List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (S)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter S:
Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
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Saarbrücken | County | n/a | n/a | 1080: Saargau invested on , founder of the line of Saarbrücken | 1118: First use of the title Count of Saarbrücken[1] 1125: Partitioned into and itself c. 1182: Partitioned into itself, and Zweibrücken 1227: Parts made fief of Metz 1274: Extinct; to |
County | n/a | n/a | 1274: Title assumed by Commercy after inheritance of Saarbrücken | 1341: Partitioned into itself and a Lordship (see below) 1381: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1341: Partitioned as a Lordship from the County above | 1459: Acquired 1465: Partitioned into and | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1465: Partitioned from (Lordship) | 1525: Extinct in male line 1526: To by marriage | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1465: Partitioned from (Lordship) | 1497: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | c. 1182: Partitioned from Saarbrücken | 1212: Inherited Leiningen and assumed that name | |
Saarburg See: Sarrebourg |
Imperial City | ||||
Saarwerden | County | n/a | n/a | 1125: Partitioned from | 1212: Partitioned into itself and Kirkel 1397: Extinct; succession dispute between Moers and Metz 1399: To Moers 1417: To 1527: Extinct; to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1574: To 1602: Returned to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1629: To Lorraine 1648: Returned to Nassau-Saarbrücken except Bockenheim 1794: To France |
Sachsen See: Saxony |
Duchy 1356: Electorate |
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Sagan (Zagan) | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1278: Partitioned from ; part of Poland | 1329: Under suzerainty of Bohemia 1478: To Saxony as fief of Bohemia 1549: To Bohemia directly 1628: To Albrecht von Wallenstein as fief of Bohemia 1634: To Bohemia directly 1646: To Lobkowicz as fief of Bohemia 1742: To Lobkowicz as fief of Prussia 1786: To Biron as fief of Prussia |
Mark an der Sann (AKA Sannmark, Mark an der Sawe, Sann-Gft., Sann-Mgft., Mgft. Soun(e), Gft Soun(e), Sanntal, Saunien) | Margraviate | N/A | Before 980 |
1137 or 1144: Last Margrave dies; margravial title no longer held | |
St Ägidien See: St Giles |
Abbacy | ||||
St Blaise (St Blasien) | Abbacy | Swab | SC | 10th Century? | 1609: HRE Counts of Bonndorf; imperial immediacy 1803: To Order of St John 1805: To Württemberg 1806: To Baden |
St Emmeram | Abbacy | Bav | RP | c. 739 | 1295: Imperial immediacy 1731: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: To Regensburg; buildings to Thurn and Taxis |
St Gall (St Gallen) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 613 | 1207: HRE Prince of the Empire; imperial immediacy 1270: Acquired 1401: Lost Appenzell 1415: Lost City of St Gall 1451: Protectorate of the Swiss Confederation 1468: Acquired Toggenburg 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland (except ) 1803: to Dietrichstein |
St Gall (St Gallen) | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1415: Free Imperial City | 1454: Associate of the Swiss Confederacy 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland 1798: new Canton of Säntis in the Helvetic Republic 1803: Canton of St. Gallen |
St George (St Georg; in Isny) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1096 | 1781: Imperial immediacy 1803: To |
St George (St Georg; in Stein) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 10th Century | 1007: Relocated to Stein 15th Century: Imperial immediacy 1521: To Zürich |
St Giles (St Ägidien) | Abbacy | FR | RP | 1140: Established with imperial immediacy | 1525: To Nuremberg |
St Hubert | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 687 | 1522: Imperial immediacy 1797: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
St John (St Johann; in the Thurtal) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | before 1152 | 1227/8: Imperial immediacy 1555: To St Gall |
St John (St Johann) | Order of Chivalry | n/a | RP / PR | c. 1099 | In possession of numerous territories across Germany 1546: Bench of Spiritual Princes 1805: All territories annexed by various states |
St Kornelimünster See: Kornelimünster |
Abbacy | ||||
St Ludger (Helmstedt) | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | c. 800 | Always in personal union with Werden Abbey by 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1490: Helmstedt sold to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
St. Mang | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 748 | 1268: Imperial immediacy 1313: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To Oettingen-Wallerstein 1806: To Bavaria |
St Maximin | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 4th Century | By 12th Century: Imperial immediacy 1669: To Trier |
St Peter | Abbacy | Swab | SP | Before 1073 | 1093: Imperial immediacy 1526: To Austria |
St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 10th Century | 1577: Imperial immediacy (challenged until 1643) 1802: Divided between Augsburg and Bavaria |
St Ulrich and St Afra in Neresheim See: Neresheim |
Abbacy | ||||
Salem (Salmannsweiler) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1136 | 1138: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Baden |
Salm | County | n/a | n/a | 1036: First mentioned; to Luxembourg | 1059: Partitioned from Luxembourg 1163: Partitioned into Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm) and Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm) |
Salm | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1475: Renamed from after inheritance of Salm in the Vosges | 1499: Partitioned into and Salm-Kyrburg |
Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm; Niedersalm) | County | n/a | n/a | 1163: Partitioned from Salm; to Vianden | 1175: Partitioned from Vianden 1416: Extinct; to in succession dispute with 1456: To 1460: took the name Salm-Reifferscheid |
Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm; Obersalm) | County | n/a | n/a | 1163: Partitioned from Salm | 1225: Partitioned into itself and 1337: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Püttlingen 1431: Partitioned into itself and 1475: Extinct; to by marriage who took the name Salm |
(Salm-Badenweiler) | County | n/a | n/a | 1431: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges | 1528: Side line Salm-Neuburg created 1600: Extinct; divided between Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm and Lorraine 1738: Left the Empire; made part of France 1789: To France directly |
(Salm-Blankenberg) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1225: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges | 1247: Made fief of Metz 1499: Half sold to Lorraine 1506: Extinct; remainder to Lorraine |
Salm-Dhaun | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1574: Partitioned from | 1697: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Püttlingen 1748: Extinct; to Salm-Püttlingen |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1499: Partitioned from Salm | 1574: Partitioned into , Salm-Grumbach and Salm-Dhaun | |
Salm-Grumbach Forest and Rhine Count of Salm in Horstmar |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1574: Partitioned from | 1668: Partitioned into itself and 1793: To France 1803: Compensated with Horstmar; renamed to Salm-Horstmar 1816: To Lichtenberg |
Salm-Horstmar | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1803: Renamed from Salm-Grumbach | 1806: To Berg 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
Salm-Kyrburg | Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1743: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WE / PR | 1499: Partitioned from Salm | 1607: Partitioned into , and 1743: Renamed from ; HRE Prince 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Ahaus and Bocholt; Bench of Princes 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
(Salm-Tronecken) | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1607: Partitioned from Salm | 1637: Extinct; divided between and |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1607: Partitioned from Salm | 1681: Extinct; to | |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1607: Partitioned from Salm | 1688: Extinct; to | |
Salm-Neuburg | County 1529: County Palatine |
n/a | n/a | 1528: Created when purchased Neuburg; fief of Austria | 1529: HRE Count Palatine 1654: Neuburg sold to Sinzendorf 1784: Extinct |
(Salm-Neuweiler) | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1610: Partitioned from | 1696: Partitioned into and |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1696: Partitioned from | 1709: Acquired as fief of Brabant 1738: Inherited and renamed to Salm-Salm | |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1696: Partitioned from | 1743: Renamed to Salm-Kyrburg | |
Salm-Püttlingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1337: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges | 1368: Extinct; to Salm in the Vosges |
Salm-Püttlingen | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WE | 1697: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun | 1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach |
Salm-Reifferscheid | County 1628: Altgraviate |
n/a | WE | 1460: Renamed from | 1628: HRE Altgrave 1639: Partitioned into and Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck |
Altgraviate | n/a | WE | 1639: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid | 1734: Partitioned into itself, and Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Krautheim; renamed to Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim | |
Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck | Altgraviate | n/a | WE | 1639: Partitioned from | 1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
Altgraviate | n/a | WE | 1734: Partitioned from in fiefs of Austria | ||
Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim | Altgraviate 1804: Principality |
n/a | WE | 1803: Renamed from | 1804: HRE Prince 1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz | Altgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1734: Partitioned from in fiefs of Austria | |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1668: Partitioned from Salm-Grumbach | 1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach | |
Salm-Salm | Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1623: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT / PR | 1610: Partitioned from | 1623: HRE Prince 1654: Bench of Secular Princes 1738: Inherited by 1793: To France 1803: Compensated with Ahaus and Bocholt 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1574: Partitioned from | 1610: Partitioned into Salm-Salm and | |
Salmannsweiler See: Salem |
Abbacy | ||||
Salzburg | Bishopric 798: Archbishopric |
Bav | EC | c. 543 | 798: Raised to Archbishopric 1278: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: Secularized as an Electorate for Ferdinand III of Tuscany |
Salzburg | Electorate | Bav | PR | 1803: Salzburg, Eichstätt, Berchtesgaden and 1/2 of Passau secularised as an Electoral Grand Duchy for Ferdinand III of Tuscany | 1805: Divided between Austria and Bavaria. Ferdinand III compensated with Würzburg |
Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: To Werdenberg-Sargans | 1342: To 1396: To Austria 1436: To 1483: Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Sarrebourg | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RC | 1171: To Dagsburg as a fief of Metz | 1225: To Metz directly 1476: Free Imperial City 1661: To France |
Savoy | County 1416: Duchy 1713: Kingdom |
Upp Rhen | PR | 1003: Humbert I made count of Savoy | 1218: Acquired Zähringen Vaud 1313: Imperial immediacy 1388: Acquired Nice 1401: Acquired Geneva 1416: HRE Duke 1419: Acquired Piedmont 1536: To France 1559: Restored 1713: Acquired Sicily 1720: Traded Sicily for Sardinia 1792: To France 1815: Restored 1860: To France |
Sax | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1137/9: First mentioned | 1248: Partitioned into and Hohensax |
Barony 1413: County |
n/a | n/a | 1248: Partitioned from Sax | 1413: HRE Count 1424: Joined the Grey League 1483: Most sold to 1485: Remainder sold to Lucerne 1540: Extinct | |
Saxony | County Palatine | n/a | n/a | 965: appointed Count Palatine of Saxony | 1003: To Goseck 1097: To 1180: To Thuringia 1247: To Meissen 1291: Northern part sold to Brandenburg; southern part known as 1347: Sold to Meissen |
Saxony | Margraviate 888: Stem Duchy |
n/a | n/a | c. 850 | 888: Duchy 1180: Henry the Lion deposed; the old duchy of Saxony was broken up and former fiefs were granted imperial immediacy. Remaining unconnected territory around Hadeln, Lauenburg and Wittenberg to the House of Ascania; see below. |
Saxony | Duchy 1356: Electorate 1806: Kingdom |
Upp Sax | EL | 1180: Remainder of the stem duchy to the House of Ascania | 1212: Partitioned into Anhalt and itself 1296: Partitioned into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg 1356: Saxe-Wittenberg made Electorate of Saxony 1422: Extinct; succession dispute between Saxe-Lauenburg, Anhalt and Meissen 1423: Sold to Meissen, henceforth Electors of Saxony 1445: Partitioned into itself and 1485: Partitioned into itself (Electorate - Ernestine line) and a (Albertine Line) 1542: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Coburg 1547: Capitulation of Wittenberg; Electorate to the Ducal (Albertine) line and the Electoral (Ernestine) relegated to a much reduced Duchy; see below 1559: Acquired Vogtland 1580: Acquired Mansfeld 1657: Partitioned into itself, , Saxe-Merseburg and Saxe-Zeitz 1806: Kingdom |
Duchy The Electorate of Saxony and Duchy of Saxony were separate entities 1485 - 1572 |
Upp Sax | PR | 1485: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony | 1547: Capitulation of Wittenberg; Electorate to the Ducal (Albertine) line and the Electoral (Ernestine) relegated to a much reduced Duchy; see above 1554: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha 1566: Reunited by Saxe-Weimar 1572: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar | |
Saxe-Altenburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1603: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1826: Partitioned from Saxe-Hildburghausen |
1660: Acquired Themar and Meiningen 1672: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Weimar |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg | 1321: Acquired . Ceded Bergedorf to . Renamed to | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1321: Renamed from | 1359: Sold Mölln to Lübeck 1370: Sold remainder of the country to Lübeck 1401: Extinct; to | |
Saxe-Coburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1542: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line) | 1553: Extinct; to the (Ernestine line) 1554: Partitioned from the (Ernestine line) 1566: Under Imperial Ban; country to Saxe-Weimar 1596: Partitioned from Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach 1633: Extinct; to Saxe-Eisenach 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1699: Extinct; to Saxe-Saalfeld |
Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1572: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line) | 1596: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Eisenach |
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1699: Renamed from Saxe-Saalfeld | 1826: Renamed to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Saxe-Eisenach | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1596: Partitioned from the Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach | 1638: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Weimar 1640: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1644: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar 1662: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1671: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar 1672: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1741: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar in personal union |
Saxe-Eisenberg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1707: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Saxe-Gotha | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1554: Appanage created from (Ernestine line) | 1565: Extinct; to Saxe-Coburg 1640: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1680: Partitioned into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Eisenberg, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Saalfeld |
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1826: Extinct; Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Saxe-Hildburghausen | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1826: Partitioned into Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen |
Saxe-Jena | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1672: Partitioned from the Saxe-Weimar | 1690: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach |
Saxe-Lauenburg | Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Wittenberg until 1356 | Low Sax | PR | 1296: Partitioned from Saxony | 1303: Partitioned into , and 1401: Reunited by 1689: Extinct in male line; annexed by Brunswick-Lüneburg after exiling heiress Anna Maria and despite large succession dispute 1803: To France 1806: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1811: To France 1813: To Hanover |
Saxe-Meiningen | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | |
Saxe-Merseburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony | 1668: Acquired Forst 1684: Appanages , and created 1731: Inherited by 1738: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg | 1690: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg | 1731: Inherited Saxe-Merseburg; appanage abolished | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg | 1751: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg | 1321: Acquired Bergedorf; renamed to | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg | 1308: Extinct in male line; half to 1321: Extinct; rest to | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1321: Renamed from | 1401: Renamed to Saxe-Lauenburg | |
Saxe-Römhild | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1710: Extinct; to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Saxe-Saalfeld | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1699: Acquired Coburg; renamed to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1445: Partitioned from Saxony | 1482: Extinct; to Saxony | |
Saxe-Weimar | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1554: Partitioned from (Ernestine line) | 1566: Renamed to (Ernestine line) 1572: Partitioned from (Ernestine line) 1603: Partitioned into Saxe-Altenburg and itself 1633: Bernard named Duke of Franconia 1640: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Gotha 1662: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Eisenach 1672: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Jena 1741: Renamed to Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy |
Upp Sax | PR | 1741: Renamed from Saxe-Weimar; led Saxe-Eisenach in personal union | 1815: Grand Duke |
Saxe-Wittenberg | Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Lauenburg | n/a | n/a | 1296: Partitioned from Saxony | 1290: Acquired Brehna 1356: Renamed to Electorate of Saxony |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1680: Appanage created within | 1739: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1711: Appanage created within | 1715: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony | 1680: Appanage created 1711: Appanage created 1746: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony | |
Saxe-Zeitz | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony | 1699: Appanage created 1718: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1699: Appanage created within Saxe-Zeitz | 1713: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Sayn | County | n/a | n/a | 1139: First mentioned | 1247: Extinct in male line 1263: Extinct; to Sponheim-Starkenburg 1266: Partitioned from Sponheim-Starkenburg 1294: Partitioned into and Sayn-Homburg |
Sayn-Altenkirchen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1652: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1701: Extinct; to Saxe-Eisenach 1741: To Brandenburg-Ansbach 1791: To Prussia 1803: To Nassau-Usingen 1806: To Duchy of Nassau 1815: To Prussia |
Sayn-Hachenburg | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1652: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1714: Extinct; to 1799: To Nassau-Weilburg 1806: To Duchy of Nassau 1815: Parts ceded to Prussia |
Sayn-Homburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Sayn | 1361: Acquired Wittgenstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein |
County | Low Rhen | WE | 1294: Partitioned from Sayn | 1608: Extinct; succession dispute between Cologne and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Annexed by Cologne | |
Sayn-Wittgenstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1361: Renamed from Sayn-Homburg | 1605: Partitioned into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | County 1792: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT | 1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein | 1694: Appanages Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg founded 1792: HRE Prince 1806: To Berg and Hesse-Darmstadt 1815: To Prussia |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein | County 1801: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT | 1647: Renamed from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein | 1657: Partitioned into itself and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar 1801: HRE Prince 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1816: To Prussia |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | 1806: To Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein; acquired rights to by marriage, however was annexed by Cologne | 1636: Extinct in male line 1648: Acquired 1652: Partitioned into Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Hachenburg |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar | County | n/a | n/a | 1657: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein | 1775: Extinct; to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein |
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein | 1647: Acquired Hohnstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein |
Schaffhausen See: All Saints |
Abbacy | ||||
Schaffhausen | Imperial City | Swab | SC | 1190: Free Imperial City | 1330: To Austria 1415: Free Imperial City 1454: Ally of the Swiss Confederation 1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Schaesberg | Lordship 1637: Barony 1706: County |
Low Rhen | WE | 1239: First mentioned; branch of | 1410: Extinct; to who soon adopted the name Schaesberg 1618: Imperial immediacy around 1637: HRE Baron 1706: HRE Count 1712: Acquired as fief of the Palatinate 1786: Imperial immediacy in ; joined the Westphalian Counts 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Tannheim 1806: To Württemberg |
Schaumburg | Lordship 1295: County |
Low Rhen | WE | 1110 | 1227: Acquired Holstein 1261: To Holstein-Itzehoe 1290: To 1640: 1/2 to Hesse-Cassel, 1/2 to Lippe-Alverdissen |
Schaumburg-Lippe Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, etc. |
County | Low Rhen | WE | 1647: Renamed from Lippe-Alverdissen | |
Schaunberg | Lordship by 1316: County |
Aust | WE | c. 1160: First mentioned | By 1316: HRE Count 1367: Acquired Eferding 1390: Made fief of Austria 1548: Lost voting rights and representation in the Diet and Austrian Circle 1559: Extinct; to Austria |
Scheer (Scheer and Friedberg) | Lordship 1463: County 1785: Princely County |
Swab | n/a | 1076: First mentioned; to Ruck | 1181: To Montfort 1258: To 1354: To 1414: To 1433: To 1447: To 1452: To 1480: To 1511: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1580: To 1696: Placed under Imperial administration 1717: To 1764: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1775: To Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg 1785: To Thurn and Taxis 1806: To Württemberg |
Schellenberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1137: First mentioned; vassals of Freising | 12th Century: Relocated to modern location 1317: Sold to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1377/8: To 1412: Sold to 1434: Sold to 1510: Sold to 1613: To Hohenems 1646: To 1699: Sold to Liechtenstein |
Scheuerberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1325: Partitioned from | 1335: Sold to Mainz 1484: To the Teutonic Order 1806: To Württemberg |
Schillingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | To the Cathedral of Trier | 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia |
Schleiden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1104: First mentioned | 1149: Partitioned into itself and Blankenheim 1445: Extinct; to Manderscheid 1488: To 1560: To 1593: Divided between and 1774: Mark portion to Arenberg 1794: All to France 1815: To Prussia |
Schlettstadt (Sélestat) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1216: Free Imperial City | 1648: To France 1679: Left the Empire; annexed to France |
Schliengen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1170: To | 1238: To 1337: To 1343: To Basel 1803: To Baden |
Schlitz genannt von Görtz | Lordship 1677: Barony 1726: County |
Franc | WT | 1116: First mentioned as Schlitz; ministerialis of Fulda | 1404: Renamed to Schlitz genannt von Görtz 1563: Acquired 1656: Imperial immediacy 1804: Seat in the Counts of the Wetterau 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt |
Schmalkalden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 874: First mentioned; to Thuringia | 1247: To Henneberg-Schleusingen 1360: Half to Hesse 1584: All to Hesse |
Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1284: Partitioned from | 1330: Extinct; to Trier | |
Schönborn | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1275: First mentioned; ministerialis in the Rheingau, possibly vassals of Schaumburg, Diez and Katzenelnbogen | 13th Century?: Partitioned into and |
Schönborn-Buchheim | County | Franc | FR | 1711: Renamed from | 1717: Partitioned into Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Schönborn-Heusenstamm |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn | c. 1350: Partitioned into itself and 15th Century: Partitioned into itself and ?: Extinct; to | |
Lordship 1663: Barony 1701: County |
Franc | FR | 1571: Partitioned from | 1650: Acquired Taibach 1661: Acquired Heusenstamm 1663: HRE Baron 1671: Joined the Franconian Counts 1701: HRE County 1710: Acquired Puchheim 1711: Renamed to Schönborn-Buchheim | |
Lordship 1663: Barony |
Franc | FR | 1571: Partitioned from | 1654: Extinct; to | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 15th Century: Partitioned from | 1640: Extinct | |
Schönborn-Heusenstamm | County | Franc | FR | 1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim | 1801: Extinct; to Schönborn-Wiesentheid |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1350: Partitioned from | c. 1400: Extinct | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn | 1466: Acquired as fief of Katzenelnbogen 1571: Partitioned into and | |
Schönborn-Wiesentheid | County | Franc | FR | 1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim | 1806: To Bavaria |
Schönburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1130: First mentioned | 1182: Acquired Geringswalde 1256: Acquired Glauchau 1270: Acquired Crimmitschau 1286: Acquired Lichtenstein c. 1300: Partitioned into Schönburg-Glauchau and |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1300: Partitioned from Schönburg | 1307: Made fief of Meissen 1405: Extinct; to Meissen | |
Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | 1656: Extinct; to | |
Schönburg-Hartenstein | County | Upp Sax | WE | 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg | 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1786: Extinct; to |
Schönburg-Glauchau | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | c. 1300: Partitioned from Schönburg | 1352: Partitioned into itself and 1378: Acquired Waldenburg 1406: Acquired Hartenstein 1543: Acquired Penig and Wechselburg as fiefs of Saxony 1548: Acquired as fief of Saxony 1566: Partitioned into itself, Schönburg-Waldenburg and 1610: Extinct; to |
Lordship 1700: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | 1679: Partitioned into itself and 1700: HRE Count 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1746: Partitioned into , and itself | |
Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1437: Renamed from ; fief of Upper Lusatia (in Bohemia) | 1448: Annexed by Saxony 1554: Restored 1582: Sold to 1584: Extinct | |
Lordship 1701: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1614: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg | 1664: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg 1740: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hartenstein, and Schönburg-Waldenburg | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1400: Partitioned from | 1437: Acquired Hoyerswerda; renamed to | |
Lordship 1700: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1566: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau | 1612: Partitioned into , , , , and | |
Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1352: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau | c. 1400: Partitioned into itself and 1538: Extinct; to | |
Lordship 1746: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | 1640: Extinct; to 1746: Partitioned from ; mediate to Saxony 1747: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg | |
Lordship 1700: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | 1636: Extinct; to 1679: Partitioned from 1700: HRE Count 1729: Extinct; to 1746: Partitioned from ; mediate to Saxony | |
(Schönburg-Schwarzenbach) | County | Upp Sax | WE | 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg | 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1790: HRE Prince; renamed to Schönburg-Waldenburg |
Schönburg-Waldenburg | Lordship 1700: County 1790: Principality |
Upp Sax | WE | 1566: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau | 1614: Partitioned into itself and 1700: HRE Count 1701: Partitioned into Schönburg-Hartenstein, , and itself 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1754: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hartenstein and 1790: Renamed from 1800: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Hartenstein |
Lordship 1764: County |
Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | c. 1670: Partitioned into and 1764: Reunited by ; mediate to Saxony | |
Lordship 1700: County |
Upp Sax | WE | c. 1670: Partitioned from | 1700: HRE Count 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1764: Extinct; to | |
Lordship 1700: County |
Upp Sax | WE | c. 1670: Partitioned from | 1700: HRE Count 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1764: Renamed to | |
Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from | 1664: Extinct; to | |
Schönecken | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1264: Partitioned from Vianden | 1370: Extinct 1384: To Trier |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1250: To | 1281: To Cologne 1589: To 1600: To 1681: To 1803: To Nassau 1815: To Prussia | |
Schöntal | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1153 | 1157/63: Imperial immediacy 1418: Imperial abbey 1495: Status revoked 1802: Secularised; to Württemberg |
Schussenried | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1183 | 1211: Acquired secular territory 1440: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid 1806: To Württemberg |
(Schwabeck) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1110: First mentioned | 1167: Extinct; to Hohenstaufen 1268: To Bavaria |
Schwäbisch Gmünd | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1162: First mentioned; to Hohenstaufen | 1268: Free Imperial City 1802: To Württemberg |
Schwäbisch Hall | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1063: First mentioned; to Comburg-Rothenburg | c. 1116: To Hohenstaufen 1280: Free Imperial City 1802: To Württemberg |
Schwäbisch Wörth (Donauwörth) | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 11th Century: First mentioned; to Bavaria | 1308: Free Imperial City 1607: To Bavaria 1705: Free Imperial City 1714: To Bavaria |
County | n/a | n/a | 1127: First mentioned | 1180: Acquired Pyrmont 1194: Partitioned into itself and Pyrmont 1219: Partitioned into itself and Waldeck 1243: Partitioned into Sternberg and itself 1365: Extinct; to Lippe | |
Schwarzburg | County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: First mentioned | 1160: Partitioned into itself and 1184: Extinct; to 1236: Partitioned into and Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1379: Sold Saalfeld to Meissen
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County 1697: Principality |
Upp Sax | WT | 1326: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | 1334: Acquired Rudolstadt 1340: Acquired Frankenhausen 1356: Acquired Sondershausen; partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1374: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Blankenburg and 1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1599: Renamed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1651: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1669: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1781: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1697: HRE Prince 1718: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1762: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1236: Partitioned from Schwarzburg | 1274: Partitioned into and itself 1306: Acquired Arnstadt 1326: Partitioned into and itself 1357: Extinct; to 1374: Partitioned from 1385: Extinct; to 1438: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1503: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1528: Partitioned into itself and 1583: Partitioned into , and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1651: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1681: Extinct; divided between and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | ||
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1528: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | 1537: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1598: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1612: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1624: Traded territory with Count of 1634: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1740: Inherited Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; appanage abolished | |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1236: Partitioned from Schwarzburg | 1259: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1362: Partitioned from 1564: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |
Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 1749: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1374: Partitioned from | 1418: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince of Schwarzburg (-Rudolstadt), Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg, Blankenburg, etc. |
County 1710: Principality |
Upp Sax | WT / PR | 1356: Partitioned from | 1438: Renamed to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1503: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1567: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1612: Partitioned into itself, and 1710: HRE Prince 1754: Bench of Secular Princes |
County | n/a | n/a | 1274: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | 1327: Partitioned into itself and 1362: Partitioned into itself and 1399: Extinct; to | |
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen HRE Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg |
County 1697: Principality |
Upp Sax | WT / PR | 1599: Renamed from | 1651: Partitioned into , itself and 1681: Partitioned into itself and 1697: HRE Prince 1713: Appanages , created 1754: Bench of Secular Princes |
County | Upp Sax | WT | 1612: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 1624: Traded territory with Count of 1630: Inherited and renamed to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1327: Partitioned from | 1360: Sold Spremberg to Bohemia 1369: Sold Wachsenburg to Thuringia 1450: Extinct; to | |
Schwarzenberg HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn) |
Barony 1670: Principality |
Franc | FR / PR | 1429: Renamed from | 1435: Acquired 1437: Partitioned into and 1670: HRE Prince; Renamed from 1674: Bench of Secular Princes 1689: Acquired Klettgau 1806: Klettgau to Baden, rest to Bavaria |
Barony | Franc | FR | 1528: Partitioned from | 1538: Partitioned into and | |
Barony | n/a | n/a | c. 1510: of created side line; fief of Liège | 1678: Extinct | |
Barony 1566: County |
Franc | FR | 1538: Partitioned from | 1566: HRE Count 1646: Extinct; to | |
HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn) |
Barony 1599: County |
Franc | FR | 1437: Renamed from Schwarzenberg | c. 1510: Side line created 1550: Acquired Gimborn 1599: HRE Count 1670: HRE Prince; renamed to Schwarzenberg |
Barony 1566: County |
Franc | FR | 1437: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg | 1528: Partitioned into and itself 1566: HRE Count 1588: Extinct; to | |
Barony 1566: County |
Franc | FR | 1538: Partitioned from | 1566: HRE Count 1618: Extinct; to | |
Schweidnitz (Świdnica) | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1308: Partitioned from | 1346: Inherited , renamed to |
Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1346: Renamed from Schweidnitz after inheritance of | 1368: Extinct in male line; to Agnes of Austria 1392: Extinct; to Bohemia 1742: To Prussia | |
County 941: Margraviate |
n/a | n/a | 9th Century?: First mentioned | 941: HRE Margrave 1003: Lost Nordgau to Bamberg 1057: Extinct in male line 1104: Extinct; sold to Eichstätt | |
Schweinfurt | Imperial City | Franc | SW | 1233: Imperial Free City | 1802: To Bavaria 1810: To Würzburg 1814: To Bavaria |
Schwerin | Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 1053: Diocese established at Mecklenburg | 1162: Relocated to Schwerin 1171: Acquired Bützow 1181: HRE Prince of the Empire 1648: Secularised as for Mecklenburg-Schwerin, see below |
Principality | Low Sax | PR | 1648: Bishopric secularised as principality for Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||
Schwerin | County | n/a | n/a | 1161: To Saxony | 1167: of Hagen; fief of Saxony 1180: Imperial immediacy 1203: Acquired Wittenburg and Boizenburg 1279: Partitioned into and |
County | n/a | n/a | 1323: Partitioned from | 1349: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1279: Partitioned from Schwerin | 1344: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1279: Partitioned from Schwerin | 1323: Partitioned into itself and 1356: Side line Tecklenburg established 1357: Extinct; to Tecklenburg 1358: Sold to Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
Schwyz | Imperial Valley | Swab | n/a | 972: To Lenzburg | 1173: To 1240: Free Imperial Valley 1291: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Seckau | Bishopric | Aust | EC | 1218: Established; HRE Prince of the Empire | 16th Century: Removed from the Austrian Circle and Bench of Spiritual Princes as it did not possess immediate territory |
County | n/a | n/a | c. 1036: Partitioned from | 1182: Sold to Magdeburg 1192: Extinct 1287: Sold to | |
Seinsheim | Lordship 1580: Barony |
Franc | FR | c. 1200: First mentioned | c. 1260: Partitioned into and Renamed from ; HRE Baron c. 1590: Joined the Franconian Counts 1591: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim | c. 1360: Partitioned into itself and 1433: Extinct; to | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1360: Partitioned from | 1580: Renamed to Seinsheim | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim | 1420: Acquired 1429: Renamed to Schwarzenberg | |
Sélestat See: Schlettstadt |
Imperial City | ||||
Selz (Seltz) | Abbacy | El Rhin | n/a | 991: Founded | 992: Imperial immediacy 1481: To the Palatinate 1680: To France 1692: Suppressed |
Selz (Seltz) | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1358: Free Imperial City | 1418: To the Palatinate 1680: To France |
Sickingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1289: First mentioned | 1466: Acquired Merxheim 1525: Acquired Schallodenbach 1574: Partitioned into , , , and |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen | 1750: Sold to the Palatinate 1768: Extinct | |
County | Swab | SC | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen | 1606: HRE Baron 1784: HRE Count 1791: Joined the Swabian Counts 1794: Left-bank territory to France 1806: Remaining territory to Baden | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen | 1680: Extinct; divided between and | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen | 1684: Extinct | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen | 1794: To France 1834: Extinct | |
Siegburg See: Michaelsberg |
Abbacy | ||||
County | n/a | n/a | 1077: First mentioned | 1083: Acquired 1147: To Helfenstein 1200: To 1258: To 1272: To 1290: Sold to Austria 1325: To Württemberg 1399: To 1445: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1460: Made fief of Austria 1471: To 1508: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1534: To Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1575: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |
Sinzendorf | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria | 1404: Acquired c. 1450: Partitioned into and |
HRE Prince of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen, Burgrave of Winterrieden, Baron of Ernstbrunn |
Lordship 1610: Barony 1653: County 1803: Principality |
El Rhin | WE | 1592: Renamed from | 1610: HRE Baron 1653: Acquired Rheineck; HRE Count 1796: Rheineck to France 1803: Compensated with Winterrieden; HRE Prince 1806: To Bavaria |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1450: Partitioned from Sinzendorf | 1566: Sold 1592: Acquired Ernstbrunn; renamed to | |
Lordship 1610: Barony 1654: County |
Swab | SC | c. 1450: Partitioned from Sinzendorf | 1497: Acquired Fridau 1610: HRE Baron 1654: Acquired Neuburg; HRE Count 1677: Acquired Thannhausen; Swabian Counts 1680: Lost Neuburg to Austria 1708: Sold Thannhausen to Stadion 1767: Extinct | |
Sion (Sitten) | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 4th Century: Established at Martigny | 589: Relocated to Sion 999: Acquired 1648: Left the Empire as an ally of Switzerland |
Soest | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1252: Free Imperial City | 1609: Awarded to Brandenburg, city refused 1616: To Brandenburg |
Söflingen (Söfflingen) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1258 | 1773: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg |
Solms | County | n/a | n/a | 1212: First mentioned | 1258: Partitioned into Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burg-Solms and |
Solms-Assenheim | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1699: Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim | 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
Solms-Baruth | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach | c. 1676: Renamed to Solms-Rödelheim; appanages Solms-Laubach, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Wildenfels created |
Solms-Baruth | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim | 1696: Appanage created |
County | n/a | n/a | 1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Baruth | ||
Solms-Braunfels | County 1742: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT / PR | 1258: Partitioned from Solms | 1324: Side line founded 1418: Acquired Münzenberg, Hungen, Lich and Laubach 1420: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Lich 1607: Partitioned into itself, and 1693: Inherited by 1696: Acquired Tecklenburg 1707: Sold Tecklenburg to Prussia 1742: HRE Prince 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: Braunfels and Greifenstein to Nassau, share of to Württemberg, rest to Hesse-Darmstadt |
Solms-Burg-Solms (Solms-Burgsolms) | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Solms | 1415: Extinct; to Solms-Braunfels |
County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels | 1693: Inherited and renamed to Solms-Braunfels | |
Solms-Hohensolms | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich | 1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich |
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | County 1792: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT | 1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich | 1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich 1792: HRE Prince 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels | 1678: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Solms | 1350: to Hesse 1364: Extinct; to Solms-Burg-Solms by marriage | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels | 1792: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Solms-Laubach | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1548: Partitioned from Solms-Lich | 1581: Partitioned into itself and 1627: Partitioned into Solms-Rödelheim, itself, and Solms-Baruth 1676: Extinct; to Solms-Baruth |
Solms-Laubach | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim | 1696: Appanages and Solms-Wildenfels created |
Solms-Lich | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1420: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels | 1461: Acquired and Rödelheim 1537: Acquired Sonnewalde as fief of Lusatia 1548: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Laubach 1562: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Hohensolms 1718: Extinct; to Solms-Hohensolms |
County | n/a | n/a | 1324: Established by of Solms-Braunfels after acquisition of | 1408: To Münster 1424: Extinct | |
Solms-Rödelheim | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach | 1635: Extinct; to Solms-Baruth c. 1676: Renamed from Solms-Baruth 1699: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Assenheim 1716: Extinct; to Solms-Assenheim |
County | n/a | n/a | 1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels | ||
County | n/a | n/a | 1581: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach; fief of Saxony | 1615: Extinct; to Solms-Laubach 1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach 1688: Partitioned into and | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1688: Partitioned from | 1728: Partitioned into , , itself and 1796: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1688: Partitioned from | 1718: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from | ||
County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from | ||
County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from | 1803: Extinct; to | |
County | n/a | n/a | 1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Laubach | 1762: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
Solms-Wildenfels | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim | 1690: Extinct; appanage abolished 1696: Recreated as appanage within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Laubach 1741: Appanages and split off |
Solothurn | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1127: To Zähringen | 1218: Free Imperial City 1353: Ally of the Swiss Confederation 1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Sombreffe (Sombreff, Someruff, Zimerauff) | Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 13th Century: First mentioned; to as fief of Brabant | 1397: Acquired Reken 1446: To 1501: Rekem to 1506: Acquired 1523: Sold to Wied 1543: To |
Sonnenberg | Lordship 1463: County |
n/a | n/a | 1242: First mentioned; to Montfort | 1258: To Werdenberg-Sargans 1342: To 1455: Sold to 1474: Sold to Austria |
Speyer | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 614: First mentioned | 7th Century: Acquired territory in the Speyergau 1086: Acquired remainder of the Speyergau 1792: Left-bank territory to France 1803: Right-bank territory to Baden 1816: Left-bank territory to Bavaria |
Speyer | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1294: Free Imperial City | 1792: To France 1816: To Bavaria |
County | Low Rhen | WE | 1200: First mentioned; to | 1217: Renamed from 1225: Lost to 1300: Moved to Coppenbrügge 1494: Acquired Pyrmont 1568: To 1583: To 1631: To Brunswick-Calenberg | |
Spoleto | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 842: Invested on Guy of Nantes | 880: Partitioned into itself and 1201: To the Papal States |
Sponheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1045: First mentioned | c. 1234: Partitioned into Sponheim-Starkenburg, and Sponheim-Kreuznach |
County | n/a | n/a | 1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach | 1410: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg by marriage | |
(Sponheim-Kastellaun) | County | n/a | n/a | 1300: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach | 1340: Inherited and renamed to Sponheim-Kreuznach |
County | n/a | n/a | c. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim | 1269: Partitioned into Heinsberg and | |
Sponheim-Kreuznach (Hither Sponheim; Vordere Sponheim) | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim | 1277: Partitioned into itself, and 1300: Partitioned into and itself 1340: Inherited by 1417: Extinct; to Sponheim-Starkenburg |
County | n/a | n/a | 1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach | 1303: Extinct; to | |
Sponheim-Sayn See: Sayn |
County | ||||
Sponheim-Starkenburg (Farther Sponheim; Hintere Sponheim) | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim | 1247: Acquired Sayn by marriage 1266: Partitioned into Sayn and itself 1437: Extinct; to Veldenz and Baden in condominium |
Stadion | Lordship | 1197: First mentioned; branch of Stain | 1392: Partitioned into and | ||
Lordship 1686: Barony 1705: County |
Swab | SC | 1392: Partitioned from Stadion | 1686: HRE Baron 1696: Acquired Warthausen 1705: Acquired Thannhausen; HRE Count 1708: Joined the Swabian Counts 1741: Partitioned into Stadion-Warthausen and Stadion-Thannhausen | |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1392: Partitioned from Stadion | 1585: Acquired 1693: Extinct; to | |
Stadion-Thannhausen | County | Swab | SC | 1741: Partitioned from | 1806: To Bavaria |
Stadion-Warthausen | County | Swab | SC | 1741: Partitioned from | 1806: To Württemberg |
Stain | Lordship 1611: Barony 1779: County |
n/a | n/a | 922: First mentioned | 1611: HRE Baron 1779: HRE Count 1806: To Württemberg |
Stargard | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1130: To Pomerania | 1236: To Brandenburg 1304: To Mecklenburg as fief of Brandenburg 1347: To Mecklenburg directly 1352: To Mecklenburg-Stargard 1471: To Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1520: To Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1701: To Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Starhemberg | 1679: HRE Count (Personalist) 1765: HRE Prince (Personalist) |
n/a | FR | 1679 | 12th century: Family 1st mentioned |
Prince of Starhemberg, Count of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg, etc. |
1705: HRE Prince | Acquired County of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg | |||
Lordship 1465: Barony County |
Bavarian | SC | 1138: First mentioned; ministerialis of Regensburg | 1328: Lost Stauf to Nuremberg 1385: Acquired 1427: Traded for Köfering 1432: Acquired 1448: Acquired Sünching and 1465: HRE Baron 1500: Acquired 1552: First appearance at the Imperial Diet 1568: Sold to Palatinate-Neuburg 1598: Extinct; remainder to Palatinate-Neuburg | |
Lordship 14th Century: Barony |
Swab | SC | 12th Century: First mentioned | 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1346: Acquired Late 14th Century: HRE Baron 1602: Extinct; to Austria | |
Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy (Stablo-Malmedy) | RA | Low Rhen | EC | 648: Malmedy Abbey established | 651: Stavelot Abbey established; ruled in union 747: Acquired territory from Carloman 882: Acquired 1793: To France 1816: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
Steiermark See: Styria |
Duchy | ||||
County 1194: Rhinegraviate 1350: Wild- and Rhinegraviate |
n/a | n/a | 1126: First mentioned; branch of Petra | 1194: Acquired 1/2 of the Rhinegraviate 1220: Partitioned into and 1305/6: Reunited by 1350: Acquired 1419: Acquired 1475: Acquired Salm in the Vosges, renamed to Salm | |
Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from | 1305/6: Extinct; to | |
Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from | 1223: Acquired remainder of the Rhinegraviate 1281: Rhinegraviate to Mainz 1305/6: Renamed to | |
Stein am Rhein See: St George in Stein |
Abbacy | ||||
Stein am Rhein | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1457: Free Imperial City | 1484: To Zürich 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
Lordship 15th Century: Barony |
n/a | n/a | 1195: First mentioned; fief of Nassau | 1361: Acquired Schweighausen 15th Century: HRE Baron 1804: To Nassau | |
Steinfurt | Lordship 1495: County |
Low Rhen | WE | 1129: First mentioned | 1343: To Bishopric of Münster 1357: Acquired Laer and part of their former territory 1421: To Bentheim 1454: To Bentheim-Steinfurt 1804: To 1806: To Berg 1811: To France 1815: To Prussia |
Sternberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1243: Partitioned from | 1377: Sold to Schaumburg 1400: Half sold to Lippe 1402: Extinct; rest sold to Lippe |
Sternberg-Manderscheid | County | Low Rhen | WF | 1780: of acquired by marriage | 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Schussenried and Weissenau 1806: To Württemberg |
Sternstein See: Störnstein |
Princely County | ||||
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1098: First mentioned; ministerialis of | 1336: Acquired Buchenbach 1387: Acquired 1806: To Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria | |
Stolberg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1200: First mentioned at Artern | 1210: First mentioned at Stolberg 1231: Partitioned into itself and 1429: Acquired Wernigerode 1535: Side line founded 1544: Partitioned into Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Wernigerode |
Stolberg-Gedern | County 1742: Principality |
Upp Rhen | WT | 1672: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1710: Partitioned into itself, Stolberg-Wernigerode and 1742: HRE Prince 1804: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode |
County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1535: Established when of Stolberg acquired | 1544: Acquired 1574: to Löwenstein-Wertheim 1581: Extinct; Königstein to Mainz; rest to Stolberg-Wernigerode | |
County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1710: Partitioned from Stolberg-Gedern | 1743: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode | |
Stolberg-Stolberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1544: Partitioned from Stolberg | 1549: Acquired Schwarza 1631: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode 1645: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode 1706: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Rossla 1806: To Saxony |
Stolberg-Rossla (Stolberg-Roßla) | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1572: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1641: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode 1706: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg 1730: Mediatised to Saxony |
Stolberg-Wernigerode | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1544: Partitioned from Stolberg | 1572: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Rossla 1581: Acquired Gedern and 1645: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Stolberg 1672: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Gedern 1710: Extinct; to and partitioned from Stolberg-Gedern 1714: Mediatised to Prussia 1804: Inherited Gedern 1806: Gedern to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
Raugraviate | n/a | n/a | 1172: Partitioned from | 1358: Extinct; to Bolanden | |
Storkow | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1136: First mentioned; to Lusatia / Meissen | 1202: To as fief of Landsberg 1384: To Biberstein 1518: To Lebus 1556: To Brandenburg-Küstrin 1575: To Brandenburg |
Störnstein (Sternstein) | Lordship 1641: Princely County |
Bav | n/a | 12th Century: First mentioned; to Stöhr | 14th Century: To To Heideck 1355: Made fief of Bohemia c. 1548: Confiscated by Austria 1562: To Lobkowitz as fief of Bohemia 1641: HRE Princely Count; imperial immediacy; Bavarian Circle 1806: To Bavaria |
Strasbourg | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | Before 343: Diocese established | 775: Acquired territory 982: Imperial immediacy 1681: Left bank to France 1803: Right bank to Baden |
Strasbourg (Strassburg; Straßburg) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1262: Free Imperial City | 1681: To France |
Stühlingen | County 1120: Landgraviate |
Swab | SC | 1084: First mentioned | 1120: Lenzburg made HRE Landgraves 1127: To 1251: To 1584: To 1639: To Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 1806: To Baden |
Styria (Steiermark) | Margraviate 1180: Duchy |
Aust | PR | 970: First mentioned; Carinthian March under Carinthia | 1180: HRE Duke 1192: To Austria 1254: To Hungary 1260: To Bohemia 1276: To Austria 1379: To Inner Austria 1436: To Austria 1564: To Inner Austria 1619: To Austria |
County | Swab | SC | 910: First mentioned | 1252: Lost Sulz to 1283: Lost to Fürstenberg 1410: Acquired Klettgau 1482: Acquired Tiengen and Küssaburg 1510: Acquired Vaduz, and Schellenberg 1572: Partitioned into and | |
County | Swab | SC | 1572: Partitioned from | 1651: Sold Rafzerfeld to Zürich 1698: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg by marriage | |
County | Swab | SC | 1572: Partitioned from | 1613: Sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Hohenems 1616: Sold to Weingarten Abbey 1617: Extinct | |
Sulzbach | Imperial Village | n/a | n/a | 1035: To Limburg Abbey | 1339: Free Imperial Village 1450: Sold to Frankfurt 1613: Free Imperial Village 1804: To Nassau |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1217: First mentioned | 1290: Renamed to Wolfstein | |
(Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum) | Barony 1673: County |
Bav | FR | 1522: Lords of Wolfstein raised to barons in their immediate territories of and Pyrbaum; Bavarian Circle | 1673: HRE Count; Bench of Counts of Franconia 1740: Succession dispute between Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and , and Bavaria 1768: To Bavaria |
Sundgau See Upper Alsace |
Landgraviate | ||||
Swabia | Duchy | n/a | n/a | c. 911: Formed from the former Stem Duchy of Alemannia | 1079: To Hohenstaufen 1268: Discontinued with the extinction of Hohenstaufen; former fiefs granted immediacy 1289: Reestablished for Habsburgs 1313: Discontinued |
Landvogtei | n/a | n/a | 1541: Created from imperial and Austrian fiefs in Upper and Lower Swabia | 1740: Renamed to Altdorf 1805: to Bavaria, rest to Württemberg 1810: to Württemberg | |
Swabian Austria See: Further Austria |
Landgraviate | ||||
Świdnica See: Schweidnitz |
Duchy |
References[]
- ^ Hans-Walter Herrmann (2005), "Saarbrücken, Grafen v.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 318–319
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