List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (A)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter A.[1]
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1166: Free Imperial City 1794: To France 1815: to Prussia |
 Aalen
|
Free Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1241: Founded by Hohenstaufen by 1340: To Oettingen 1359: Sold to Württemberg 1360: Free Imperial City 1500: To Swabian Circle 1802: To Duchy of Württemberg |
 Aalst
|
County | — | — | 964: First mentioned 1056: Extinct; to Flanders despite Brabantian claims to the territory |
 Abensberg-Traun (Apensberg-Traun)
|
Lordship 1653: County |
Swab | SW | 1114: First mentioned; ministerialis of Austria 1653: HRE Count 1656: Joined the Swabian Circle (personalist) 1662: Acquired Eglofs; joined the Bench of Counts of Swabia 1804: Sold Eglofs to Windisch-Graetz Elder Line |
 Achalm
|
County | — | — | 1040: First mentioned; brother of Urach 1098: Extinct; to Urach 1250: To Fürstenberg |
 AhrSee: Are |
[data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | 1246: Annexed by Cologne |
| Ahrgau
|
County | — | — | Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire See: Are 1107: Separated from Prüm Abbey 1246: Annexed to the Archbishopric of Cologne |
 Albeck (Alpeck)
|
Lordship | — | — | 1081: First mentioned; ministerialis of Swabia 1245: To Burgau 1289: To Werdenberg-Sargans 1312: To Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen 1349: To Werdenberg-Alpeck 1383: Sold to Ulm |
 AldenburgHRE Count of Aldenburg, Lord of the Free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel |
Lordship 1651: Barony 1667: County |
— | — | 1646: Anton, illegitimate child of Anthony Günther of Oldenburg, ennobled 1651: HRE Baron 1667: Acquired Knyphausen and Varel; HRE Count 1738: Extinct; to Bentinck by marriage |
 All Saints (Allerheiligen; in Schaffhausen)
|
Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1049: Abbey established 1080: Acquired Schaffhausen c. 1122: Acquired Hiltensweiler 1190: Schaffhausen independent 1529: To Schaffhausen; monastery suppressed |
 Alsace
|
County 1130: Landgraviate |
— | — | 1125: Partitioned from County of Saarbrücken 1130: HRE Landgrave 1189: Also known as Counts of Werd c. 1340: Sold to Oettingen 1359: Sold to Strasbourg |
 Alsace and Burgundy
|
Bailiwick | None | SW | 1212: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order 1805: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
 Altbruchhausen
|
County | — | — | 1234: Partitioned from Bruchhausen 1335: To Tecklenburg 1338: Sold to Hoya 1354: Extinct |
 Altena-Berg (Altena-Marck; Altena-Mark)
|
County | — | — | 1180: Partitioned from Berg-Altena 1226: Renamed to Mark |
| Altena-Isenberg
|
County | — | — | 1180: Partitioned from Berg-Altena 1126: Lands given to Altena-Berg (Mark) 1243: Restored to a small part of the former county 1253: Renamed to Isenberg-Limburg |
 Altenbaumburg (Altenbaumberg)
|
Raugraviate | — | — | 1253: Partitioned from Baumburg 1366: Most sold to the Palatinate 1385: Extinct; remainder to the Palatinate |
 Altensteig
|
Lordship | — | — | 1100: First mentioned; to Knights of Altensteig 1280: To Hohenberg-Nagold 1318: To Hohenberg-Wildberg 1355: To Hohenberg-Altensteig 1398: Sold to Baden 1603: Sold to Württemberg |
| An der Etsch (on the Adige)
|
Bailiwick | Aust | — | 1269: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order 1805: To Bavaria; attached to the Tyrol 1814: To Austria |
 Andechs (Andechs-Meran from 1180)
|
County 1180: Duchy |
— | — | 1132: Renamed from Diessen 1157: Acquired Wolfratshausen 1173: Acquired Istria 1180: Acquired Merania 1208: Most possessions in Bavaria and the Tyrol to Bavaria 1211: Acquired the County Palatine of Burgundy 1248: Extinct; County Palatine of Burgundy to Hugh of Chalon; remainder to Bavaria |
| Andlau | Abbey | — | — | 1681: To France |
.svg){kind=small} Anhalt
|
Lordship 1212: County 1218: Princely County 1250: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1173: Independence from Saxony 1212: HRE Count 1218: HRE Princely Count 1250: HRE Prince 1252: Partitioned into Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Köthen 1570: Reunited by Anhalt-Roßlau 1603: Partitioned into Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Anhalt-Aschersleben
|
Principality | — | — | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt 1315: Extinct; Succession dispute between Anhalt-Bernburg and the Bishopric of Halberstadt 1322: To the Bishopric of Halberstadt |
| Anhalt-Bernburg
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt 1468: Extinct; divided between Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1630: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Harzgerode 1707: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym |
| Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
|
Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1727: Created from union of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym with Holzapfel 1806: Holzapfel to Nassau 1812: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau |
| Anhalt-Dessau
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1474: Partitioned from Anhalt-Zerbst 1551: Partitioned into Anhalt-Zerbst, Anhalt-Roßlau and itself 1570: Extinct; to Anhalt-Roßlau 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt |
| Anhalt-Dornburg
|
Principality | — | — | 1667: Appanage created in Anhalt-Zerbst 1742: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Anhalt-Harzgerode
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1630: Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg 1709: Extinct; to Anhalt-Bernburg |
| Anhalt-Köthen
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1252: Partitioned from Anhalt 1396: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Zerbst 1562: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1665: Inherited by Anhalt-Plötzkau 1765: Appanage Anhalt-Köthen-Pless established |
| Anhalt-Köthen-Pless
|
Principality | — | — | 1765: Appanage line created in Anhalt-Köthen 1767: Official investiture of Pless by Prussia |
| Anhalt-Mühlingen
|
Principality | — | — | 1667: Appanage created in Anhalt-Zerbst 1714: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Anhalt-Plötzkau
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1665: Inherited and renamed to Anhalt-Köthen |
| Anhalt-Roßlau
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1551: Partitioned from Anhalt-Dessau 1570: Renamed to Anhalt |
| Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
|
Principality | Upp Sax | — | 1718: Partitioned from Anhalt-Bernburg 1727: Renamed to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym |
| Anhalt-Zerbst
|
Principality | Upp Sax | PR | 1396: Partitioned from Anhalt-Köthen 1474: Partitioned into itself and Anhalt-Dessau 1562: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Partitioned from Anhalt 1667: Appanages Anhalt-Mühlingen and Anhalt-Dornburg created 1796: Extinct; to Anhalt-Dessau |
 Anholt
|
Lordship 14th Century: Barony 1621: County |
Low Rhen | WF | 1169: Fief of Utrecht 1234: To Zuylen-Anholt as fief of Utrecht betw. 1317-1343: Imperial immediacy 1399: To Gemen 1402: To Bronchhorst-Batenburg 1621: HRE Count 1641: to Salm-Salm 1653: Joined the Westphalian Counts 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
 Antwerp
|
Margraviate | Burg | — | 974: Established 994: Acquired Toxandria 1106: United with Lower Lorraine 1190: Title to Brabant |
 Aosta
|
County 1310: HRE Duchy |
— | — | c. 999: To the Bishopric of Aosta; fief of the Kingdom of Arles 1026: To Savoy 1310: HRE Duke 1539: To France 1563: Restored to Savoy 1810: To France 1814: Restored to Piedmont-Sardinia |
 Appenzell
|
Canton | — | — | 11th Century: To St Gall's Abbey 1408: Independence from St Gall's Abbey 1513: Member of the Old Swiss Confederacy 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Appenzell Outer Rhodes)
|
Canton | — | — | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes)
|
Canton | — | — | 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Are (Ahr)
|
County | — | — | 992: First mentioned in the Ahrgau 1107: Imperial immediacy 1144: Partitioned into Are-Are, Are-Nürburg and Are-Hochstaden |
| Are-Are (Are, Ahr)
|
County | — | — | 1144: Partitioned from Are 1210: Extinct; to Are-Nürburg |
 Are-Nürburg (Nürburg)
|
County | — | — | 1144: Partitioned from Are 1225: Partitioned into itself and Neuenahr 1290: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne |
 Are-Hochstaden (Hochstaden)
|
County | — | — | 1144: Partitioned from Are 1149: Acquired Hochstaden by marriage 1162: Partitioned into itself and Are-Wickrath 1246: To the Archbishopric of Cologne 1265: Extinct |
| Are-Wickrath (Wickrath, Wickenrode)
|
County | — | — | 1162: Partitioned from Are-Hochstaden 1301: Extinct; to Guelders |
 Arenberg (Aremberg)
|
Duchy | El Rhin | PR | c. 1177 c. 1177: Lords of Arenberg first mentioned; burgraves of Cologne within the Archbishopric of Cologne 1220: Partitioned into itself and Wildenburg 1279: Sold burgraviate to the Archbishops 1299: Lords of Arenberg extinct; to County of Mark 1328: To Mark-Arenberg 1549: Inherited by Ligne which assumed the name 'Arenberg' 1576: Princely County 1580: HRE Council of Princes 1644: Duchy 1795: Duchy ceded to France 1803: Obtained Meppen and Vest Recklinghausen 1810: Mediatized |
 Arlon
|
County c. 1167: Margraviate |
— | — | 950 c. 1167: HRE Margrave 1214: United with Luxembourg 1221: To Limburg |
 Arnsberg
|
County | — | — | 1050: First mentioned; to Werl c. 1070: To Werl-Arnsberg 1124: Extinct in male line 1132: To Cuijk-Arnsberg by marriage 1368: Sold to Cologne who added it to the Duchy of Westphalia |
.svg){kind=small} Arnstein
|
County | — | — | 1131: Branch of Steußlingen established a line at Arnstein 1211: Side line Lindow-Ruppin established 1226: Partitioned into itself and Barby c. 1294: Given to Falkenstein 1326: Extinct 1334: To Regenstein 1387: Sold to Mansfeld Younger Line |
 Artois
|
County | Burg | — | 898: To Flanders 1180: To France 1237: Artois established as appanage 1350: To the Duchy of Burgundy 1477: To France 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1659: To France |
 Aschaffenburg
|
Principality | — | — | 10th Century: To Mainz 1803: Made principality of the Archbishopric of Regensburg 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1814: To Bavaria |
 Aspremont-Lynden
|
Barony 1676: County |
Low Rhen | WE | 1307: First mentioned 1590: Purchased Rekem (Reckheim) 1623: Imperial Estate 1676: HRE Count 1793: To France 1802: Compensated with Baindt 1806: To Württemberg |
 Auersperg
|
Lordship 1550: Barony 1653: County 1664: Princely County |
Aust | PR | 1162: First mentioned, in Carniola 1550: HRE Baron 1630: HRE Count 1653: HRE Prince 1654: Bench of Secular Princes 1654: Acquired Silesia-Munsterberg and Frankestein 1663: Acquired Tengen 1664: HRE Princely Count 1791: Acquired Gottschee 1806: Tengen to Baden |
 Augsburg
|
Bishopric | Swab | EC | 4th Century: Diocese established 8th Century: First mention of historical mention of diocese c. 888: Imperial immediacy 1276: City of Augsburg acquired independence 1802: To Bavaria |
 Augsburg
|
Free Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1276: Free Imperial City 1806: To Bavaria |
 Austria
|
1156: Duchy 1453: Archduchy |
Aust | EC | 833: Established, part of the Duchy of Bavaria Margraviate 976: Separated from Bavaria 1156: HRE Duke 1192: Acquired Styria 1379: Partitioned into itself (Albertine Line) and Inner Austria (Leopoldine Line) 1453: HRE Archduke 1457: Inherited by Inner Austria (Leopoldine Line) 1804: Assumed rank of Empire |
| Austria
|
Bailiwick | Aust | — | 1260: Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order 1805: To Austria |
References
[edit]- ^ for Ansbach see: Brandenburg-Ansbach