List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (F)
This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter F:
Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
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Lordship 1571: Barony 1770: County |
Low Rhen | WE | Originally to Lords of Fagnolle | 1218: To 1333: To 1470: To 1571: To Hénin-Liétard; HRE Baron 1598: To Melun 1634: To Ligne 1770: HRE Count 1787: Joined Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1789: Joined Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1792: To France 1803: Ligne compensated with 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from Bolanden | 1255: Inherited territories of 1271: Partitioned into and |
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County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1518: Title invested on , renamed | 1546: To 1628: Half to 1652: Daun half to 1686: Manderscheid half to 1724: To Lorraine 1731: To Austria 1794: To France |
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Lordship 1393: County |
n/a | n/a | 1271: Partitioned from | 1393: HRE Count 1409: Extinct; to |
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Lordship 1398: County |
n/a | n/a | 1271: Partitioned from | 1398: HRE Count 1418: Extinct; divided between Eppstein and Solms |
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Lordship County |
n/a | n/a | c. 1218: First mentioned; to Montfort | 1258: To 1375: To Austria |
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Lordship County |
n/a | n/a | 12th Century: First mentioned; to | 1259: Partitioned into and lines 1458: To Lorraine |
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County | Burg | n/a | 862 | 1405: To the Duchy of Burgundy; fief of France (except 'Imperial Flanders', mainly ) 1529: To the Spanish Netherlands 1714: To the Austrian Netherlands 1792: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century; Gau Counts in the Haguenau | 1259: Partitioned into , and |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1259: Partitioned from | 1408: Partitioned into and |
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Lordship 1467: Barony |
n/a | n/a | 1408: Partitioned from | 1467: HRE Barony 1637: Extinct; to |
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Lordship 1467: Barony |
n/a | n/a | 1408: Partitioned from | 1467: HRE Barony 1658: Renamed to |
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Lordship 1463: Barony |
Upp Rhin | WE | 1375: Renamed from | 1463: HRE Barony 1625: Sold to 1644: Extinct |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1259: Partitioned from | 1375: Inherited 1/4 of ; renamed to |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1259: Partitioned from | 1351: Extinct; to |
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Barony | n/a | n/a | 1658: Renamed from | 1720: Extinct; divided between Göllnitz, and |
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Stem Duchy | n/a | n/a | 8th Century | 1196: Discontinued |
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Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1633: Created for Bernard of Saxe-Weimar in lands conquered in the Franconian Circle during the Thirty Years' War | 1639: Abolished |
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Lordship 1670: Barony |
Upp Rhen | RH | 13th Century: Lords and HRE Barons of Frankenstein |
1402: Imperial Immediacy 1662: sold to Hesse-Darmstadt |
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Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1372: Free Imperial City | 1806: To the Archbishopric of Regensburg 1810: To the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1815: Free City 1866: To Prussia |
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Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century?: Lords of Franzenheim | Fief of the cathedral of Trier 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia |
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Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 12th Century | 1193: Obtained secular territory 1802: Secularised to Baden |
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Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 782: Abbey established with imperial immediacy | 1803: To Bavaria |
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853: Imperial Abbacy Imperial Duchess-Abbey |
n/a | n/a | 853 | 1218: Imperial immediacy 1234: HRE Princess 1406: Secular nunnery 1524: Secularised by Zürich |
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HRE Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century | 1145: First mentioned 1245: Inherited immediate Barony of Haag 1276: Partitioned into and |
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HRE County | Bav | SC | 1276: Partitioned from | 1465: HRE Baron 1509: HRE Count 1566: Extinct; to Bavaria |
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City | n/a | n/a | 1120 | Originally a territory of Zähringen 1218: To Urach 1230: To Freiburg local counts 1368: To Austria |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1250: Partitioned from Urach | 1272: Partitioned into itself and Badenweiler 1368: City of Freiburg to Austria 1444: To 1458: Extinct |
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738: Bishopric 1220: Prince-Bishopric |
Bav | EC | 724: Founded as a monastery | 738: Bishopric 1220: HRE Prince 1803: Secularized to Bavaria |
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962: Imperial Abbacy | 1801: Annexed to France ;1815: Annexed to Prussia | |||
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1250: HRE Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century | Originally a territory of the Bishopric of Würzburg 1295: To Wertheim as fief of Würzburg 1407: To as fief of Würzburg 1482: To as fief of Würzburg 1509: To as fief of Würzburg 1556: Wertheim extinct; to Würzburg 1581: To Löwenstein-Wertheim as fief of Würzburg 1611: To as fief of Würzburg 1803: To 1806: To Baden |
![]() Freiburg im Üechtland |
Imperial Free City | 1157: Freiburg town founded | 1157: To Zähringen 1218: To Kyburg 1277: To Austria 1452: To Savoy 1478: Free Imperial City 1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire | ||
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County 1785: Princely County of Friedberg and Scheer |
Swab | SC | 13th Century | To local Co. of Friedberg 1282: To Austria 1452: To 1477: To Waldburg-Scheer 1483: To 1511: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1566: To Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer 1717: To Waldburg-Trauchburg, then Waldburg-Scheer 1764: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1777: To Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach 1785: To Thurn and Taxis 1806: To Württemberg |
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Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1216 | 1252: Free Imperial City 1802: To Hesse-Darmstadt |
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Lordship | Burg | n/a | 1498: Lordship established in Burgundian Netherlands | 1516: Spanish Netherlands 1566: Joined the Netherlands |
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Duchy | Aust | n/a | 1077: To Patriarchate of Aquileia 1420: To Venice 1516: Friuli split, under Austrian rule 1805: To Italy 1815: To Lombardy-Venetia | |
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1530: HRE County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn | Swab | SC | 1455 | 1507: Acquired Co. of Kirchberg and Lo. of Weißenhorn (non-immediate) 1511: HRE Noble 1530: HRE Count 1530: Raymond and Anton lines 1535: Raymond line partitioned into 1560: Anton line partitioned into , and |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1690: Partitioned from | 1751: Extinct; to 1751: Partitioned from 1757: Extinct; to |
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HRE County 1803: HRE Prince |
Swab | SC | 1598: Partitioned from | 1693: Partitioned into itself and 1757: Extinct; to 1759: Partitioned from 1803: HRE Prince 1806: To Bavaria |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1693: Partitioned from | 1759: Partitioned into itself and 1777: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1677: Partitioned from | 1739: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1598: Partitioned from | 1644: Partitioned into itself, , and 1672: to 1711: Partitioned into itself and 1806: To Bavaria |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1579: Partitioned from | 1654: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1575: Partitioned from | 1627: Partitioned into itself, and |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1644: Partitioned from | 1687: Extinct; to 1701: Partitioned from 17??: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1626: Partitioned from | 1690: Renamed to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1535: Raymond line Counts in Kirchberg and Weißenhorn | 1579: Partitioned into and 1690: Reunited by 1692: Paritioned into itself and 1806: To Bavaria |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1560: Partitioned from Anton line | 1598: Partitioned into itself and 1672: Extinct; given to of 1780: Appanage line created 1806: To Bavaria |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1780: Appanage created from | |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1644: Partitioned from | 1701: Partitioned into itself and 1804: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1692: Partitioned from | 1727: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1560: Partitioned from Anton line | 1669: Extinct; to 1677: Partitioned from 1806: To Bavaria |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1535: Raymond line Counts in Alsace and Bavaria | 1575: Partitioned into itself and 1633: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1711: Partitioned from | 1735: Sold to Thurn and Taxis 1820: Extinct |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1627: Partitioned from | 1739: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1579: Partitioned from | 1626: Partitioned into and itself 1690: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1560: Partitioned from Anton line | 1598: Partitioned into itself and 1643: Extinct; to |
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HRE County | Swab | SC | 1644: Partitioned from | 1677: Partitioned into and |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1690: Partitioned from | 1751: Partitioned into itself and 1757: Renamed to |
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HRE County | n/a | n/a | 1627: Partitioned from | 1690: Partitioned into and 1757: Reunited by 1795: Extinct; to Bavaria |
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1156: HRE Prince-Abbacy 1752: Prince-Bishopric |
Upp Rhen | EC | 744 | 774: Imperial immediacy 1220: HRE Prince 1576-1602: Annexed to the Teutonic Order 1803: Secularized to Nassau-Orange-Fulda 1806: to France 1807: to Westphalia 1815: To Hesse-Cassel 1867: to Prussia |
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1660: HRE Barons | n/a | n/a | 14th Century | NOTE: Different from family of Princes of Furstenberg |
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County | Swab | SC | 1250: Partitioned from Urach | 1283: Landgrave of Baar 1284: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and 1386: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1408: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach 1490: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Baar 1559: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Blumberg and Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg 1744: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1806: To Baden, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Württemberg |
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County | Swab | SC | 1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg | 1490: Renamed to Fürstenberg |
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County | Swab | SC | 1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg | 1599: Partitioned into itself and Fürstenberg-Möhringen 1614: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Messkirch and Fürstenberg-Stühlingen |
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County | Swab | SC | 1617: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg | 1698: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg |
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County 1716: HRE Prince |
Swab | SC | 1284: Partitioned from Fürstenberg | 1386: Renamed to Fürstenberg 1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg 1441: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Baar and 1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 1744: Renamed to Fürstenberg |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg | 1483: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Baar |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1284: Partitioned from Fürstenberg | 1386: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg |
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County 1664: HRE Prince |
Swab | SC | 1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg | 1617: Partitioned into itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen 1664: HRE Prince 1716: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg |
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County 1716: HRE Prince |
Swab | SC | 1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg | 1716: HRE Prince 1744: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg |
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County | Swab | SC | 1599: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg | 1641: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Blumberg |
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County | Swab | SC | 1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg | 1704: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Weitra |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1759: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Weitra | |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen, containing lands within Austria centred around Tavíkovice and Weitra | 1759: Partitioned between itself and Fürstenberg-Taikowitz |
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County | n/a | n/a | 1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg | 1490: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Baar |
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Not a single polity | Aust | PR | 1278 | Included numerous counties, lordships, cities, etc., in south-western Germany obtained by the House of Habsburg and administered as a single entity, usually from the Tyrol 1805: Dispersed between Baden, Bavaria, Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Württemberg |
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Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1662 | Part of the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To the Teutonic Order 1805: To Bavaria |
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