List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (P)
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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