Holy Roman Empire

Arms	Location
	Holy Roman Empire Before and after 1368 This article is about the medieval empire. ...

Imperial Circle

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ...

Austrian Circle

Arms	Location
	Austria
	Carinthia
	Carniola
	Styria
	Tyrol

The Austrian Circle (in German, Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Carinthia within Austria-Hungary (number 3) Coat of arms of the Dukes of Carinthia, today state arms The Duchy of Carinthia (German: ; Slovenian: ) was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. ... Carniola (Slovenian Kranjska, German Krain) is a region in Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Steiermark_Wappen. ... Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ... Coat of arms of the Counts of Tyrol Austria-Hungary in 1914, showing Tirol–Vorarlberg as the left-most province, coloured cream Capital Meran (Merano), until 1848 Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Created County 1140  - Bequeathed to Habsburgs 1363 or 1369  - Joined Council of Princes 1582  - Trent, Tyrol and...

Bavarian Circle

Arms	Location
	Bavaria

The Bavarian Circle (in German, Bayerischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. ... The following is a list of rulers during the history of Bavaria: // Around 548 the kings of the Franks placed the border region of Bavaria under the administration of a duke -- possibly Frankish or possibly chosen from amongst the local leading families -- who was supposed to act as a regional...

Burgundian Circle

Arms	Location
	Burgundy Before and after 1280 A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century The Burgundian Circle (in German, Burgundischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i. ...
	Brabant Before 1288 From 1288 to 1406 From 1406 to 1430
	Flanders
	Guelders Before 1236 From 1236 to 1276 From 1276 to 1378 After 1378
	Hainaut Before 1299 From 1299 to 1254 From 1254 to 1433
	Holland
	Limburg Before and after 1214 Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Brabant. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders The counts of Flanders were the rulers over the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790. ... Original coat of arms of the county and duchy of Guelders This article deals with the historical county and duchy of Guelders, for other meanings see Gelderland. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. ... Coat of arms of the Dukes of Limburg The counts of Limburg rose to prominence when one of their house was appointed duke of Lower Lorraine. ...
	Loon and Chiny
	Luxembourg (duché) Before and after 1348 Coat of arms of the County of Loon The County of Loon (Dutch: , French: ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, lying in present-day Belgium. ... Chiny is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg and the Gaume region. ... Main article: Coat of arms of Luxembourg The coat of arms of Luxembourg is probably an adaptation of the coat of arms of the Province of Limburg in Belgium. ...
	Namur

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The following is a list of Marquis or Margraves of Namur. ...

Franconian Circle

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ...

Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle

Arms	Location
	Cleves Cleves dynasty Mark dynasty
	Berg
	Jülich
	Liège
	Mark Counts of Mark Counts of Cleves and Mark
	Ravensberg

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ... The Duchy of Cleves (Herzogtum Kleve) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany (part of North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands (parts of Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Gelderland). ... Map of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg circa 1477. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Duchy of Jülich was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany (part of North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands (part of Limburg). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coat of arms The Bishopric of Liège in 1477 Capital Liège Language(s) French, Dutch, German, Walloon Religion Roman Catholicism Government Principality Prince-Bishop  - 340s–384 Saint Servatius (first bishop)  - 972–1008 Notger (first prince-bishop)  - 1792–94 François-Antoine-Marie de Méan (last) Historical era... County of Mark in 1477. ... The County of Ravensberg (German: ) was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

Upper Rhenish Circle

Arms	Location
	Lorraine Before 1430 From 1430 to 1473 From 1473 to 1508 From 1538 to 1737
	Palatinate
	Savoy
	Vaudémont Before 1346 From 1346 to 1386 From 1386 to 1473

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lorraine coat of arms location of the Lorraine province Lorraine (French: Lorraine; German: Lothringen) is a historical area in present-day northeast France. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... The House of Savoy or in Italian, La Casa di Savoia, or simply Casa Savoia, (or Savoie, French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France. ...

Electoral Rhenish Circle

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ...

Lower Saxon Circle

Arms	Location
	Holstein

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ... Image File history File links Armoiries_Holstein. ... Holstein (Hol-shtayn) (Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe and Eider. ...

Upper Saxon Circle

Arms	Location
	Brandenburg
	Saxony

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 500 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (640 × 768 pixel, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Duchy of Prussia... Coat of Arms of the Margraviate of Brandenburg This article lists Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony. ... List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880-1918 The original Duchy of Saxony comprised lands in the north-westen part of present-day Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and to Westphalia. ...

Swabian Circle

Arms	Location
	Baden

A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. ... Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. ...

Bohemia

Arms	Location
	Bohemia
	Moravia
	Görlitz
	Lusatia Lower Lusatia Upper Lusatia

Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech RepublicCzechia. ... Image File history File links Armoiries_Goerlitz. ... , House at Untermarkt (Lower Market) Görlitz ( , Upper Sorbian: , Czech: , Polish: ) is a town in Germany on the river Lusatian Neisse, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. ... Lusatia (German Lausitz, Upper Sorbian Łužica, Lower Sorbian Łužyca, Polish Łużyce, Czech Lužice) is a historical region between the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers and the Elbe river in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg, south-western Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and the northern...

Separate states of the Empire until 1500

Arms	Location
	Geneva
	Nice
	Provence Before and after 1245 This page sets out a List of the Counts of Geneva, who were lords of Genevois, rather than of the city Geneva. ... Image File history File links Blason06. ... Foncet Garden, Nice County of Nice flag County of Nice coat of arms The County of Nice or Niçard Country (Niçard Occitan: Comtat de Niça / País Niçard, French: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, Italian: Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo) is a historical region of... The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. ...
	Viennois

Coat of Arms of the Dauphins of Viennois. ...

Sovereigns

Personal arms	Imperial arms	Name
		Hohenstaufen 1138-1152 : Conrad III (1093 † 1152) 1152-1190 : Frederick I (1123 † 1190), crowned in 1155 1190-1197 : Henry VI (1165 † 1197), crowned in 1191
		1198-1218 : Otto IV of Brunswick (1174 † 1218), crowned in 1209
		1212-1250 : Frederick II (1194 † 1250), crowned in 1220 1250-1254 : Conrad IV (1228 † 1254)
		1273-1291 : Rudolph I of Habsburg (1218 † 1291)
		1292-1298 : Adolf of Nassau (1250 † 1298)
		1298-1308 : Albert I of Habsburg (1248 † 1308)
		1308-1313 : Henry VII of Luxembourg (1275 † 1313), crowned in 1312
		1314-1347 : Louis IV of Bravaria (1286 † 1347), crowned in 1328
		1348-1378 : Charles IV of Luxembourg (1316 † 1378), crowned in 1355 1378-1400 : Wenceslaus of Luxembourg (1361 † 1419)
		1400-1410 : Rupert of Wittelsbach (1352 † 1410)
		1411-1437 : Sigismund of Luxembourg (1368 † 1437), crowned in 1433
		1437-1438 : Albert II of Habsburg (1397 † 1439)
		1440-1493 : Frederick III of Styria (1415 † 1493), crowned in 1452
		1493-1519 : Maximilian I of Habsburg (1459 † 1519), crowned in 1508
		1519-1556 : Charles V of Habsburg (1500 † 1558), crowned in 1519
		1558-1564 : Ferdinand I of Habsburg (1503 † 1564), Emperor 1554-1576 : Maximilian II of Habsburg (1527 † 1576), Emperor
		1576-1611 : Rudolf II of Habsburg (1552 † 1612), Emperor 1612-1619 : Matthias of Habsburg (1557 † 1619), Emperor 1619-1637 : Ferdinand II of Habsburg (1578 † 1637), Emperor
		1637-1657 : Ferdinand III of Habsburg (1608 † 1657), Emperor 1653-1654 : Ferdinand IV of Habsburg (1633 † 1654) 1657-1705 : Leopold I of Habsburg (1640 † 1705), Emperor 1705-1711 : Joseph I of Habsburg (1678 † 1711), Emperor
		1711-1740 : Charles VI of Habsburg (1685 † 1740), Emperor
		1742-1745 : Charles VII of Bavaria (1697 † 1745), Emperor
		1745-1765 : Francis I of Habsburg-Lorraine (1708 † 1765), Emperor
		1765-1790 : Joseph II of Habsburg-Lorraine (1741 † 1790), Emperor
		1790-1792 : Leopold II of Habsburg-Lorraine (1747 † 1792), King of Bohemia and Hungary, Emperor 1792-1804 : Francis II of Habsburg-Lorraine (1768 † 1835), King of Bohemia and Hungary, Emperor of the Germans, Emperor of Austria