| Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
| Aach | Lordship | | | | |
| Aachen | Imperial City | | | 1306 | 1500: Westphalian Circle
1801: Annexed to France |
| Aalen | 1360: Imperial City | SW | | | 1500: To Swabian Circle
1803: Annexed to D. of Württemberg |
Aalst
(Imperial Flanders) | County out of the Brabantgau | | | imperial fief to County of Flanders (under the French crown) from 1056/1059 | |
Aarberg
Aarburg | HRE County | | | | To Berne |
| Abensberg-Traun | 1653: County of Abensberg and Traun | | | | Acquired Egloff |
| Adendorf | 1554: Lordship
1653: Barony
1711: County | | | 1554: Partitioned from Saffig-Olbrück | 1806: Raised to a principality as Pr. of the Leyen |
| Ahr | County | n/a | n/a | 1107 | 1210: Annexed to Co. of Nürburg |
| Aichen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 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 |
| Albeck | Lordship | n/a | n/a | | 1383: Annexed to Ulm |
Aldenburg
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 | | | | |
| Aletzheim | County | | | 1439: Partitioned from Lordship of Pappenheim | 1697: Annexed to Co. of Pappenheim |
| Allersberg | Lordship | n/a | | 1343: Partitioned from Lordship of Wolfstein | 1474: Annexed to Lordship of Sulzburg |
| Alpheim | County | | | 1465: Partitioned from Co. of Neuenahr | 1589: Annexed to Co. of Moers |
Alsace
(German: Elsaß) | Duchy | | | 640 | 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 |
| Alsace and Burgundy | Bailiwick (Ballei) of Teutonic Order | | | | 1793: Council of Princes |
| Alt-Bruchhausen | County | n/a | n/a | 1234: Partitioned from Co. of Bruchhausen | 1338: Annexed to County of Hoya |
| Alt-Eberstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1207: Partitioned from the Usgau | 1283: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Eberstein |
| Alt-Katzenelnbogen | County | n/a | n/a | 1245: Partitioned from Ldg. of Katzenelnbogen | 1403: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Katzenelnbogen |
| Altena | County | n/a | n/a | 10th century | 1160: Merged with parts of Co. of Berg and became known as Altena-Berg
1180: Known as Altena again
1249: Merged with Co. of Mark
1367: Altena granted a charter by Count Engelbert III of Mark
1609: To Brandenburg
44.3 km² |
| Altena-Berg | County | n/a | n/a | 1160: Formed by merger of Altena with parts of Co. of Berg | 1180: Became known as Altena |
| Altensteig | Lordship | | | | 1100: 1st mention of Altensteig
To Lords of Berneck
To Lords of Gultlingen
1390: Sold to Margraves of Baden
1603: To Wurttemberg |
An der Etsch
"On the Adige" | Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order | | | | c1260: Bailiwick founded
1512: Austrian Circle |
| Andechs | 1132: County | | | | Advocate (Vogt) of Bishopric of Brixen
c1130: Acquired County of Plassenburg
1173: Acquired Margraviate of Istria
1180: Acquired Duchy of Meran
1248/51: Line died out |
| Andechs-Meran | Duchy | | | | |
| Andelfingen | Lordship | | | | |
| Anhalt | 1212: County
1218: HRE Prince
1250: Principality
1863:Duchy of Anhalt
1918: Free State of Anhalt | Upp Sax | PR | 1173: Split off from D. of Saxony | 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 |
| Anhalt-Aschersleben | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 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, Angaria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst | Principality
1806: Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1252: Created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt | 1468: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst
1603: Re-established on partition of Pr. of Anhalt
1834: To Anhalt-Dessau
1863: To Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1727: Created on merger of Co. of Holzapfel and Pr. of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym | |
Anhalt-Dessau
Duke of Anhalt(-Dessau), Duke of Saxony, Angaria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg, Zerbst & Gröbzig | 1603: Principality
1807: Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1396: 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
1853: Merges with Anhalt-Köthen to form Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Dornburg | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst | 1742: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Harzgerode | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 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, Angaria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst | 1603:Principality
1807: Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen | Upp Sax | PR | 1396: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst | 1552: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau
1603: Re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt
1847: To Anhalt-Dessau |
| Anhalt-Mühlingen | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst | 1714: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Pless | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1755: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen | |
Anhalt-Plötzkau
Anhalt-Plotzkau | Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1544: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau | 1049: 1st mention of Plotzkau
Count of Plotzkau inherited County of Walbeck
1133: Counts of Plotzkau died out
1435: Anhalt inherited Plotzkau
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: 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: 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 | 1169: HRE Lordship
1621: HRE County | Low Rhen | WF | | 1169: Anholt castle built by William I, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
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
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)
?-1813: French occupation
1815: To Prussia |
| Ansbach | Margraviate | | | | 1500: Franconian Circle |
Antwerp
Antwerpen | Margraviate | Burg | | | 1512: Burgundian Circle |
| Aosta | 1310: Duchy | | | | 1539-1563: French occupation |
| Appenzell | Imperial valley | | | 1507: Split off from Abbey of St. Gall | 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | Imperial valley | | | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell | 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | Imperial valley | | | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell | 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation |
Arenberg
Aremberg | ?: County
1576: HRE Princely County
1644: Duchy | El Rhin | PR | c1177 | 1512: To Electoral Rhenish Circle
1580: HRE Council of Princes
1810: Mediatized |
| Arlon | County
c1167: Margraviate | n/a | | 950 | 1214: United with County of Luxemburg
1221: Annexed to D. of Limburg |
| Arnsberg | County | | | | |
| Artois | 1237: County | Burg | | | 1512: Burgundian Circle |
| Asch | Lordship | | | | |
| Aschaffenburg | 1803: 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 |
| Aspremont-Lynden | 1590: Imperial Barony
Imperial County | | | | 1590: immediate Barons of Reckheim
1623: Imperial Estate |
Auersperg
HRE Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Thengen, Count of Wels, Lord of Schönberg & Seissenberg, etc. | 1550: HRE Barony
1630: HRE County
1653: HRE Prince
1664: HRE Princely County | | | 1795: Partitioned into itself, Pr. of Auersperg-Schönfeldscher and Auersperg-Zweig | 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: To Swabian Circle, Princes' Bench
1791: Non-immediate Dukes of Gottschee (in the Austrian hereditary lands)
Acquired non-immediate Princely County of Wels |
| Auersperg-Schönfeldscher | 1795-1806: Principality | | | 1795: Partitioned from Pr. of Auersperg |
1806: Mediatised to Austria |
| Auersperg-Zweig | Principality | | | 1795: Partitioned from Pr. of Auersperg |
1806: Mediatised to Austria |
| Augsburg | 1203: Bishopric
Prince-Bishopric | EC | | c888 | 1500: To Swabian Circle
1793: Council of Princes
1802: Annexed to Bavaria
1803: Secularized to Bavaria |
| Augsburg | 1276: Imperial Free City | SW | | 1276 | 14 BC: Founded by Augustus
1488-1534: Joined Swabian League
1500: To Swabian Circle
1632-1635: Swedish occupation
1806Annexed to Bavaria |
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 | c960: Margraviate
1156: Duchy
1359: Archduke
1453: Archduchy
1804: Empire of Austria | Aust | PR | 960 | 833: Margraviate of Austria created
976: Austria separated from Duchy of Bavaria
1192: Inherited Styria
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))
1457: Albertine line died out; Austria to Leopoldine line
1512: Austrian Circle
1520-1534: Administered Duchy of Wurttemberg
1582: HRE Council of Princes |
| Austria | Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order | | | | 1512: Austrian Circle
1793: Council of Princes |
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