List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (G)
This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter G:
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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Gandersheim | Abbacy | Upp Sax | RP | 856 | 919: Imperial immediacy 1206: HRE Princess 1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1807: To Westphalia 1815: To Brunswick |
Gdańsk See: Danzig |
Imperial City | ||||
Gelnhausen | Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1170 | 1803: Annexed to Hesse-Cassel 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Hesse-Cassel |
Gemen | Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 10th Century | To local Lords of Gemen 1282: Gemen a fief of Cleves 14th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Münster 13??: Imperial immediacy 1492: Extinct; to 1640: To Limburg-Styrum 1644: To Limburg-Styrum-Gemen 1782: To 1800: To 1806: To Salm-Kyrburg 1810: To France 1814: To Prussia |
Gemert | HRE Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century | To local Lords of Gemert as fief of Brabant 1220: Half to the Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant 1331: Gemert half to 's-Hertogenbosch 1366: All to Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant 1478: Imperial immediacy 1648-1662: To the Netherlands 1794: To France 1795: To Batavian Republic |
Geneva | County | n/a | n/a | 9th Century | 1394: Extinct; to 1401-5: Sold to Savoy |
Geneva | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 5th Century | 1154: HRE Prince 1526: Joined the Swiss Confederation as ally 1535: Secular power lost |
Geneva | 1533: Free Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1533: Independence from Bishopric of Geneva | 1536: Republic 1798: To France 1815: To Switzerland |
Gengenbach | Abbacy | Swab | SP | betw. 727-735 | 9th Century: Imperial immediacy 1007: To Bishopric of Bamberg 1139: Imperial immediacy 1751: Bench of Swabian Prelates 1803: To Baden |
Gengenbach | Imperial City | Swab | SW | c1250 | 1360: Free Imperial City 1803: To Baden |
Gera | Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1244: Partitioned from | 1314: Acquired Schleiz, Saalburg and Burgk 1425: Partitioned into , and |
Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1425: Partitioned from Gera | 1426: Extinct; to | |
Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1482: Partitioned from | 1502: Sold to 1508: Extinct | |
Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1425: Partitioned from Gera | 1482: Partitioned into , and itself 1489: Extinct; divided between and 1509: Partitioned from 1538: Extinct; to | |
Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1425: Partitioned from Gera | 1448: Acquired 1456: Extinct; to 1482: Partitioned from 1509: Partitioned into itself and 1547: To Reuss-Plauen 1550: Extinct | |
Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1197 | To Lords of as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg To Wertheim as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1319: Gerlachsheim Abbey fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1552 Direct possession of Bishopric of Würzburg 1717: To as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim 1806: To Baden | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1080: First mentioned | 1139: Established around Hohengeroldseck 1186: Side line established at 1270: Acquired Veldenz 1277: Partitioned into itself and Hohengeroldseck 1279: Sold to 1300: Sold additional territory to Baden 1426: Extinct; to in succession dispute with Hohengeroldseck 1442: Half sold to Baden 1522: Other half sold to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1629: All to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1803: To Baden | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1333: Partitioned from Hohengeroldseck | 1451: Extinct 1473: Sold to Württemberg | |
1685: HRE County | Franc | FR | 1685: HRE Count 1693: Bench of Counts of Franconia 1708: Extinct | ||
HRE Count & Lord of Giech |
Lordship 1680: HRE Barony 1695: HRE County |
Franc | FR | 12th Century | 1680: HRE Baron 1695: HRE Count 1726: Bench of Counts of Franconia 1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia |
Giengen | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 11th Century | 1391: Free Imperial City 1803: To Württemberg |
Gimborn Gimborn and Neustadt |
Lordship 1631: Imperial Lordship 1783: County |
Low Rhen | WE | ? | To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Berg 1273: To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Mark 1550: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Mark 1610: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Brandenburg 1631: Imperial immediacy 1682: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1702: Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1782: To 1783: HRE Count 1806: To Berg 1815: To Prussia |
Glarus | Imperial valley | n/a | n/a | 1395 | Until 1395: To Säckingen Abbey 1352: Joined Swiss Confederation, though subject to Säckingen Abbey 1395: Free Imperial Valley; member of Swiss Confederation 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation 1798: To Linth Canton within Helvetic Confederation 1803: Canton of Glarus within Switzerland |
County | n/a | n/a | 1162: Title "Count of Gleichen" used by Counts of Tonna | 1228: Partitioned from Tonna 1343: Partitioned into and | |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1343: Partitioned from | 1378: Partitioned into , and 1456: Reunited by Younger Line 1627: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1631: To Hatzfeld 1794: To Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1378: Partitioned from | 1456: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1378: Partitioned from | 1385: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1378: Partitioned from | 1415: Partitioned into and itself 1456: Renamed to | |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1415: Partitioned from | 1596: Extinct; to | |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1343: Partitioned from | 1631: Extinct; divided between Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1228: Partitioned from Tonna | 1294: Sold to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1297: Extinct 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia | |
Gmünd see: Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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Godesberg | County | 1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr | 1465: Partitioned into and Bedburg | ||
County | 950: Partitioned from Cläven | 1067: Extinct | |||
1694: HRE Count | n/a | n/a | 1305: First mentioned in Moravia | 15th Century: Fief of Jülich 1771: immediate Lords of Slenaken 1794: To France | |
Gorizia (Görz) | County 1365: HRE Princely County 1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca |
Aust | PR | 11th Century | 1031: To Counts of Eppenstein 1090: To Counts of 1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335) 1500: Extinct; to Austria 1754: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca 1809: To France 1813: To Austria |
Goslar | Imperial City | Low Sax | RH | 922 | 1290: Free Imperial City 1803: To Prussia 1806: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia |
Gradisca | 1647: County 1754: Princel County of Gorizia and Gradisca |
Aust | PR | 1511: Annexed to Austria | 1647: To Eggenberg 1717: To Austria 1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca |
(Grävenitz) | Lordship 1707: County |
Franc | FR | 1290: First mentioned; ministerialis in Mecklenburg | 1707: HRE Count 1718: Acquired Welzheim 1728: Joined the Franconian Counts 1733: Welzheim to Württemberg; retained personalist vote in the Franconian Circle |
Grandvillars | Barony | n/a | n/a | 11th Century | Barons of Grandvillars were fiefs of Montbéliard and 1648: To France |
Granges | Lordship | ||||
Gravenegg | Acquired Eglingen | ||||
See: |
Lordship | ||||
Grävenstein (Gravenstein or Gråsten) | Lordship | ||||
Greifensee | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1300: Created on transfer from Rapperswil to | 1369: Sold to Toggenburg 1402: To Zürich 1798: Abolished |
Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1209: Partitioned from Weida | 1240: Extinct; to | |
Groningen | Free City | n/a | n/a | 8th Century | Originally a property of the Bishopric of Utrecht 1536: Added to the Lordship of Groningen |
Lordship of Groningen | Lordship | Burg | n/a | 1498 | Free Frisians 1498: Invested on the Duchy of Saxony but was unable to gain control of the region 1514/15: To Guelders 1536: To Spanish Netherlands 1579: To the Netherlands |
Grubenhagen see "Brunswick-Grubenhagen" |
Principality | ||||
Gruyères (Greyerz) | County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century | 1246: Fief of Savoy 1536: Imperial immediacy 1554: Bankrupt; divided between Fribourg and Bern |
Guastalla | County 1621: Duchy |
n/a | n/a | 1406: Created for | 1539: To 1621: Duchy 1746: To Austria 1748: To Parma 1808: To France 1814: To Parma |
Guelders | c1088: Landgraviate 1096: County 1317: HRE Prince 1339: Duchy, claimed the status of archduchy |
Burg | PR | 1082/1096 | 1179: Inherited County of Zutphen by marriage 1247: Acquired the pawned Imperial city of Nijmegen 1393: Inherited Duchy of Jülich 1473: To the Duchy of Burgundy 1492: To House of Egmond 1543: To the Duchy of Burgundy After 1581: divided between United Provinces and Southern Netherlands 1672: French occupation 1713: Southern Gelderland fell to Prussia 1795: To France 1806: To Kingdom of Holland 1810: To France 1815: To the Netherlands and Prussia |
Gundelfingen | Lordship | Swab | SC | 11th Century | 1008: 1st mention of Gundelfingen after 1251: Partitioned into , and 1647-1768: To Furstenberg |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | after 1251: Partitioned from Gundelfingen | 1273: Extinct; to Burgau 1280: To Austria 1292: To Rechberg 1351: To 1448: To 1450: To Bavaria-Landshut 1503: To Württemberg 1521: To Ulm 1536: To Württemberg | |
Gurk | 1072: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric |
Aust | n/a | 1072 | 1803: To Austria (annexed to Carinthia) |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century | Originally to the Lords of Gutenstein 13th Century: To Austria 1306: To as fief of Austria 1455: To Zimmern 1594: To Austria 1609: To Burgau 1618: To Austria 1624: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as fief of Austria 1652: To Mohr as fief of Austria 1655: To Castell as fief of Austria 1735: To Castell directly 1806: To Württemberg 1810: To Baden | |
Gutenzell | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1237 | 1417: Imperial immediacy 1803: To 1806: To Württemberg |
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