List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (P)

List of states in the Holy Roman Empire
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter P:

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Paderborn	Bishopric	Low Rhen	EC	799	881: Granted territory in fief to Saxony 1180: Made fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1281: Imperial immediacy; HRE Prince of the Empire 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Palatinate (Kurpfalz) Count Palatine of the Rhine, Arch-Steward and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire	County Palatine 1314: Duchy 1356: Electorate	El Rhine	EL	915: Origins in County Palatine of Lotharingia	945: 1095: County Palatine of the Rhine 1214: Extinct; to Bavaria 1255: To Upper Bavaria 1314: Partitioned from Upper Bavaria 1356: Electorate confirmed in the Golden Bull 1410: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Neumarkt, and Palatinate-Mosbach 1524: Appanage Palatinate-Neumarkt created 1556: Inherited by Palatinate-Neuburg 1559: Inherited by Palatinate-Simmern; Neuburg to Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1576: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Lautern 1610: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1621: Under imperial ban; occupied by the Emperor 1623: Electoral title and Upper Palatinate to Bavaria; Parkstein, Peilstein and Weiden to Palatinate-Neuburg 1648: Restored in the Lower Palatinate with new Electoral title 1685: Inherited by ; War of the Palatinian Succession 1697: Acquired Megen 1742: Inherited by Palatinate-Sulzbach 1777: In personal union with Bavaria
	Duchy	Bav	PR	1535: Partitioned from Palatinate-Neuburg	1540: Reunited with Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-Guttenberg	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1611: Renamed to
	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1611: Renamed from Palatinate-Guttenberg after inheritance of Palatinate-Lützelstein	1654: Extinct; to Palatinate-Veldenz
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1614: Appanage created within	1644: Extinct; to
Palatinate-Lautern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1576: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1592: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Lützelstein	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1611: Extinct; to Palatinate-Guttenberg
Palatinate-Mosbach	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1448: Acquired Neumarkt; renamed to Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1448: Renamed from Palatinate-Mosbach after acquisition of Palatinate-Neumarkt	1499: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Neuburg	Duchy	Bav	PR	1505: Created for Otto Henry and Philip around Neuburg following the Landshut War of Succession	1535: Partitioned into itself and 1556: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
Palatinate-Neumarkt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1443: In personal union with Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1448: Extinct; to Palatinate-Mosbach 1524: Appanage created within the Palatinate 1558: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1459: Partitioned from	1559: Inherited the Palatinate; Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim to following the house agreement for the succession of the Elector Palatine; outer lying territories passed to Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1610: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1674: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1559: Core of Palatinate-Simmern to	1598: Extinct; to the Palatinate
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1444: Acquired Veldenz by marriage 1459: Partitioned into Palatinate-Simmern and Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Sulzbach	Duchy	Bav	PR	1614: Appanage created within	1656: Imperial immediacy 1714: Acquired Parkstein and Weiden 1732: Acquired Bergen op Zoom 1742: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
Palatinate-Veldenz	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1543: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1552: Acquired 1553: Acquired Lützelstein, 1/2 of Guttenberg and 2/3 of Alsenz 1592: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Lützelstein and Palatinate-Guttenberg 1694: Extinct; divided between the Palatinate, Palatinate-Sulzbach and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Zweibrücken	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1444: Partitioned from	1505: Acquired Kleeburg and half of Guttenberg 1543: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Veldenz 1559: Acquired Palatinate-Neuburg 1569: Partitioned into , , , Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1733: Reunited by 1793: To France 1799: Inherited and superseded by Bavaria-Palatinate
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1616: Acquired portion of Sponheim 1630: Sideline created 1671: Extinct; to
	Duchy	Bav	PR	1630: Created when Christian I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld acquired Bischweiler	1673: Acquired 1681: Partitioned into itself and 1733: Renamed to Palatinate-Zweibrücken
	Duchy	Bav	PR	1681: Partitioned from	1789: To France 1799: Received title Duke in Bavaria
	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from	1654: Inherited Sweden; Kleeberg passed to Adolph John I 1731: Extinct; to Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from	1681: Extinct; to Sweden
	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1609-14: War of the Jülich Succession against Brandenburg 1614: Acquired Jülich and Berg; appanages Palatinate-Sulzbach and created 1656: Appanage Palatinate-Sulzbach granted independence 1685: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1604: Extinct; to
	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from	1661: Extinct; to
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1597: Extinct; to
	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1604: Partitioned into , and
Pappenheim HRE Count & Lord of Pappenheim	Lordship 1628: County	n/a	n/a	1111: First mentioned; Hereditary Marshall of the Holy Roman Empire	1279: Partitioned into itself and Biberbach 1356: Hereditary Arch-Marshall of the Holy Roman Empire 1423: Acquired 1438: Acquired Gräfenthal 1444: Partitioned into Pappenheim-Allgäu, Pappenheim-Gräfenthal, Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen and Pappenheim-Alesheim; Pappenheim itself shared between all lines and led by the most senior ruling lord 1628: HRE Count; senior agnate of the house granted the title of Count 1697: Superseded Pappenheim-Alesheim 1807: To Bavaria
Pappenheim-Alesheim	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1697: Superseded by Pappenheim with the extinction of all other lines
Pappenheim-Allgäu	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1494: Partitioned into and
See: Biberbach
Pappenheim-Gräfenthal	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1599: Extinct; divided between and
	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1494: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Allgäu	1584: Side line created 1619: Extinct; to
	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1197: of Rechberg named as Marshall by marriage	1226: Title relinquished at death
	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1494: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Allgäu	1616: Extinct; to
Pappenheim-Schwindegg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1529: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen	1568: Inherited and renamed to Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen
	County	Swab	SC	1584: Created when of acquired Stühlingen	1613: Sold rights around St. Blaise's Abbey 1621: Sold Gräfenthal to Saxe-Altenburg 1639: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1529: Partitioned into itself and Pappenheim-Schwindegg 1568: Inherited by and renamed from Pappenheim-Schwindegg 1591: Sold Schwindegg to 1647: Extinct; to Brandenburg-Ansbach
Parchim(-Richenberg)	Principality	n/a	n/a	1226: Partitioned from Mecklenburg	1255: Divided between Mecklenburg, Schwerin and 1256: Obtained Białogard as fief of Pomerania 1270: Renounced claims to Parchim-Richenberg
	Barony 1776: County	Upp Rhen	WE	1762: , illegitimate daughter of Charles Theodore of Bavaria-Palatinate legimitised; granted Parkstein	1776: HRE Countess 1777: Purchased portion of Reipoltskirchen; Parkstein to Bavaria 1795: To France 1818: Extinct
Passau	Bishopric	Bav	EC	737	999: Imperial immediacy 1193: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: Divided between Bavaria and Salzburg 1805: All to Bavaria
Passavant	Lordship	n/a	n/a	Originally to lords of Montfaucon	1372: To Montbéliard 1444: To Württemberg 1678: To France
Petershausen	Abbacy	Swab	SP	983	Early 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1530: To the City of Constance 1556: Restored 1802: To Baden
Pettau (March of) – see: Mark an der Drau (AKA Mark/Grafschaft hinter dem Drauwald, Lower Carantanian March, marchia transsilvana)
Pfäfers	Abbacy	Swab	SP	731	1408: Imperial immediacy 1648: Left the empire as part of Switzerland
Pfalz See: Palatinate
Pfullendorf	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1220: Free Imperial City	1803: To Baden
Piombino	Lordship 1594: Principality	n/a	n/a	1399: Established	1594: HRE Principality 1801: To Etruria 1809: To Tuscany
See:
	County	Low Rhen	WE	1704: Younger German line of the Platen family acquired	1709: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Hanover
Plauen	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1244: Partitioned from	1302: Partitioned into and
	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1209: Partitioned from Weida	1240: Acquired 1244: Partitioned into Plauen and Gera
	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1302: Partitioned from Plauen	1348: Partitioned into and
	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1348: Partitioned from	1363: Country lost to Meissen 1380: Extinct
	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1348: Partitioned from	1426: Acquired Burgraviate of Meissen; henceforth known as such
	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1302: Partitioned from Plauen	1309: Adopted name Reuss von Plauen
Plesse (Plessen)	Lordship	Upp Rhen	WT	1097: First mentioned; known as	c. 1150: Assumed the name Plesse; fiefs of Paderborn c. 1170: Partitioned into and 1284/8: Reunited by 1571: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel
	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1170: Partitioned from Plesse	1284/8: Extinct; to
	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1170: Partitioned from Plesse	1284/8: Renamed to Plesse
Plettenberg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1187: First mentioned; fief of Cologne	Partitioned into numerous lines; the most important that of Lenhausen
	Lordship 1689: Barony 1724: County	n/a	n/a	1474: Partitioned from	c. 1500: Partitioned into itself and 1689: HRE Baron 1724: HRE Count; Side line founded 1730: Extinct; to
HRE Count of Plettenberg & Wittem	County	Low Rhen	WE	1724: of purchased , assumed the name Plettenberg-Wittem	1732: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1801: To France 1803: Compensated with Mietingen and 1806: To Württemberg
Pluwig	Lordship	n/a	n/a	Originally a property of	1211: To the Cathedral Chapter of Trier; formed an immediate and circle-free lordship 1794: To France 1814: To Prussia
Pomerania	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1046: First mentioned; tributary of the Empire	1106: Partitioned into itself and Pomerelia 1120-3: Made fief of Poland 1156: Partitioned into Pomerania-Stettin and 1264: Reunited by Pomerania-Stettin 1295: Partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin 1478: Reunited by Pomerania-Wolgast 1493: Imperial immediacy 1532: Partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin 1625: Reunited by Pomerania-Stettin 1634: Abdicated; under Imperial, Brandenburgian and Swedish occupation 1637: Extinct 1648: Divided into Swedish Pomerania and Prussian Pomerania
Pomerania-Barth	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1377: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1393: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Wolgast 1458: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast 1478: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast 1569: Appanage created within Pomerania-Wolgast 1618: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage abolished
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1156: Partitioned from Pomerania	1164: Made fief of Saxony; acquired 1/3 of Wolgast 1180: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin 1187: Partitioned from Pomerania-Stettin; fief of Denmark 1234: Rejoined the Empire 1236: Lost Circipania to Mecklenburg-Rostock; made fief of Brandenburg 1264: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1372: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1390: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stolp
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1440: Created for Eric, former king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden	1446: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Stolp 1569: Appanage created within Pomerania-Stettin for Barnim X 1600: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage to Casimir VI 1605: Extinct; to Pomerania-Barth 1606: Appanage invested upon Bogislaw XIV and George II 1620: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage abolished
Pomerania-Stargard	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1377: Partitioned from Pomerania-Stolp	1395: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Stolp
Pomerania-Stettin	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1156: Partitioned from Pomerania	1180: Imperial immediacy; acquired 1185: Made fief of Denmark 1187: Partitioned into itself and 1227: Rejoined the Empire 1231: Made fief of Brandenburg 1264: Renamed to Pomerania 1295: Partitioned from Pomerania; fief of Brandenburg 1348: Imperial immediacy 1463: Acquired Pomerania-Stargard 1464: Extinct; Stettin War of Succession between Pomerania-Wolgast and Brandenburg 1472: To Pomerania-Wolgast 1532: Partitioned from Pomerania 1569: Abdicated; to John Frederick of Pomerania-Wolgast 1600: Inherited and title assumed by 1603: Extinct; to Philip II of Pomerania-Barth 1618: Inherited by appanage Pomerania-Barth 1620: Inherited by appanage 1625: Renamed to Pomerania
Pomerania-Stolp	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1372: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1377: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Stargard 1395: Inherited by Pomerania-Stargard 1446: Inherited by 1459: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast
Pomerania-Wolgast	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1295: Partitioned from Pomerania; fief of Brandenburg	1317: Acquired Schlawe and Stolp 1325: War of the Rügen Succession against Mecklenburg 1328: Acquired Rügen 1348: Imperial immediacy 1372: Partitioned into Pomerania-Stolp, itself and Pomerania-Neustettin 1377: Partitioned into Pomerania-Barth and itself 1393: Extinct; to Pomerania-Barth who assumed the title 1425: Partitioned into , and 1451: Reunited by 1455: Acquired Lauenburg and Bütow 1458: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Barth 1459: Acquired Pomerania-Stolp and 1472: Acquired Pomerania-Stettin; made fief of Brandenburg 1478: Renamed to Pomerania 1532: Partitioned from Pomerania 1569: Repartition of Pomerania; partitioned into Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania-Barth, Pomerania-Wolgast and 1625: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1435: Partitioned into itself and 1451: Extinct; to
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1450: Extinct; to
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1435: Partitioned from	1440: Extinct; to
	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1451: Renamed to Pomerania-Wolgast
Provence	Duchy 877: County 933: Margraviate 1037: County	n/a	n/a	5th Century: Duchy within the Kingdom of Burgundy	877: County of Provence to Boso within Western Francia 879: Boso made king of Lower Burgundy 933: To the Kingdom of Arles; given as fief to Hugh the Black 1032: Made fief of the Empire 1125: Partitioned into itself (as County) and a margraviate; see below 1127: To the House of Barcelona by marriage 1267: To the House of Anjou by marriage 1481: In personal union with France 1486: To France
	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1125: Provence partitioned; north formed as a Margraviate for the claim of Alphonse I of Toulouse	1271: Extinct; in personal union with France 1274: Venaissin to the Papal States 1486: To France
Prüm (Prum; Pruem)	Abbacy	Upp Rhen	PR	721: Established	1222: HRE Prince of the Empire 1574: To Trier 1801: To France 1815: To Prussia
	County	Franc	FR	1737: Renamed from when inherited a portion of Limpurg through marriage to of Löwenstein-Wertheim	1787: Acquired part of and through marriage to 1806: To Württemberg
Prussia	Duchy 1701: Kingdom	n/a	n/a		Whilst not part of the empire, Prussia became an de facto state of the empire and possessed extensive territories within the Empire
Pyrmont (in Lower Saxony)	County	Low Rhen	WF	1180: Established by Cologne; given as fief to Schwalenberg	1194: Partitioned from Schwalenberg 1494: Extinct; to Spiegelberg 1568: To 1583: To 1625: To Waldeck-Eisenberg 1668: Ceded Lügde to Paderborn 1711: To Waldeck and Pyrmont 1805: Partitioned from Waldeck and Pyrmont 1812: Extinct; to Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Pirmont; in Eifel)	Lordship 15th Century: Barony	Low Rhen	WF	12th Century: First mentioned; to	early 13th Century: Schönburg assumed the name Pyrmont Before 1400: Acquired 2/3 of Ehrenburg by marriage 1426: Acquired remainder of Ehrenburg 15th Century: HRE Baron 1526: Extinct; to Eltz 1652: Half to Waldbott von Bassenheim 1695: Eltz half to Trier 1710: All to Waldbott von Bassenheim 1789: To France 1815: To Prussia

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