abbacy | 877 | Annexed to Nassau-Orange in 1803 | ||
| Croy | Duchy |
D
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmenhorst | County | 1278; 1440; 1577 | Younger partition of Oldenburg; Annexed to Oldenburg in 1438, 1482 and 1647 | ||
| Diepholz | County from 1524 originally a Barony |
1278 | Annexed to Brunswick in 1583 | ||
| Diez | County | 1101 | Divided between Eppstein-Königstein and Hesse-Cassel in 1522 | ||
| Diez-Birstein | County | Partitioned from Diez in 1189 | Annexed to Diez-Weilnau in 1322; Passed to Isenburg in 1438 | ||
| Diez-Weilnau | County | Partitioned from Diez in 1234 | Annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg in 1438 | ||
| Dinkelsbühl | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1274 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1802 |
| Donauwörth | Imperial City | c. 1250 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1714 (also between 1606 and 1705) | ||
| Donzdorf | County from 1699 originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Aichen in 1605 | Annexed to Osterberg in 1738 | ||
| Dortmund | Imperial City | LR | RH | 1220 | Annexed to Nassau-Orange in 1803 |
| Duisburg | Imperial City | n/a | Annexed to Cleves in 1290 | ||
| Düren | Imperial City | n/a | Annexed to Jülich |
E
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Friesland | Principality | ||||
| Eberstein | County | Partitioned from Neu-Eberstein in 1574 | Divided between Baden, Speyer and Württemberg in 1660 | ||
| Edelstetten | County | ||||
| Eglingen | Lordship | ||||
| Eglofs | County | ||||
| Eichstätt | Bishopric | FR | EC | 908 | Annexed to Salzburg in 1803 |
| Eilenburg | County | 976 | Annexed to Meißen in 1017 | ||
| Einsiedeln | Abbacy | 965 | Annexed to Helvetica in 1798 | ||
| Elchingen | Abbacy | ||||
| Ellwangen | Provostry from 1460 originally an Abbacy |
1011 | Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 | ||
| Engadin and Winterthur | Lordship | Partitioned from Cläven in 950 | Extinct in 1095 | ||
| Engelberg | Abbacy | 1236 | Annexed to Helvetica in 1798 | ||
| Enzberg | Lordship | ||||
| Eppstein | County | 1172 | Partitioned into Eppstein-Königstein and Eppstein-Münzenberg in 1391 | ||
| Eppstein-Königstein | County | Partitioned from Eppstein in 1391 | Annexed to Stolberg in 1535 | ||
| Eppstein-Münzenberg | County | Partitioned from Eppstein in 1391 | Annexed to Eppstein-Königstein in 1522 | ||
| Erbach | County from 1532 originally a Lordship |
1213 | Partitioned in 1647 | ||
| Erbach-Breuburg | County | Partitioned from Erbach in 1647 | Annexed to Erbach-Erbach in 1653 | ||
| Erbach-Erbach | County | Partitioned from Erbach in 1647 | |||
| Erbach-Fürstenau | County | Partitioned from Erbach in 1647 | |||
| Erbach-Wildenstein | County | Partitioned from Erbach in 1647 | Annexed to Erbach-Erbach in 1669 | ||
| Essen | Abbacy | 1041 | Annexed to Prussia in 1803 | ||
| Esslingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Esterházy von Galantha, line of Forchtenstein | Principality | 1712 |
F
|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fischbach | ? | ||||
| Flanders | County | n/a | PR | 862 | 1405 to Burgundy; technically part of France until 1529, when it was ceded to the Empire |
| Franconia | Stem Duchy | 8th Century | Discontinued in 1196 | ||
| Franconia | Duchy | Created in 1633 for the Duke of Saxe-Weimar | Abolished in 1639 | ||
| Frankfurt | Imperial City | UR | RH | 1372 | |
| Frauenalb | Abbacy | ||||
| Fraumünster | Abbacy | 1045 | Abolished by Zürich in 1524 | ||
| Freising | Bishopric | BA | EC | c. 766 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Fribourg | Imperial City | 1218 | Annexed to Habsburg in 1277 | ||
| Fribourg | Imperial City | 1478 | Canton of Switzerland from 1481 | ||
| Friedberg | Imperial City | UR | RH | 1217 | Mediatized in 1803 |
| Friedrichshafen See Buchhorn |
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| Fugger | County | ||||
| Fulda | Bishopric from 1752 Originally an abbacy |
UR | EC | 744 | Annexed to Nassau-Orange in 1803 |
| Fürstenberg | County | 1250 | Partitioned in 1408 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Baar | County | Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1441 | Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Blomberg and Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg in 1559 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Blomberg | County | Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559 | Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch and Fürstenberg-Stühlingen in 1614 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg | County | Partitioned from Fürstenberg in 1408 | Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Baar and Fürstenberg-Geisingen in 1441 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg | Principality from 1716 originally a County |
Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen in 1704 | Annexed to Fürstenberg-Pürglitz in 1804 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Geisingen | County | Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1441 | Annexed to Fürstenberg-Baar in 1483 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg | Principality from 1664 originally a County |
Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559 | Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1716 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch | Principality from 1716 originally a County |
Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg in 1614 | Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1744 | ||
| Fürstenberg-Pürglitz | Principality | Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1762 | |||
| Fürstenberg-Stühlingen | Principality from 1716 originally a County |
Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg in 1614 | Partitioned in 1704 | ||
| Further Austria | Not a single polity | 1278 | Included numerous counties, lordships, etc, in south-western Germany; remaining territories annexed by Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg, in 1805 |
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|
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gandersheim | Abbacy | ||||
| Gelderland - see under "Guelders" |
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| Gelnhausen | Imperial City | 1170 | Annexed to Hesse-Cassel in 1745 | ||
| Geneva | County | 1034 | Annexed to Savoy in 1401 | ||
| Gengenbach | Abbacy | ||||
| Gengenbach | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Baden in 1803 |
| Gernrode | Abbacy | ||||
| Gerolstein and Bettingen | County | Partitioned from Blankenheim and Gerolstein in 1533 | Annexed to Blankenheim in 1697 | ||
| Giech | County from 1695 orginally a Lordship; raised to a Barony in 1680 |
1333 | |||
| Giengen | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Gimborn-Neustadt | Lordship | ||||
| Gleichen | County | Partitioned from Tonna in 1228 | Partitioned in 1345 Partitions divided between Hohenlohe, Mainz, Schwarzburg and Trautenburg in 1631 | ||
| Gleichenstein | County | Partitioned from Tonna in 1227 | Annexed to Mainz in 1294 | ||
| Gmünd - see under "Schwäbisch Gmünd" |
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| Godesberg | County | Partitioned from Neuenahr in 1276 | Partitioned into Alpheim and Bedburg in 1465 | ||
| Goldineshundare | County | Partitioned from Cläven in 950 | Extinct in 1067 | ||
| Gondorf | Lordship | Partitioned from Saffig in 1611 | Annexed to Nickenich in 1692 | ||
| Goslar | Imperial City | LS | RH | Mediatized in 1803 | |
| Gräfenthal | Lordship | Partitioned from Pappenheim in 1439 | Annexed to Pappenheim in 1536 | ||
| Granges | Lordship | ||||
| Grävenstein | Lordship | ||||
| Grubenslagen | Principality | ||||
| Guelders | Duchy from 1339 Originally a county |
BU | PR | 1082 / 1096 | 1543 to Burgundy, after 1581 divided between United Provinces and Southern Netherlands; annexed to France in 1795 |
| Gundelfingen | Lordship | ||||
| Gurk | Bishopric | 1072 | Annexed to Carinthia by Austria in 1803 | ||
| Gutenstein | Lordship | ||||
| Gutenzell | Abbacy |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Habsburg | County | 1040 | Annexed to Austria in 1305 Annexed to Bern in 1414 | ||
| Habsburg-Lauffenburg | County | Partitioned from Habsburg in 1239 | Partitioned several times Partitions annexed to Sulz in 1408 | ||
| Haguenau | Imperial City | UR | 1260 | Annexed to France in 1648 | |
| Hainaut | County | n/a | PR | 808 | 1436 to Burgundy |
| Hainburg | County | Partitioned from Regenstein in 1240 | Annexed to Regenstein in 1368 | ||
| Halberstadt | Bishopric | LS | EC | 996 | Secularized as a principality to Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Halberstadt | Principality | 1648 Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt |
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| Hall - see under "Schwäbisch Hall" |
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| Hallermund | County | c. 1163 | Annexed to Corvey in 1398; Annexed to Minden in 1408; Annexed to Brunswick in 1436; Annexed to Platen-Hallermund in 1707 | ||
| Hals | County | 12th Century | Annexed to Leuchtenberg in 1443 | ||
| Hamburg | Imperial City | LS | RH | 1189 | |
| Hanau | County | 1178 | Partitioned in 1451 | ||
| Hanau-Babenhausen | County | Partitioned from Hanau in 1451 | Became Hanau-Lichtenberg in 1481 | ||
| Hanau-Lichtenberg | Principality from 1696 originally a County |
Superceded Hanau-Babenhausen in 1481 | Divided between Hesse-Darmstadt and Mainz in 1736 | ||
| Hanover | Duchy, and an electorate from 1692 | LS | EL | 1636 | |
| Hartelstein | Lordship | Partitioned from Saffig in 1460 | Annexed to Saffig-Olbrück in 1477 | ||
| Hauenstein | County | ||||
| Hausen | Lordship | ||||
| Heggbach | Abbacy | ||||
| Heilbronn | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1350 | Mediatized in 1803 |
| Heiligenberg | County | ||||
| Heiligkreuzthal | Abbacy | ||||
| Heinsberg | County | 1085 | Annexed to Jülich in 1479 | ||
| Helffenstein | County | 1113 | Partitioned several times Divided between Fürstenberg and Württemberg in 1627 | ||
| Henneberg | County | 1037 | Partitioned several times Partitions annexed to Mansfeld-Bornstedt, Meißen, Saxony and Stolberg-Stolberg | ||
| Herford | Imperial City | LR | RH | Annexed to Brandenburg in 1648(?) | |
| Héricourt | Lordship | ||||
| Herrenzimmern | County from 1530 originally a County |
Partitioned from Zimmern in 1495 | Annexed to Mötzkirch in 1570 | ||
| Herrstein | Lordship | ||||
| Hesse | Landgraviate | UR | PR | 1264 Split off from Ldg. of Thuringia |
Partitioned in 1567 into Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg, and Hesse-Rheinfels |
| Hesse-Darmstadt | Landgraviate | UR | PR | 1567 Created on partition of Hesse |
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| Hesse-Kassel | Landgraviate | UR | PR | 1567 Created on partition of Hesse |
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| Hesse-Marburg | Landgraviate | UR | PR | 1567 Created on partition of Hesse |
Merged into Hesse-Kassel in 1604 |
| Hesse-Rheinfels | Landgraviate | UR | PR | 1567 Created on partition of Hesse |
Territory partitioned in 1583 between Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Marburg, and Hesse-Rheinfels |
| Hildesheim | Bishopric | LS | EC | 888 | Annexed to Brandenburg in 1802 |
| Hildesheim | Free City | LS | EC | 1300 | Annexed to Brandenburg in 1803 |
| Hochberg | Margraviate | ||||
| Hochstaden | County | 1144 | Annexed to Abp. of Cologne in 1261 | ||
| Hohenberg-Nagold | County | Partitioned from Zollern and Hohenberg in 1253 | Annexed to Zollern-Nuremberg in 1264 | ||
| Hohenberg-Rottenburg | County | Partitioned from Zollern and Hohenberg in 1253 | Annexed to Zollern-Nuremberg in 1264 | ||
| Hohenems | County | c. 1210 | Partitioned into Hohenems-Hohenems and Hohenems-Vaduz in 1646 | ||
| Hohenems-Hohenems | County | Partitioned from Hohenems in 1646 | Annexed to Hohenems-Vaduz in 1718 | ||
| Hohenems-Vaduz | County | Partitioned from Hohenems in 1646 | Purchased by House of Liechtenstein in 1712 Annexed to P. of Liechtenstein in 1719 | ||
| Hohengeroldseck | County | ||||
| Hohenlohe | County | 1192 | Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Möckmühl, Hohenlohe-Röltingen and Hohenlohe-Weikersheim in 1256 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Bartenstein | Principality from 1744 originally a County |
Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in 1688 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | Principality from 1764 originally a County |
Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1701 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Jagstberg | Principality | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Bartenstein in 1798 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Kirchberg | Principality from 1764 originally a County |
Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1701 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Principality from 1701 originally a County |
Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein in 1610 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Möckmühl | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe in 1256 | Divided between Hohenlohe-Uffenheim and Hohenlohe-Wernsberg in 1340 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim in 1472 | Partitioned several times Annexed to Hohenlohe-Öhringen in 1698 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Öhringen | Principality from 1744 originally a County |
Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein in 1676 | Annexed to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen in 1765 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Röltingen | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe in 1256 | Extinct in 1290 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in 1615 | Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst in 1688 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim in 1472 | Annexed to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein in 1545 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Uffenheim | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Möckmühl in 1262 | Annexed to Nuremberg in 1387 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein in 1553 | Partitioned in 1615 and 1679 into various states | ||
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in 1688 | |||
| Hohenlohe-Weikersheim | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe in 1256 | Annexed to Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim in 1490 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Weikersheim | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein in 1610 | Annexed to Hohenlohe-Öhringen in 1756 | ||
| Hohenlohe-Wernsberg | County | Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Möckmühl in 1267 | Annexed to Hohenlohe-Uffenheim in 1350 | ||
| Hohenrechberg | Lordship | 1163 | Annexed to Staufeneck in 1585 | ||
| Hohenrechberg and Aichen | County from 1626 originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Aichen in 1605 | Annexed to Donzdorf in 1676 | ||
| Hohenzollern | County | Emerged from the counties of Zollern in 1309 | Partitioned in 1512 | ||
| Hohenzollern-Haigerloch | Principality from 1630; formerly a County |
Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1575 | Annexed to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1767 | ||
| Hohenzollern-Hechingen | Principality from 1623; formerly a County |
Partitioned from Hohenzollern in 1512 | |||
| Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Principality from 1623; formerly a County |
Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1575 | |||
| Hohnstein | County | 1123 | Partitioned several times Partitions eventually annexed to Brandenburg, Schwarzburg and Stolberg | ||
| Holstein | County | LS | PR | 1111 | Merged into Schleswig-Holstein in 1474 |
| Holzapfel (Holzappel) | County | 1641 | Passed to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym in 1727 | ||
| Homburg | Lordship | ||||
| Horburg | County | ||||
| Horne | County | Personal union with Bp. of Liège after 1568 | |||
| Höwen | Lordship | ||||
| Hoya | County | 1204 | Territories partitioned between Brunswick-Celle and Hesse-Cassel in 1503 Hoya itself to Brunswick-Celle |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Austria | Duchy | Partitioned from Austria in 1379 | Annexed to Austria in 1406 | ||
| Irsee | Abbacy | ||||
| Isenburg-Birstein | Principality from 1744 Originally a County |
Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein in 1628 | |||
| Isenburg-Büdingen | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Cleberg in 1341 | Partitioned in 1511 | ||
| Isenburg-Büdingen | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein in 1628 | |||
| Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen in 1511 | Partitioned into Isenburg-Büdingen and Isenburg-Birstein in 1628 | ||
| Isenburg-Cleberg | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Grenzau in 1286 | Partitioned into Isenburg-Büdingen and Isenburg-Grenzau in 1341 | ||
| Isenburg-Grenzau | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Limburg-Covern in 1158 | Annexed to Arenberg in 1664 | ||
| Isenburg-Limburg-Covern | County | Partitioned from the Niederlahngau in 1137 | Partitioned in 1158 | ||
| Isenburg-Meerholz | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen in 1673 | |||
| Isenburg-Offenbach | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein in 1628 | Partitioned in 1758 | ||
| Isenburg-Philippseich | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Offenbach in 1711 | |||
| Isenburg-Wächtersbach | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Büdingen in 1673 | |||
| Isny | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Itter | Lordship |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jever | Barony | 1353 | Annexed to Oldenburg in 1575 Annexed to Anhalt-Zerbst in 1667 Annexed to Russia in 1793 | ||
| Jülich | Duchy from 1356 Originally a county; raised to a margraviate in 1336 |
LR | PR | 1143 From the Jülichgau |
Passed to Palatinate-Neuburg in 1614 |
| Justingen | Lordship |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Käfernburg | County | 10th Century | Partitioned into Schwarzburg and Schwarzburg-Käfernburg in 1195 | ||
| Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) | Abbacy | 1133 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1803 | ||
| Kalenberg | Duchy | ||||
| Kall | County | Partitioned from Manderscheid in 1488 | Annexed to Blankenheim in 1742 Annexed to France in 1803 | ||
| Kammin | Bishopric | Secularized to Pomerania-Wolgast in 1556 | |||
| Kastelberg | Lordship | ||||
| Katzenelnbogen | Landgraviate | 1090 | Partitioned; Partitions annexed to Hesse-Marburg in 1479 | ||
| Kaufbeuren | Imperial City | c. 1250 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1803 | ||
| Kaysersberg | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Kempten im Allgäu | Abbacy | SW | SW | 1348 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Kempten im Allgäu | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1289 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Kirchberg | Burgraviate | 1090 | Annexed to Nassau-Weilburg in 1799 | ||
| Klettgau | Landgraviate | 981; 1315; 1572 | Annexed to Habsburg in c. 1040 Annexed to Sulz in 1408 Annexed to Stephanswald-Franconia in 1698 | ||
| Kleve - see under "Cleves" |
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| Knyphausen | Lordship | ||||
| Köln - see under "Cologne" |
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| Königseck | County | ||||
| Königsegg | Barony from 1470 Originally a Lordship |
1192 | Partitioned into Königsegg-Aulendorf and Königsegg-Rothenfels in 1622 and 1663 | ||
| Königsegg-Aulendorf | County from 1629 Originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Königsegg in 1622 | |||
| Königsegg-Rothenfels | County from 1629 Originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Königsegg in 1622 | Annexed to Austria in 1804 | ||
| Konstanz | Bishopric | SW | EC | 911 | Annexed to Baden in 1803 |
| Konstanz | Imperial City | 1192 | 1548 to Austria | ||
| Konzenberg | Lordship | ||||
| Korvey - see under "Corvey" |
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| Kronburg | Lordship | Partitioned from Aichen in 1460 | Partitioned into Osterberg, Schwabeck and Weissenstein in 1540 | ||
| Kyburg | County | 11th Century | Annexed to Switzerlandin 1414 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes | |
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| Landau | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | |||
| Landsberg-Osterland | Margraviate | 1032 | Annexed to Meißen in 1291 | |||
| Laurenburg | County | 1093 | Annexed to Nassau in 1197 | |||
| Lausanne | Bishopric | 1011 | Secularized by Bern in 1536 | |||
| Lausanne | Imperial City | 1434 | Conquered by Bern in 1536 | |||
| Leiningen | County | early 12th Century | Partitioned into Leiningen-Dachsburg and Leiningen-Leiningen in 1310 | |||
| Leiningen | County | Superceded Leiningen-Westerburg in 1557 | Annexed to Rickingen in 1635 | |||
| Leiningen-Dachsburg | County | Partitioned from Leiningen in 1310 | Partitioned several times | |||
| Leiningen-Hartenburg | Principality from 1779 Originally a County]] |
Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg in 1343 | ||||
| Leiningen-Leiningen | County | Partitioned from Leiningen in 1310 | Annexed to Westerburg in 1467 | |||
| Lemgo | Imperial City | LR | RH | Annexed to Lippe | ||
| Leuchtenberg | Landgraviate | early 12th Century | To B. of Bamberg 1705 - 1708; Annexed to Bavaria in 1770 | |||
| Leutkirch im Allgäu | Imperial City | SW | SW | Mediatized in 1803 | ||
| Leyen | Lordship | c. 1296 | Partitioned into Neustadt and Saffig in c. 1420 | |||
| Lichtenthal | Abbacy | |||||
| Liechtenstein | Principality | United from Hohenems-Vaduz and Schellenberg in 1719 | ||||
| Liège | Bishopric | LR | EC | 972 | Annexed to France in 1795 | |
| Limburg | Duchy | n/a | PR | early 11th century | Passed to D. of Brabant in 1288 | |
| Limburg-Styrum | County | 1271 | Mediatised in 1806 Several partitions which did not outlast it | |||
| Limpurg | County | |||||
| Lindau | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1274 | Annexed to Pr. of Bretzenheim in 1802 | |
| Lingen | County | |||||
| Lippe | County from 1528 Originally a Lordship |
LR | WE | 1129 | Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and Sternberg and Pyrmont in 1536 | |
| Lippe-Detmold | Principality from 1720 Originally a County |
Partitioned from Lippe in 1528 | ||||
| Loon (Looz) | County | 944 | Annexed to Bp. of Liège in 1366 | |||
| Löwenstein-Wertheim | County | |||||
| Lower Isenburg | County | Partitioned from Isenburg-Isenburg in 1218 | Partitioned into Isenburg-Grenzau and Isenburg-Neumagen in 1503 | |||
| Löwenstein | County | 1099 | United into Löwenstein-Wertheim in 1574 | |||
| Löwenstein-Wertheim | County; Principalities from 1803 |
Coalesced from Löwenstein, Stolberg-Rochefort and Wertheim-Breuberg in 1574 | Partitioned in 1611 | |||
| Lower Alsace | Landgraviate | Partitioned from Alsace in 731 | Annexed to Strasbourg in 1358 | |||
| Lower Austria | Duchy | Partitioned from Austria in 1379 | Annexed to Austria in 1493 | |||
| Lower Bavaria | Duchy | Partitioned from Bavaria in 1255 | Partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing in 1353 | |||
| Lower Lorraine | Duchy | 959 | Superceded by Brabant in 1139 | |||
| Lower Lusatia | Margraviate | Partitioned from Lusatia in 1124 | Annexed to Meißen in 1131; to Brandenburg in 1303; to Bohemia in 1368 to Upper Lusatia in 1378; to Bohemia in 1446; to Saxony in 1635 | |||
| Lower Salm | County | Partitioned from Salm in 1170 | Created as Salm-Reifferscheid in 1416 | |||
| Lübeck | Bishopric | LS | EC | Secularised as a principality to Oldenburg in 1803 | ||
| Lübeck | Imperial City | LS | RH | 1188; 1226 | ||
| Lusatia | Margraviate | 965 | Partitioned into Upper and Lower Lusatia in 1117 | |||
| Luxembourg | Duchy from 1354 Originally a county |
n/a | PR | 963 | Passed to D. of Burgundy in 1443 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Magdeburg | Archbishopric | LS | EC | 968 | Secularized as a duchy to Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Magdeburg | Burgraviate | ||||
| Magdeburg | Duchy | LS | EC | 1648 Secularized from Abp. of Magdeburg |
Held by Brandenburg |
| Mahlberg | Lordship | ||||
| Mainz | Archbishopric | ER | EL | 962 | Merged with Bp. of Regensburg in 1803 |
| Mainz | Free City | 1242 | Annexed by Abp. of Mainz in 1462 | ||
| Manderscheid | County from 1453 Originally a Lordship |
c. 934 | Partitioned in 1488 | ||
| Manderscheid-Schleiden | County | Partitioned from Manderscheid in 1488 | Annexed to Kall in 1647 | ||
| Mansfeld | County | 1051 | Partitioned several times Partitions annexed by Mansfeld-Bornstedt Annexed to Saxony in 1780 | ||
| Marchtal | Abbacy | ||||
| Mark | County | LR | PR | 1160 Split off from Berg |
Passed to Brandenburg in 1666 |
| Martinstein | Lordship | ||||
| Maulbronn | Abbacy | ||||
| Mecklenburg | Duchy | LS | PR | 1139 | Partitioned in 1621 into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
| Mecklenburg-Güstrow | Duchy | LS | PR | 1621 Created on partition of D. of Mecklenburg |
Partitioned in 1701 between Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Duchy | LS | PR | 1621 Created on partition of D. of Mecklenburg |
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| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Duchy | LS | PR | 1701 Created on partition of D. of Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
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| Meißen | Bishopric | 948 | Secularized to Saxe-Meißen in 1559 | ||
| Meißen | Margraviate | 928 | Partitioned between Bp. of Meißen, D. of Saxe-Wittenberg and Lgv. of Thuringia in 1440 | ||
| Memmingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1286 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Merseburg | Bishopric | 968 | Secularized to Saxony in 1565 | ||
| Messkirch | Lordship | ||||
| Metz | Bishopric | UR | Annexed the Metzgau piecemeal in 945, 1047, and 1152 | Annexed to France in 1552 | |
| Metz | Imperial City | UR | 1207 | Annexed to France in 1552 | |
| Minden | Bishopric | LR | EC | 977 | Secularized as a principaltiy to Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Minden | Principality | LR | PR | 1648 Secularized from Bp. of Minden |
Held by Brandenburg |
| Moers | County from c. 1240 Originally a Lordship |
c. 1150 | Annexed to Nassau-Orange in 1600 | ||
| Mons | County | Partitioned from Hainaut in 980 | Annexed to Hainaut in 1012 | ||
| Monschau | Barony | 1221 | Annexed to Jülich in 1435 | ||
| Montbéliard (Mömpelgard) |
Princely County | Annexed to France in 1796 | |||
| Montfort | County | Partitioned from Tübingen in 1180 | Partitioned several times Most lines annexed by Austria | ||
| Montfort-Montfort | County | Partitioned from Montfort-Stadeck in 1482 | Divided between Austria and Württemberg in 1780 | ||
| Moravia | Margraviate | 806 | Conquered by Bohemia from Poland in 1019 Founded as Margraviate in 1189 Annexed to Bohemia in 1411 | ||
| Mötzkirch | Lordship | Partitioned from Zimmern in 1495 | Annexed to Helffenstein in 1594 | ||
| Mühlhausen | Imperial City | LS | RH | 1180 | Mediatized to Brandenburg in 1803 |
| Mulhouse | Imperial City | To the Swiss Confederation in 1515 | |||
| Münster | Bishopric | LR | EC | 1180 | Mediatized in 1803: territory divided amongst various states, incl. Prussia |
| Münster | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Nassau | County | n/a | 1160 | Underwent division between Ottonian and Walramian branches in 1255, and thereafter underwent numerous further partitions | |
| Nassau (Ottonian) | County partitions raised to Principalities in the 16th and 17th Centuries |
1255 | Partitioned into several branches, including: Nassau-Beilstein, Nassau-Beilstein-Liebenscheid, Nassau-Beilstein-Mengerskirchen, Nassau-Breda, Nassau-Dietz, Nassau-Dillenburg, Nassau-Hademar, Nassau-Hilchenbach, Nassau-Liebenscheid, Nassau-Orange, Nassau-Schaumburg and Nassau-Siegen | ||
| Nassau (Walramian) | County partitions raised to Principalities in the 16th and 17th Centuries |
1255 | Partitioned into several branches, including: Nassau-Gleiberg, Nassau-Idstein, Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Ottweiler-Homburg, Nassau-Saarbrücken, Nassau-Usingen, Nassau-Weilburg, Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken, Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | ||
| Nassau-Orange | County | Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg in 1559 | Annexed to Nassau-Diez in 1674 | ||
| Nassau-Orange | Principality | Partitioned from Nassau-Diez in 1702 | |||
| Nassau-Usingen | Principality from 1688; formerly a County |
Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken in 1659 | |||
| Nassau-Weilburg | County | Partitioned from Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken in 1442 | |||
| Naumburg-Zeitz | Bishopric | 1029 | Annexed by Saxony in 1565 | ||
| Nellenburg | Landgraviate | ||||
| Neresheim | Abbacy | ||||
| Neu-Bruchhausen | County | Partitioned from Bruchhausen in 1234 | Annexed to Hoya in 1388 | ||
| Neuchâtel | County | 1034 | Ruled by Brandenburg from 1707 | ||
| Neu-Eberstein | County | Partitioned from the Usgau in 1207 | Divided between Bronchorst-Gronsfeld and Wolkenstein in 1589. Annexed to Speyer in 1673. Annexed to baden in 1676 | ||
| Neuenahr | County | 1222 | Annexed to Virneburg in 1419 | ||
| Neuenburg See Neuchâtel |
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| Neu-Katzenelnbogen | County | Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen in 1245 | Annexed to Hesse-Marburg in 1479 | ||
| Neustadt | Lordship | Partitioned from C. of Leyen in c. 1420 | Extinct in 1625 | ||
| Nickenich | Lordship | Partitioned from Saffig in 1611 | Annexed to Adendorf in 1714 | ||
| Nidda | County | Partitioned from Ziegenhain in 1227 | Annexed to Ziegenhain in 1333 | ||
| Niedermünster in Regensburg | Abbacy | ||||
| Nienburg | County | 1234 | Annexed to Brunswick-Calenburg in 1582 | ||
| Nordgau see Lower Alsace |
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| Nordhausen | Imperial City | LS | RH | 1253 | Mediatized to Brandenburg in 1803 |
| Nördlingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1215 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Nordmark | Margraviate | 860 | Refounded as Mg. of Brandenburg in 1136 | ||
| Northeim | County | 1002 | Annexed to the Palatinate in 1165 | ||
| Northern March See Nordmark |
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| Nostiz | County from 1692 originally a Lordship, a Barony from 1631 |
15th Century | |||
| Nurburg | County | 1144 | Annexed to Neuenahr in 1225 | ||
| Nuremberg | Burgraviate | 1110 | Partitioned into Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1440 | ||
| Nuremberg | Imperial City | FR | SW | 1219 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Oberbronn | County | Partitioned from Leiningen in 1622 | Annexed to Rickingen in 1665 | ||
| Obermünster in Regensburg | Abbacy | ||||
| Obernai | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Oberried | Provostry | ||||
| Ochsenhausen | Abbacy | ||||
| Odenheim | Provostry | ||||
| Offenburg | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1289 | Mediatized to Baden in 1803 |
| Oldenburg | Duchy from 1774 Originally a county |
LR | PR | 1101 | |
| Orange-Nassau See Nassau-Orange |
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| Orlamünde | County | 1032 | Annexed to Weimar in 1015 | ||
| Orlamunde | County | Partitioned from Ballenstädt in 1170 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Meißen in 1411 | ||
| Orlamünde-Gräfenthal | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde in 1295 | Partitioned into Orlamünde-Lauenstein, Orlamünde-Weimar and Orlamünde-Wiehe in 1321 | ||
| Orlamünde-Gräfenthal-Lichtenkamm | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein in 1406 | Annexed to Meißen in 1426 | ||
| Orlamünde-Lauenstein | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Gräfenthal in 1321 | Partitioned into Orlamünde-Gräfenthal-Lichtenkamm, Orlamünde-Lauenstein-Schaunforst and Orlamünde-Lichtentanne in 1406 | ||
| Orlamünde-Lauenstein-Schaunforst | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein in 1406 | Annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg in 1467 | ||
| Orlamünde-Lichtentanne | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein in 1406 | Annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg in 1460 | ||
| Orlamünde-Plassenburg | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Weimar in 1285 | Annexed to Meißen in 1340 | ||
| Orlamünde-Weimar | County | Partitioned from Weimar in 1100 | Annexed to Ballenstädt in 1139. Recreated on partition in 1170. Annexed to Meißen in 1365 | ||
| Orlamünde-Wiehe | County | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Gräfenthal in 1321 | Annexed to Meißen in 1372 | ||
| Ortenburg | County | 1048 | Partitioned into Ortenburg-Altortenburg, Ortenburg-Dorfbach and Ortenburg-Neuortenburg in 1395 | ||
| Ortenburg-Altortenburg | County | Partitioned from Ortenburg in 1395 | Annexed to Ortenburg-Dorfbach in 1446 | ||
| Ortenburg-Carinthia | County | Created in the 12th Century from the Ortenburger and Sponheimian territories in Carinthia | Annexed to Austria in 1660 | ||
| Ortenburg-Dorfbach | County | Partitioned from Ortenburg in 1395 | Annexed to Ortenburg-Neuortenburg in 1462 | ||
| Ortenburg-Neuortenburg | County | Partitioned from Ortenburg in 1395 | |||
| Osnabrück | Bishopric | LR | EC | 1226 | Annexed to Hanover in 1802 |
| Osterberg | Lordship | Partitioned from Kronburg in 1540 | Renamed to Rechberg and Rothenlöwen in 1745 | ||
| Öttingen | County | 1141 | Partitioned into Öttingen-Flochberg, Öttingen-Öttingen, Öttingen-Spielberg and Öttingen-Wallerstein in 1423 | ||
| Öttingen-Flochberg | County | Partitioned from Öttingen in 1423 | Annexed to Öttingen-Öttingen in 1549 | ||
| Öttingen-Öttingen | County; Principality from 1674 |
Partitioned from Öttingen in 1423 | Annexed to Öttingen-Wallerstein in 1731 | ||
| Öttingen-Spielberg | County; Principality from 1734 |
Partitioned from Öttingen-Wallerstein in 1423 | |||
| Öttingen-Wallerstein | County; Principality from 1774 |
Partitioned from Öttingen in 1423 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paderborn | Bishopric | LR | EC | 881 | Annexed by Prussia in 1802 |
| Palatinate (Kurpfalz) |
County Palatine, and an electorate from 1356 | ER | EL | 10th century origins in the 5th century |
Inherited by Bavaria in 1777; Mediatized in 1803 |
| Palatinate-Neuburg | County Palatine | BA | PR | 1505 | Palatine Electors from 1685 |
| Palatinate-Simmern | County Palatine | UR | PR | 1469 | Inherited by Palatine Electors 1673 |
| Palatinate-Sulzbach | County Palatine | BA | PR | 1614 Split off from Palatinate-Neuburg |
Palatine Electors from 1742 |
| Palatinate-Zweibrücken | County Palatine | UR | PR | 1410; 1735 | Annexed to France in 1793 |
| Pappenheim | County from 1628 originally a Lordship |
c. 1030 | Partitioned several times, though Pappenheim was continued. | ||
| Passau | Bishopric | BA | EC | 999 | Annexed to Salzburg in 1803 |
| Passavant | Lordship | ||||
| Petershausen | Abbacy | ||||
| Pfullendorf | Imperial City | SW | SW | Mediatized in 1803 | |
| Platen | Barony from 1630 originally a Lordship |
c. 1396 | Formed C. of Platen-Hallermund in 1707 | ||
| Platen-Hallermund | County | Created out of a union of Platen and hallermund in 1707 | |||
| Plettenberg | Lordship | c. 1643 | Partitioned into Plettenberg-Lenhausen and Plettenberg-Wittem in 1698 | ||
| Plettenberg-Wittem | County from 1724 originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Plettenberg in 1698 | |||
| Plettenberg-Wittem | County from 1724 originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Plettenberg in 1698 | Annexed to Plettenburg-Wittem in 1730 | ||
| Pomerania | Duchy | ||||
| Prüm | Abbacy | ||||
| Prussia - see under "Brandenburg" |
Prussia proper was not part of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Pyrmont | County | 1149 | Annexed to Sternberg and Pyrmont in 1557. Recreated on partition in 1583. Annexed to Waldeck-Eisenberg in 1631 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quedlinburg | Abbacy | ||||
| Querfurt | Lordship | 950 | Annexed to Bayer-Naumburg in 1466 | ||
| Querfurt | Principality |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapperschwyl | County | 12th Century | Annexed to Habsburg-Lauffenburg in 1309 | ||
| Ratisbon - see under "Regensburg" |
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| Ratzeburg | Bishopric | 1236 | Secularized as a principality to Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1648 | ||
| Ratzeburg | Principality | 1648 Secularized from Bp. of Ratzeburg |
Held by D. of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||
| Ravensberg | County | 1150 | Annexed to Berg in 1384 | ||
| Ravensburg | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1276 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Ravenstein | Barony | 12th Century | Annexed to Cleves in 1528 | ||
| Rechberg | Lordship | ||||
| Rechberg and Rothenlöwen | County | Renamed from L. of Osterberg in 1745 | |||
| Regensburg | Archbishopric from 1803 Originally a bishopric |
BA | EC | 919 | Raised to an abp. on merger with the Abp. of Mainz in 1803 |
| Regensburg | Imperial City | BA | SW | 1180 | Annexed to Bp. of Regensburg in 1803 |
| Regenstein | County | Partitioned from Blankenburg in 1160 | Annexed to Hainburg in 1366 | ||
| Regenstein | County | US | PR | Created of a union between Blankenburg and Hainburg | Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1671 |
| Reichenau | Abbacy | ||||
| Reichenweier | Lordship | ||||
| Reuß | County | US | PR | c. 1010 | Partitioned into Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen and Reuss-Weida in c. 1206 |
| Reuß-Berg | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Unter-Greiz in 1583 | Annexed to Reuß-Unter-Greiz in 1640 |
| Reuß-Ebersdorf | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein in 1678 | |
| Reuß-Gera | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß in c. 1206 | Annexed to Reuß-Lobenstein in 1479 |
| Reuß-Gera | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz in 1647 | Divided between Reuß-Lobenstein and Reuß-Schleiz in 1802 |
| Reuß-Greiz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Plauen in 1303 | Partitioned into Reuss-Ober-Greiz, Reuss-Schleiz and Reuss-Unter-Greiz in 1564 |
| Reuß-Greiz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Unter-Greiz in 1583 | Partitioned into Reuß-Ober-Greiz and Reuß-Unter-Greiz in 1604 |
| Reuß-Greiz | Principality from 1778 originally a County |
US | PR | Union of Reuß-Ober-Greiz and Reuß-Unter-Greiz in 1768 | |
| Reuß-Hirschberg | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein in 1678 | Divided between Reuß-Ebersdorf and Reuß-Lobenstein in 1711 |
| Reuß-Hof | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Weida in 1225 | Annexed to Reuß-Weida in 1264. Recreated on partition in 1288. Annexed to Nuremberg in 1411 |
| Reuß-Lobenstein | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Gera in 1425 | Annexed to Reuß-Plauen in 1547 |
| Reuß-Lobenstein | Principality from 1790 originally a County |
US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz in 1647 | |
| Reuß-Ober-Greiz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz in 1564 | Renamed to Reuß-Greiz in 1768 |
| Reuß-Osterstein-Ronneberg | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Weidain 1225 | Annexed to Reuß-Weida in 1253 |
| Reuß-Plauen | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß in c. 1206 | Divided between Reuß-Greiz and Saxony in 1569 |
| Reuß-Saalburg | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz in 1647 | Annexed to Reuß-Schleiz in 1666 |
| Reuß-Schleiz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz in 1564 | |
| Reuß-Selbitz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein in 1710 | Annexed to Reuß-Lobenstein in 1805 |
| Reuß-Unter-Greiz | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz in 1564 | Partitioned into Reuß-Berg and Reuß-Greiz in 1583 |
| Reuß-Unter-Greiz | Principality from 1673 originally a County |
US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz in 1604 | Annexed to Reuß-Ober-Greiz in 1768 |
| Reuß-Weida | County | US | PR | Partitioned from Reuß in c. 1206 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Saxony in 1532 |
| Reutlingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1240 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Rheda | Lordship | ||||
| Rheine-Wolbeck | Principality | ||||
| Rheinfelden | Lordship | ||||
| Rhine | Rhinegraviate | From Rhinegau in 1058 | Annexed to Wild-Rhine in 1361 | ||
| Rhinegau | County | 937 | Rhine in 1058 | ||
| [{Rickingen]] | County | 1310; Partitioned from Leiningen in 1622 | Created as a County ruled by Leiningen in 1310; Annexed to Leiningen-Hartenburg in 1668 | ||
| Rieneck | County from 1641 originally a Lordship |
Partitioned from Nostiz in 1619 | Partitioned into Thürmitz and Tschochau in 1796 | ||
| Rietberg | Lordship | ||||
| Rochefort | County | Partitioned from Arenberg in 1454 | Annexed to Stolberg-Rochefort in 1544 | ||
| Roggenburg | Abbacy | ||||
| Rosheim | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Röteln | Lordship | ||||
| Roth | Abbacy | ||||
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Imperial City | FR | SW | 1274 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Rotherfels | County | ||||
| Rottenmünster | Abbacy | ||||
| Rottweil | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1140 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1802 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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| Salm | County | 1019 | Partitioned in Lower and Upper Salm in 1170 | ||
| Salm | Principality | Some branches of W- and Rgv. of Salm raised in 1742 and 1803 | |||
| Salm | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | 1499 from Wild-Rhine and Upper Salm | |||
| Salm-Reifferscheid | County; some branches Principalities | 1416 from C. of Lower Salm | Partitioned several times | ||
| Salmannsweiler | Abbacy | ||||
| Salzburg | Archbishopric | BA | EC | c. 1210 | Secularized as a duchy for the former Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1803 |
| Salzburg | Duchy, and an electorate | BA | 1803 Secularized from Abp. of Salzburg |
Passed to Austria in 1805 | |
| Sarrebourg | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France | ||
| Saussenberg | Landgraviate | ||||
| Savoy | Duchy from 1416 Originally a county |
UR | PR | 1032 | Annexed to France in 1792 |
| Saxe-Altenburg | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Coburg | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Eisenach | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Gotha | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Lauenburg | Duchy | LS | EL | 1260 Created on partition of D. of Saxony |
Passed to Hanover in 1689 |
| Saxe-Meiningen | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Weimar | Duchy | ||||
| Saxe-Wittenberg | Duchy, and electorate from 1356 | n/a | EL | 1260 Created on partition of D. of Saxony |
United with Mrg. of Meißen in 1423 to form D. of Saxony |
| Saxony | Duchy | n/a | 8th century | Partitioned into Saxe-Wittenberg and Saxe-Lauenburg in 1260 | |
| Saxony | Duchy, and an electorate | US | EL | 1423 Created from merger of Mrg. of Meißen and D. of Saxe-Wittenberg |
Partitioned into Ernestine and Albertine branches in 1485 |
| Saxony (Albertine branch) | Duchy, and an electorate from 1547 | US | PR/EL | 1485 Created from partition of D. of Saxony |
The electorate was previously held by the Ernestine branch |
| Saxony (Ernestine branch) | Duchy Also an electorate in the period 1485-1547 |
US | EL/PR | 1485 Created from partition of D. of Saxony |
Underwent numerous partitions after 1572 |
| Schaffhausen | Imperial City | n/a | 1190 | Joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501 | |
| Schaumburg | County | LR | WE | 1110 | Partitioned in 1640, with most of its territory being annexed to Hesse-Kassel; the remainder continued as Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Schaumburg-Lippe | County | LR | WE | 1640 Previously part of Schaumburg |
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| Schaumburg-Rendsburg | County | 1290 | Merged into Schleswig-Holstein in 1474 | ||
| Scheer | Princely County | ||||
| Schleswig | Duchy | 1058 | Merged into Schleswig-Holstein in 1474 | ||
| Schleswig-Holstein | Duchy | Created in 1474 from Holstein, Schleswig, and Schaumburg-Rendsburg | Held by K. of Denmark | ||
| Schönthal | Abbacy | ||||
| Schussenried | Abbacy | ||||
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Schwäbisch Hall | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1280 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Schwalenberg | County | 10th Century | Partitioned into Pyrmont and Waldeck in 1137 | ||
| Schwalenberg-Sternberg | County | Partitioned from Lippe-Detmond in 1613 | Annexed to Lippe-Detmond in 1620 | ||
| Schwarzburg | County | Partitioned from Käfernburg in 1195 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Käfernburg in 1302 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Arenstadt | Principality | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1721 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1762 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Arnstadt | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg in 1326 and from Schwarzburg-Sonderhsausen in 1642 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1583 and 1669 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg in 1231 | Extinct in 1357 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Ebeleben | Principality from 1681 originally a County |
Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1642 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1681 - 1721 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt in 1552 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1597 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Käfernburg | County | Partitioned from Käfernburg in 1195 | Extinct in 1385 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Keula | Principality | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1721 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1740 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Leutenberg | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg in 1324 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Arnstadt in 1564 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Neustadt | Principality | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1721 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1749 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Rabenwald | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg in 1231 | Annexed to Schwarzburg-Käfernburg in 1312 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Principality from 1697 Originally a county |
US | PR | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt in 1552 | |
| Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg in 1274 | Divided into Schwarzburg-Leutenberg and Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg in 1316 | ||
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Principality from 1697 Originally a county |
US | PR | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt in 1552 | Partitioned several times though it continued |
| Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg | County | Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg in 1324 | Annexed to Meißen in 1368 | ||
| Schwarzenberg | County from 1566 originally a Lordship, a Barony from 1429 |
1347 | Extinct in 1624 | ||
| Schwarzenberg | Principality | Partitioned from Stephanswald-Franconia as Klingenberg in 1789 | |||
| The Schwarzgraviate | County | Partitioned from Hohenzollern in 1333 | Annexed to Hohenzollern in 1412 | ||
| Schweinfurt | Imperial City | FR | SW | 1282 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Schwerin | Bishopric | 1165 | Secularised as a principality to Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1648 | ||
| Schwerin | Principality | 1648 Secularized from Bp. of Schwerin |
Held by Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||
| Schwerin | County | 1161 | Annexed to Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1358 | ||
| Sélestat | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Seventeen Provinces | Not a single polity | BU | PR | Included the duchies of Brabant, Limburg, and Luxembourg, and the counties of Flanders, Hainaut, Holland, etc; the northern provinces declared independence in 1581 as the United Provinces; the remaining territory was annexed to France in 1795 | |
| Silesia | Duchy | ||||
| Sion See Sitten |
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| Sitten | Bishopric | 999 | Annexed to Valais then Switzerland in 1798 | ||
| Soest | Imperial City | LR | RH | Annexed to Cleves in 1609 | |
| Söflingen | Abbacy | ||||
| Solms | County | 1129 | Partitioned into Solms-Braunfels and Solms-Burg-Solms in 1258 | ||
| Solms-Alt-Puch | County | Partitioned from Solms-Sonnenwalde in 1688 | Annexed to Solms-Kurwitz in 1769 | ||
| Solms-Assenheim | County | Partitioned from Solms-Baruth in 1632. Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim in 1699 and 1728 | Annexed to Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim in 1635, 1722 and 1778 | ||
| Solms-Baruth | County | Partitioned from Solms-Laubach in 1600 | |||
| Solms-Baruth upon Klitschdorf and Wehrau | County | Partitioned from Solms-Baruth in 1696 | |||
| Solms-Braunfels | Principality from 1742 originally a County |
Partitioned from Solms in 1258 | Partitioned several times, though it continued | ||
| Solms-Burg-Solms | County | Partitioned from Solms in 1258 | Annexed to Solms-Braunfels in 1415 | ||
| Solms-Greifenstein | County | Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels in 1592 | Annexed to Solms-Braunfels in 1693 | ||
| Solms-Hohensolms | County | Partitioned from Solms-Lich in 1562 | Annexed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich in 1718 | ||
| Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | Principality from 1792 originally a COunty |
Union of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich in 1718 | |||
| Solms-Hungen | County | Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels in 1592 | Annexed to Solms-Greifenstein in 1678 | ||
| Solms-Kotiz | County | Partitioned from Solms-Kurwitz in 1747 | |||
| Solms-Kurwitz | County | Partitioned from Solms-Alt-Puch in 1711 | |||
| Solms-Laubach | County | Partitioned from Solms-Lich in 1544 | Partitioned several times though it continued. | ||
| Solms-Lich | County | Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels in 1409 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich in 1718. | ||
| Solms-Ottenstein | County | Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels in 1325 | Annexed to Solms-Braunfels in 1424 | ||
| Solms-Rödelheim | County | Partitioned from Solms-Laubach in 1607. Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim in 1699 and 1728 | Annexed to Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim in 1635, 1722 and 1778 | ||
| Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim | County | Created from a union of Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim in 1635, 1722 and 1778 | Partitioned into Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim in 1699 and 1728 | ||
| Solms-Rösa | County | Partitioned from Solms-Alt-Puch in 1711 | |||
| Solms-Sachsenfeld | County | Partitioned from Solms-Wildenfels in 1741 | |||
| Solms-Sonnenwalde | County | Partitioned from Solms-Laubach in 1561 and 1627 | Annexed to Solms-Laubach in 1615. Annexed to Solms-Rösa in 1803 | ||
| Solms-Utphe | County | Partitioned from Solms-Baruth in 1696 | Extinct in 1762 | ||
| Solms-Wildenfels | County | Partitioned from Solms-Baruth in 1696 | |||
| Solothurn | Imperial City | 1219 | Annexed to Bern in 1355 | ||
| Speyer | Bishopric | UR | EC | 888 | Annexed to Baden in 1803 |
| Speyer | Imperial City | UR | RH | 1294 | Annexed to France in 1792 |
| Sponheim | County | 9th/10th Century | Partitioned into Sponheim-Eberstein, Sponheim-Heinsberg, Sponheim-Kreuznach and Sponheim-Starkenburg in 1227 | ||
| Sponheim-Bolanden | County | Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach in 1314 | Annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg in 1393 | ||
| Sponheim-Castellaun | County | Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach in 1291 | Annexed to Sponheim-Kreuznach in 1340 | ||
| Sponheim-Eberstein | County | Partitioned from Sponheim in 1227 | Divided between Sponheim-Kreuznach and Sponheim-Starkenburg in 1263 | ||
| Sponheim-Heinsberg | County | Partitioned from Sponheim in 1227 | Annexed to Sponheim-Eberstein in 1258 | ||
| Sponheim-Kreuznach | County | Partitioned from Sponheim in 1227 | Partitioned several times. Divided between Baden and Palatinate in 1416. All to Palatinate in 1707 | ||
| Sponheim-Sayn | County | Partitioned from Sponheim-Eberstein in 1261 | Partitioned into Sayn and Sayn-Homburg in 1283 | ||
| Sponheim-Starkenburg | County | Partitioned from Sponheim in 1227 | Divided between Baden and Palatinate in 1444. All to Palatinate in 1776 | ||
| St. Blaise | Abbacy | ||||
| St. Gall | Abbacy | 1207 | Annexed to Helvetic Republic in 1799 | ||
| St Georg in Isny | Abbacy | ||||
| St Kornelimünster | Abbacy | ||||
| St. Peter | Abbacy | ||||
| St Trudpert | Abbacy | ||||
| St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg | Abbacy | ||||
| Stadion | County from 1705 originally a Lordship, a Barony from 1686 |
12th/13th Century | Partitioned into Stadion-Thannhausen and Stadion-Warthausen in 1741 | ||
| Stadion-Thannhausen | County | Partitioned from Stadion in 1741 | |||
| Stadion-Warthausen | County | Partitioned from Stadion in 1741 | |||
| Staufenberg | Lordship | ||||
| Staufeneck | Lordship | Partitioned from Staufeneck-Babenhausen in 1432 | Annexed to Donzdorf in 1599 | ||
| Staufeneck-Babenhausen | Lordship | Partitioned from Aichen in 1351 | Partitioned into Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Cellmünz and Staufeneck in 1432 | ||
| Stauffen | Lordship | ||||
| Stavelot (Stablo) | Abbacy | ||||
| Steiermark -See under Styria |
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| Stein | Rhinegraviate from 1194 originally a County |
1072 | Annexed to Rhine in 1268 | ||
| Steinfurt | County | c. 1129 | Annexed to Bentheim-Bentheim in 1421 | ||
| Stephanswald | Barony | Partitioned from Schwarzenberg in 1437 | Divided between Stephanswald-Franconia and Stephanswald-Liége in 1529 | ||
| Stephanswald-Franconia | Principality from 1670 originally a Barony, a County from 1599 |
Partitioned from Stephanswald in 1510 | Partitioned into Klingenberg (see Schwarzenberg) and Krumau in 1789 | ||
| Stephanswald-Liége | Barony | Partitioned from Stephanswald in 1510 | Extinct in 1656 | ||
| Sternberg and Pyrmont | County | Partitioned from Lippe in 1536 | Partitioned into Lippe-Detmond and Pyrmont in 1583 | ||
| Sternberg-Schwalenberg | County | Partitioned from Lippe-Detmond in 1627 | Partitioned into Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Weißenfeld in 1736 | ||
| Stetten | Lordship | ||||
| Stettenfels | Lordship | ||||
| Stolberg | County | 1210 | Partitioned into Stolberg-Bockstädt and Stolberg-Stolberg in 1231 | ||
| Stolberg-Bockstädt | County | Partitioned from Stolberg in 1231 | Annexed to Stolberg-Stolberg in 1346 | ||
| Stolberg-Gedern | Principality from 1742 originally a County |
Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1710 | Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1804 | ||
| Stolberg-Hohenstein | County | 1571 | Annexed to Stolberg-Stolberg in 1610 | ||
| Stolberg-Islenburg | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1672 | Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1710 | ||
| Stolberg-Königstein | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg in 1538 | Annexed to Stolberg-Stolberg in 1581 | ||
| Stolberg-Ortenberg | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1572 | Divided between Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1641 | ||
| Stolberg-Ortenberg | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg in 1669 | Partitioned into Stolberg-Rossla and Stolberg-Stolberg in 1704 | ||
| Stolberg-Rochefort | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg in 1538 | Annexed to Löwenstein-Wertheim in 1574 | ||
| Stolberg-Rossla | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Ortenberg in 1704 | |||
| Stolberg-Schwarza | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg in 1538 | Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1638. Recreated from partition in 1710. Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1748 | ||
| Stolberg-Stolberg | County | Partitioned from Stolberg in 1231 | Partitioned several times. Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1631. Recreated on partition in 1638. Annexed to Stolberg-Ortenburg in 1684. Recreated on partition in 1704 | ||
| Stolberg-Wernigerode | County | Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg in 1538 | Partitioned several times, although county continued. | ||
| Strasbourg | Bishopric | UR | EC | 982 Autonomous from 775 |
Annexed to Baden in 1803 |
| Strasbourg | Imperial City | UR | 1262 | Annexed to France in 1681 | |
| Stühlingen | Landgraviate | Partitioned from Pappenheim in 1582 | Annexed to Fürstenberg in 1639 | ||
| Styria | Duchy from 1180 Originally a margraviate |
AU | PR | 1056 From the Traungau |
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| Sulz | County | 1071 | Partitioned into the Klettgau and Sulz-Vaduz in 1572 | ||
| Sulz-Vaduz | County | Partitioned from Sulz in 1572 | Annexed to Weingarten in 1616 | ||
| Sulzburg | County from 1673 originally a Lordship, a Barony from 1522 |
Partitioned from Wolfstein in 1322 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1740 | ||
| Sundgau -See under Upper Alsace |
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| Swabia | Duchy | c. 911, from the former Duchy of Alemannia | Discontinued in 1268. Shortly reestablished 1289 - 1313 for the House of Habsburg | ||
| Swabia | Landvogtei |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teck | Duchy | ||||
| Tecklenburg | County | LR | WE | Early 11th century | Passed to Brandenburg in 1707 |
| Thengen | County | ||||
| Thorn | Abbacy | 1292 | Annexed to France in 1795 | ||
| Thüngen | Lordship | ||||
| Toul | Bishopric | UR | 1048 | Annexed to France in 1552 | |
| Toul | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1552 | ||
| Trento | Bishopric | AU | EC | 1027 | Annexed by Austria into Tyrol in 1801 |
| Triberg | Lordship | ||||
| Trier | Archbishopric, and an electorate | ER | EL | 898 Autonomous from 771 |
Annexed to Nassau-Weilburg in 1803 |
| Turckheim | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Tyrol | Duchy from 1665 Originally a princely county |
AU | PR | 10th century? |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Überlingen | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1268 | Mediatized to Baden in 1803 |
| Ulm | Imperial City | SW | SW | 1115 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Upper Lusatia | Margraviate | ||||
| Upper Salm | County | Partitioned from Salm in 1170 | Raised to Wild- and Rhinegraves of Salm in 1499 | ||
| Urach | County | ||||
| Ursperg | Abbacy | ||||
| Utrecht | Bishopric | BU | EC | 1024 | Secularized to Austria in 1528 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verden | Bishopric | LR | EC | Secularized as a duchy to Sweden in 1648 | |
| Verden | Duchy | LR | EC | 1648 Secularized from Bp. of Verden |
Held by Sweden; passed to Hanover in 1719 |
| Verden | Imperial City | LR | RH | Annexed to D. of Verden in 1648 | |
| Verdun | Bishopric | UR | 997 | Annexed to France in 1552 | |
| Verdun | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1552 | ||
| Vianden | County | 11th Century | Passed to Sponheim 1414 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wain | Lordship | ||||
| Waldburg | County | SW | SW | 12th Century | |
| Waldeck | County | 1137 | Underwent several partitions Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen | ||
| Waldeck-Pyrmont | Principality from 1712 Originally a county |
1706 | |||
| Wangen | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Warburg | Imperial City | LR | RH | Held by Bp. of Paderborn | |
| Weil der Stadt | Imperial City | SW | SW | c. 1250 | Mediatized to Württtemberg in 1803 |
| Weimar | County | 8th or 9th Century | Annexed to Orlamünde-Weimar in 1100 Annexed to Meissen in 1365 | ||
| Weingarten | Abbacy | Secularized to Nassau-Orange in 1803 | |||
| Weinsberg | Lordship | ||||
| Weißenau | Abbacy | ||||
| Weißenburg/Alsace | Abbacy | ||||
| Weißenburg/Bavaria | Imperial City | FR | SW | c. 1350 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Weißenstein | County | Partitioned from Kronburg in 1540 | Annexed to Schwabeck in 1604 | ||
| Welzheim | Lordship | ||||
| Werden-Helmstädt | Abbacy | 877 | Secularised to Brandenburg in 1803 | ||
| Wernigerode | County | 1120 | Annexed to Stolberg in 1429 | ||
| Wertheim | County | 1097 | Partitioned several times Partitioned between itself and Löwenstein-Wertheim in 1574 Annexed to Stolberg in 1600 | ||
| Wesel | Imperial City | LR | RH | Passed to Cleves in 1609 | |
| Westerburg | County | 1227 | Passed to Leiningen in 1597 | ||
| Wettenhausen | Abbacy | ||||
| Wetzlar | Imperial City | UR | RH | 1180 | Mediatized to Nassau-Orange in 1803 |
| Wiblingen | Abbacy | ||||
| Wied | County | c. 860 | Partitioned several times | ||
| Wiesensteig | Lordship | ||||
| Wiesentfels | Lordship | 1333, as property of Giech. Created as a Lordship in 1487 | Annexed to B. of Bamberg in 1412 Reannexed to Giech in 1680 | ||
| Wild | Wildgraviate | 1086, evolved from the Nahegau | Partitioned several times See Wild-Rhine, where they were coalesced | ||
| Wild-Rhine | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | 1361, as Wild-Rhine-Dhaun from a union of Wild-Dhaun and Rhine | Annexed to Salm-Dhaun in 1499 | ||
| Wildenstein | Lordship | Partitioned from Zimmern in 1495 | Annexed to Mötzkirch in 1554 | ||
| Wimpfen | Imperial City | SW | SW | Mediatized in 1803 | |
| Windsheim | Imperial City | FR | SW | 1284 | Mediatized to Bavaria in 1803 |
| Wirtemberg See Württemberg |
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| Wissembourg | Imperial City | UR | Annexed to France in 1648 | ||
| Wittgenstein | County | ||||
| Wolfstein | Lordship | 1217 | Partitioned several times Annexed to Allersberg in 1383 | ||
| Worms | Bishopric | UR | EC | 861 | Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803 |
| Worms | Imperial City | UR | RH | 1074 | Annexed to France in 1789 |
| Wurmbrand-Stuppach | County | 1701 | |||
| Württemberg | Duchy from 1495, and an electorate from 1803 Originally a county |
SW | PR | 1089 | |
| Würzburg | Bishopric | FR | EC | 1168 | Annexed to Bavaria in 1802 |
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeitz-Naumburg See Naumburg-Zeitz |
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| Zell am Harmersbach | Imperial City | SW | SW | Mediatized in 1803 | |
| Zollern | County | c. 1052 | Amalgamated as Hohenzollern in 1309 | ||
| Zollern and Hohenberg | County | 1125 | Amalgamated as Hohenberg in 1253 | ||
| Zwiefalten | Abbacy |
Grouped lists
The following lists are going to be included into the table above.
Ecclesiastical states
- Abbacy of Herford (secularized 1803, to Prussia)
Ecclesiastical orders
- The Teutonic Order
- The Order of St. John
Livonian territories
- Livonian Order (secularized 16th century, to Poland)
- Archbishopric of Riga in Livonia (secularized in 16th century, to Poland)
- Bishopric of Dorpat (conquered by Russia in 1558)
- Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek (sold 1560 to Denmark)
- Bishopric of Courland (sold 1560 to Denmark)
Territories of Old Princely Families
- Baden-Saussenberg
- Brunswick-Calenberg
- Cilli
- Gorizia
- Holstein-Gottorp
- Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg
- Holstein-Glückstadt
- Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- Lorraine
- Palatinate-Kaiserlautern
- Palatinate-Veldenz
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Saxe-Eisenberg
- Saxe-Zeitz
- Saxe-Merseburg
- Saxe-Römhild
- Saxe-Jena
- Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Saxe-Saalfeld
- Thuringia
- Württemberg-Mömpelgard
Italian territories
- Mantua
- Milan
- Modena
Territories of New Princely Families
- Eggenberg, held Gradisca (1653, extinct 1717)
- Lobkowitz, held Sternstein (1653)
- Salm-Salm
- Salm-Kyrburg
- Dietrichstein, held Trasp (1654)
- Piccolomini, no immediate territories (1654, extinct 1656)
- Portia, no immediate territories (1664, extinct 1665)
- Waldeck-Eisenberg (1686, extinct 1692)
- Churchill-Marlborough, held Mindelheim (1705, resigned 1714)
- Liechtenstein, held Schellenberg-Vaduz (1713)
- Thurn und Taxis, held Eglingen and Sheer-Friedberg (1754)
Territories raised to princely level in 1803
Some terroritories were raised to princely level by a Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803:
- Ortenau (for the House of Modena-Este)
- Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
- Kaunitz-Rietberg
- Ligne
- Looz-Corswarem