List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (A)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter A:
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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Aachen | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1166: Free Imperial City | 1794: To France 1815: to Prussia |
Aalen | Free Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1241: Founded by Hohenstaufen | by 1340: To Oettingen 1359: Sold to Württemberg 1360: Free Imperial City 1500: To Swabian Circle 1802: To Duchy of Württemberg |
Aalst | County | n/a | n/a | 964: First mentioned | 1056: Extinct; to Flanders despite Brabantian claims to the territory |
Abensberg-Traun (Apensberg-Traun) | Lordship 1653: County |
Swab | SW | 1114: First mentioned; ministerialis of Austria | 1653: HRE Count 1656: Joined the Swabian Circle (personalist) 1662: Acquired Eglofs; joined the Bench of Counts of Swabia 1804: Sold Eglofs to |
County | n/a | n/a | 1040: First mentioned; brother of Urach | 1098: Extinct; to Urach 1250: To Fürstenberg | |
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Ahrgau | County | n/a | n/a | Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire | See: 1107: Separated from Prüm Abbey 1246: Annexed to the Archbishopric of Cologne |
(Alpeck) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1081: First mentioned; ministerialis of Swabia | 1245: To Burgau 1289: To Werdenberg-Sargans 1312: To 1349: To 1383: Sold to Ulm |
HRE Count of Aldenburg, Lord of the Free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel |
Lordship 1651: Barony 1667: County |
n/a | n/a | 1646: , illegitimate child of Anthony Günther of Oldenburg, ennobled | 1651: HRE Baron 1667: Acquired Knyphausen and Varel; HRE Count 1738: Extinct; to Bentinck by marriage |
All Saints (Allerheiligen; in Schaffhausen) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1049: Abbey established | 1080: Acquired Schaffhausen c. 1122: Acquired 1190: Schaffhausen independent 1529: To Schaffhausen; monastery suppressed |
County 1130: Landgraviate |
n/a | n/a | 1125: Partitioned from County of Saarbrücken | 1130: HRE Landgrave 1189: Also known as c. 1340: Sold to Oettingen 1359: Sold to Strasbourg | |
Alsace and Burgundy | Bailiwick | None | SW | 1212: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order | 1805: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
County | n/a | n/a | 1234: Partitioned from Bruchhausen | 1335: To Tecklenburg 1338: Sold to Hoya 1354: Extinct | |
(Altena-Marck; Altena-Mark) | County | n/a | n/a | 1180: Partitioned from Berg-Altena | 1226: Renamed to Mark |
County | n/a | n/a | 1180: Partitioned from Berg-Altena | 1126: Lands given to (Mark) 1243: Restored to a small part of the former county 1253: Renamed to | |
Altenbaumburg (Altenbaumberg) | Raugraviate | n/a | n/a | 1253: Partitioned from | 1366: Most sold to the Palatinate 1385: Extinct; remainder to the Palatinate |
Altensteig | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1100: First mentioned; to Knights of Altensteig | 1280: To 1318: To 1355: To 1398: Sold to Baden 1603: Sold to Württemberg |
An der Etsch (on the Adige) | Bailiwick | Aust | n/a | 1269: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order | 1805: To Bavaria; attached to the Tyrol 1814: To Austria |
Andechs (Andechs-Meran from 1180) | County 1180: Duchy |
n/a | n/a | 1132: Renamed from | 1157: Acquired Wolfratshausen 1173: Acquired Istria 1180: Acquired Merania 1208: Most possessions in Bavaria and the Tyrol to Bavaria 1211: Acquired the County Palatine of Burgundy 1248: Extinct; County Palatine of Burgundy to Hugh of Chalon; remainder to Bavaria |
Anhalt | Lordship 1212: County 1218: Princely County 1250: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1173: Independence from Saxony | 1212: HRE Count 1218: HRE Princely Count 1250: HRE Prince 1252: Partitioned into Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Köthen 1570: Reunited by 1603: Partitioned into Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Zerbst |
Anhalt-Aschersleben | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt | 1315: Extinct; Succession dispute between Anhalt-Bernburg and the Bishopric of Halberstadt 1322: To the Bishopric of Halberstadt |
Anhalt-Bernburg | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt | 1468: Extinct; divided between Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1630: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Harzgerode 1707: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym |
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1727: Created from union of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym with Holzapfel | 1806: Holzapfel to Nassau 1812: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau |
Anhalt-Dessau | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1474: Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst | 1551: Partitioned into Anhalt-Zerbst, and itself 1570: Extinct; to 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt |
Anhalt-Dornburg | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1667: Appanage created in Anhalt-Zerbst | 1742: Extinct; appanage abolished |
Anhalt-Harzgerode | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1630: Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg | 1709: Extinct; to Anhalt-Bernburg |
Anhalt-Köthen | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt | 1396: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Zerbst 1562: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1665: Inherited by Anhalt-Plötzkau 1765: Appanage established |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1765: Appanage line created in Anhalt-Köthen | 1767: Official investiture of Pless by Prussia | |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1667: Appanage created in Anhalt-Zerbst | 1714: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Anhalt-Plötzkau | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt | 1665: Inherited and renamed to Anhalt-Köthen |
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1551: Partitioned from Anhalt-Dessau | 1570: Renamed to Anhalt | |
Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym | Principality | Upp Sax | n/a | 1718: Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg | 1727: Renamed to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym |
Anhalt-Zerbst | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1396: Partitioned from Anhalt-Köthen | 1474: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Dessau 1562: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1667: Appanages and Anhalt-Dornburg created 1796: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau |
Anholt | Lordship 14th Century: Barony 1621: County |
Low Rhen | WF | 1169: Fief of Utrecht | 1234: To as fief of Utrecht betw. 1317-1343: Imperial immediacy 1399: To Gemen 1402: To 1621: HRE Count 1641: to Salm-Salm 1653: Joined the Westphalian Counts 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
Ansbach See: Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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Antwerp | Margraviate | Burg | n/a | 974: Established | 994: Acquired Toxandria 1106: United with Lower Lorraine 1190: Title to Brabant |
Aosta | County 1310: HRE Duchy |
n/a | n/a | c. 999: To the Bishopric of Aosta; fief of the Kingdom of Arles | 1026: To Savoy 1310: HRE Duke 1539: To France 1563: Restored to Savoy 1810: To France 1814: Restored to Piedmont-Sardinia |
Appenzell | Canton | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: To St Gall's Abbey | 1408: Independence from St Gall's Abbey 1513: Member of the Old Swiss Confederacy 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes) | Canton | n/a | n/a | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell | 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes) | Canton | n/a | n/a | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell | 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
(Ahr) | County | n/a | n/a | 992: First mentioned in the Ahrgau | 1107: Imperial immediacy 1144: Partitioned into , and |
(Are, Ahr) | County | n/a | n/a | 1144: Partitioned from | 1210: Extinct; to |
(Nürburg) | County | n/a | n/a | 1144: Partitioned from | 1225: Partitioned into itself and Neuenahr 1290: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne |
(Hochstaden) | County | n/a | n/a | 1144: Partitioned from | 1149: Acquired Hochstaden by marriage 1162: Partitioned into itself and 1246: To the Archbishopric of Cologne 1265: Extinct |
(Wickrath, Wickenrode) | County | n/a | n/a | 1162: Partitioned from | 1301: Extinct; to Guelders |
Arenberg (Aremberg) | Duchy | El Rhin | PR | c. 1177 | c. 1177: Lords of Arenberg first mentioned; burgraves of Cologne within the Archbishopric of Cologne 1220: Partitioned into itself and 1279: Sold burgraviate to the Archbishops 1299: Lords of Arenberg extinct; to County of Mark 1328: To 1549: Inherited by Ligne which assumed the name 'Arenberg' 1576: Princely County 1580: HRE Council of Princes 1644: Duchy 1795: Duchy ceded to France 1803: Obtained Meppen and Vest Recklinghausen 1810: Mediatized |
Arlon | County c. 1167: Margraviate |
n/a | n/a | 950 | c. 1167: HRE Margrave 1214: United with Luxembourg 1221: To Limburg |
County | n/a | n/a | 1050: First mentioned; to | c. 1070: To 1124: Extinct in male line 1132: To by marriage 1368: Sold to Cologne who added it to the Duchy of Westphalia | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1131: Branch of established a line at | 1211: Side line established 1226: Partitioned into itself and Barby c. 1294: Given to 1326: Extinct 1334: To Regenstein 1387: Sold to | |
Artois | County | Burg | n/a | 898: To Flanders | 1180: To France 1237: Artois established as appanage 1350: To the Duchy of Burgundy 1477: To France 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1659: To France |
Aschaffenburg | Principality | n/a | n/a | 10th Century: To Mainz | 1803: Made principality of the Archbishopric of Regensburg 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1814: To Bavaria |
Barony 1676: County |
Low Rhen | WE | 1307: First mentioned | 1590: Purchased Rekem (Reckheim) 1623: Imperial Estate 1676: HRE Count 1793: To France 1802: Compensated with Baindt 1806: To Württemberg | |
Auersperg | Lordship 1550: Barony 1653: County 1664: Princely County |
Swab | PR | 1162: First mentioned, in Carniola | 1550: HRE Baron 1630: HRE Count 1653: HRE Prince 1654: Bench of Secular Princes 1654: Acquired and Frankestein 1663: Acquired 1664: HRE Princely Count 1664: Joined the Swabian Circle 1791: Acquired Gottschee 1806: Tengen to Baden |
Augsburg | Bishopric | Swab | EC | 4th Century: Diocese established | 8th Century: First mention of historical mention of diocese c. 888: Imperial immediacy 1276: City of Augsburg acquired independence 1802: To Bavaria |
Augsburg | Free Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1276: Free Imperial City | 1806: To Bavaria |
Austria | Margraviate 1156: Duchy 1453: Archduchy 1804: Empire |
Aust | PR | 833: Established, part of the Duchy of Bavaria | 976: Separated from Bavaria 1156: HRE Duke 1192: Acquired Styria 1379: Partitioned into itself (Albertine Line) and Inner Austria (Leopoldine Line) 1453: HRE Archduke 1457: Inherited by Inner Austria (Leopoldine Line) 1804: Assumed rank of Empire |
Bailiwick | Aust | n/a | 1260: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order | 1805: To Austria |
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