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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter A:
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| Aach Also named Hegau or Hewen |
Lordship | 1170 | Lords of Engen before 1170 | ||
| Aachen | Imperial City | 1306 | 1306: Imperial City 1500: Westphalian Circle 1801: Annexed to France 1815: to Prussia |
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| Aalen | Imperial City | SW | 1360 | 1360: Imperial City 1500: To Swabian Circle 1803: Annexed to Duchy of Württemberg |
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| Aalst | County | 1056 | Imperial fief to County of Flanders (under the French crown) from 1056/1059 County out of the Brabantgau |
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| Aarberg | County | 1220 | Also named Aarburg To Berne |
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| Abensberg-Traun | County | 1653 | 1653: County of Abensberg and Traun Acquired Egloff |
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| Adendorf | County | 1554 | 1554: Partitioned from Saffig-Olbrück, creating a Lordship 1653: Barony 1711: County 1806: Raised to a principality as Pr. of the Leyen |
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| Ahr | County | 1107 | 1210: Annexed to Co. of Nürburg | ||
| Aichen | Lordship | 1323 | 1323: Partitioned from Lordship of Hohenrechberg To Lords of Allmut To Lords of Lupfen 1352: Pledged to Dietheim of Mundelfingen 1450: To Lords of Heudorf 1466: Parts to Barons of Reischach and Dietrich of Rumelang 1501: To Abbey of St. Blasien 1738: Remaining partitions were annexed to Lordship of Osterberg |
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| Albeck | Lordship | 1383: Annexed to Ulm | |||
| Aldenburg | County | 1651 | HRE Count of Aldenburg, Lord of the Free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel 1646: HRE Nobility 1651: immediate Lords of Knyphausen and Varel 1651: HRE Barony 1653: HRE County |
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| Aletzheim | County | 1439 | 1439: Partitioned from Lordship of Pappenheim 1697: Annexed to Co. of Pappenheim |
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| Allersberg | Lordship | 1343 | 1343: Partitioned from Lordship of Wolfstein 1474: Annexed to Lordship of Sulzbürg |
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| Alpheim | County | 1465 | 1465: Partitioned from Co. of Neuenahr 1589: Annexed to Co. of Moers |
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| Alsace | Duchy | 640 | Elsaß Partitioned into Lower Alsace and Upper Alsace 1469: Duke of Austria sold Upper Alsace to Duke of Burgundy 1477: Austria regained full control of Upper Alsace 1648: Upper Alsace annexed to France 1679: Lower Alsace annexed to France |
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| Alsace and Burgundy | Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order | 1793: Council of Princes | |||
| Alt-Bruchhausen | County | 1234 | 1234: Partitioned from Co. of Bruchhausen 1338: Annexed to County of Hoya |
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| Alt-Eberstein | County | 1207 | 1207: Partitioned from the Usgau 1283: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Eberstein |
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| Alt-Katzenelnbogen | County | 1245 | 1245: Partitioned from Ldg. of Katzenelnbogen 1403: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Katzenelnbogen |
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| Altena | County | 1152 | 1160: Merged with parts of Co. of Berg and became known as Altena-Berg 1180: Known as Altena again 1249: Merged with County of Mark 1367: Altena granted a charter by Count Engelbert III of Mark 1609: To Brandenburg 44.3 km² |
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| Altena-Berg | County | 1160 | 1160: Formed by merger of Altena with parts of Co. of Berg 1180: Became known as Altena |
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| Altensteig | Lordship | 1100: 1st mention of Altensteig To Lords of Berneck To Lords of Gultlingen 1390: Sold to Margraves of Baden 1603: To Wurttemberg |
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| An der Etsch | Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order | "On the Adige" c1260: Bailiwick founded 1512: Austrian Circle |
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| Andechs | County | Advocate (Vogt) of Bishopric of Brixen c1130: Acquired County of Plassenburg 1132: County 1173: Acquired Margraviate of Istria 1180: Acquired Duchy of Meran 1248/51: Line died out |
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| Andechs-Meran | Duchy | ||||
| Andelfingen | Lordship | ||||
| Anhalt | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1173: Split off from D. of Saxony 1212: County 1218: HRE Prince 1250: Principality 1252: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg, and Anhalt-Zerbst; 1570: Reunified 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1603: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Plötzkau, and Anhalt-Zerbst 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1863:Duchy of Anhalt 1918: Free State of Anhalt |
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| Anhalt-Aschersleben | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252 | 1252: Created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1316, 1322: Annexed to Bp. of Halberstadt which was secularized and annexed to Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Anhalt-Bernburg Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst |
Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1252 | 1252: Creation of the Principality on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1468: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1806: Duchy 1834: To Anhalt-Dessau 1863: To Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1727 | 1727: Created on merger of Co. of Holzapfel and Pr. of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym |
| Anhalt-Dessau Duke of Anhalt(-Dessau), Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg, Zerbst & Gröbzig |
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1396 | 1396: Principality created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1561: Annexed back to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1807: Duchy 1853: Merges with Anhalt-Köthen to form Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Dornburg | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1667 | 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1742: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Harzgerode | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1635 | 1635: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg 1709: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg |
| Anhalt-Köthen Anhalt-Kothen, Anhalt-Cothen Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst |
Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1396 | 1396: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1552: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Principality re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1807: Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen 1847: To Anhalt-Dessau |
| Anhalt-Mühlingen | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1667 | 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1714: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Pless | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1755 | 1755: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Plötzkau | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1544 | 1049: 1st mention of Plotzkau Count of Plotzkau inherited County of Walbeck 1133: Counts of Plotzkau died out 1435: Anhalt inherited Plotzkau 1544: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1553: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1665: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1718 | 1718: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg 1727: Merged with Co. of Holzapfel to form Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym |
| Anhalt-Zerbst | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252 | 1252: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt 1396: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen 1544: Re-established on the partition of Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1796: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau |
| Anholt | County | Low Rhen | WF | 1169 | 1169: Anholt castle built by William I, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, it was a Lordship 1234: Ruled by Lords of Zuylen-Anholt 1300s: Granted immediate status during rule of Stephen I, Lord of Anholt, 1317-1343 1346: Lords of Anholt first minted money 1349: Granted city rights by Theodoric of Anholt 1380: Death of last male of Lord of Anholt; his daughter and heiress Herberga married Hermann III of Gemen died 1399: To Gemen 1402-1641: To Bronchhorst-Batenburg through marriage of Margaret of Gemen 1431: Emperor Sigismund confirmed Bronchhorst-Batenburgs as Lords of Anholt with the rights to mint coinage and hold festivals and immediate status 1621: HRE County 1641-1810: Inherited by the Princes of Salm-Salm through marriage to the heiress of Count Theodoric IV (d.1641) 1653: Imperial Estate of Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1738: Line of Salm-Salm died out; Anholt passed to the line of Salm-Hoogstraten (renamed Salm-Salm in 1739) 1810-1813: French occupation 1815: To Prussia |
| Ansbach | Margraviate | 1500: Franconian Circle 1792: To Prussia 1806: To Bavaria |
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| Antwerp | Margraviate | Burg | 1512: Burgundian Circle | ||
| Aosta | Duchy | 1310: Duchy 1539-1563: French occupation |
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| Appenzell | Imperial valley | 1507 | 1507: Split off from Abbey of St. Gall 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
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| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | Imperial valley | 1597 | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation |
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| Appenzell Innerrhoden | Imperial valley | 1597 | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation |
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| Arenberg | Duchy | El Rhin | PR | Aremberg Founded circa 1177 as a County 1512: To Electoral Rhenish Circle 1576: HRE Princely County 1580: HRE Council of Princes 1644: Duchy 1810: Mediatized |
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| Arlon | Margraviate | 950 | Founded as a County c1167: Margraviate 1214: United with County of Luxemburg 1221: Annexed to Duchy of Limburg |
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| Artois | County | Burg | 1237 | 1512: Burgundian Circle | |
| Asch | Lordship | 1780: to Austria | |||
| Aschaffenburg | Principality | 1803 | 10th century: Imperial Chancellor and Archbishop Willigis of Mainz acquired ownership of Aschaffenburg 1803: Granted to the Chancellor, Karl Theodor von Dalberg 1806: Annexed to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1814: To Bavaria |
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| Aspremont-Lynden | County | 1590: Imperial immediate Barons of Reckheim 1623: Imperial Estate |
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| AuerspergHRE Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Thengen, Count of Wels, Lord of Schönberg & Seissenberg, etc. | County | 1550 | 1550: HRE Barony 1630: HRE County 1653: HRE Prince 1654: Imperial Estate 1654: HRE Council of Princes 1654-1791: Non-immediate Dukes of Silesia-Munsterberg and Frankestein 1663: Became immediate Lords of Thengen 1664: HRE Princely County 1664: To Swabian Circle, Princes' Bench 1791: Non-immediate Dukes of Gottschee (in the Austrian hereditary lands) Acquired non-immediate Princely County of Wels |
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| Augsburg | Prince-Bishopric | EC | Founded c888 1203: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric 1500: To Swabian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria |
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| Augsburg | Imperial Free City | SW | 1276 | 14 BC: Founded by Augustus 1488-1534: Joined Swabian League 1500: To Swabian Circle 1632-1635: Swedish occupation 1806: Annexed to Bavaria |
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| Austria Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, & Illyria, King of Jerusalem, etc., Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Crakow, Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola & the Bukovina, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Markgrave of Moravia, Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza & Guastalla, Auschwitz & Zator, Teschen, Friaul, Raguse & Zara, Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Goritia & Gradisca, Prince of Trient & Brixen, Markgrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia & in Istria, Count of Hohenems/Hohenembs, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc., Lord of Triest, Cattaro, the Slavic [Wendischen] Mark, Grand Voyvode of the Voyvodina of Serbia |
Archduchy | Aust | PR | 833 | 833: Margraviate of Austria created 976: Austria separated from Duchy of Bavaria 1156: Duchy 1192: Inherited Styria 1359: Archduke 1379-1457: Partition into Austria (Albertine Line) and "Inner Austria" (Duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, County of Tyrol and the "Vorlande", to Leopoldine Line) 1453: Archduchy 1457: Albertine line died out; Austria to Leopoldine line 1512: Austrian Circle 1520-1534: Administered Duchy of Württemberg 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1804: Empire of Austria |
| Austria | Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order | 1512: Austrian Circle 1793: Council of Princes |