This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter H.
Notes:
- The "Imperial Circle" column shows to which circle (Reichskreis) the state belonged;
- the "Imperial Diet" column shows where the state was represented in the Imperial Diet or "Bench" (Reichstag).
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HRE County | Bav | SC | 10th Century: Formed
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County | — | — | 1040: Formed
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County | — | — | 1232: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg
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"Farmer Republic" 1210 - 1852 | — | — |
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"Landvogtei" | — | — | Formation date unknown
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Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | RH | 12th Century: Formed
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County[a] | Burg | — | 900: Formed
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Low Sax | see below | 804: Formed
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Principality | Low Sax | PR | 1648: Formed: Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt for Brandenburg
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Barony | — | — | 1260: Formed: First mentioned
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County | Low Rhen | WE | 12th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Minden
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1280: County | [data missing] | [data missing] | 11th century: Formed
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Imperial City | Low Sax | RH | 1189: Formed
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1429: HRE County | Upp Rhen | WT | 13th century: Formed
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County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1480: Formed: Renamed from Hanau-Babenhausen
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County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau
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HRE Prince-Elector | Low Sax | EL | 1692: Formed: Brunswick-Calenberg raised to Electorate
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Lordship | — | — | c. 1100: First mentioned
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1383: HRE County | — | — | 12th Century: To the Counts of Plain
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Imperial Valley | — | — | 1718: Formed: Free Imperial Valley |
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1628: HRE County (Personalist) | — | SW | 1628: Formed
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Upp Sax | FR | 12th Century: Fiefs of Thuringia
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County | — | — | Formation date unknown
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Lordship | ?? | [data missing] |
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Bishopric | Upp Sax | EC | 948: Formed
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Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1231: Formed
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HRE Lordship | Upp Rhen | WE | 1192: Formed: Originally named Erlingshofen; built Heideck and assumed that name
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Imperial Free City | Swab | SW |
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County | — | — | 1135: Counts of Linzgau assumed name Heiligenberg: Formed
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Abbacy | — | — | 1227: Formed: Founded as Wasserschapfen Abbey
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County | Swab | SC | 1113: Formed
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Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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Lordship | Swab | — |
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Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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Lordship | — | — |
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Lordship | Swab | — |
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Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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Abbacy | — | — | 997: Formed
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Abbacy | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
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Franc | PR | 1037: Counts then known as Babenburg: Formed
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Princely County | Franc | PR |
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County | — | — | 1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg
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Princely County | — | — | 1340: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen
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County | — | — | 1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen
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Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach
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Princely County | Franc | PR | 1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf
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Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach
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Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 800: Formed: Moved from Müdehorst to Herford
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1631: Free City | Low Rhen | RH |
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Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: To Duchy of Burgundy
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Swab | SC | |
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Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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Abbacy | Upp Rhen | EC | 769: Formed
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Upp Rhen | PR | 1247: Formed: Partitioned from Thuringia
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Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse
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Upp Rhen | PR |
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Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1596: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Darmstadt
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Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse
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Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR |
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Princely Landgraviate | — | — |
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Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel
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Prince-Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 815: Formed
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Free City | Low Sax | EC |
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Upp Rhen | — | Originally Knights in Jülich
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Margraviate | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
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County | — | — | 1074: Formed: First mentioned
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County | — | — | 11th Century; branch of Calw
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HRE County | — | — | Originally a title of the Counts of Zollern
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County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg
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County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg
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County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg
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County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg |
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Swab | SW | 1453: Formed: Renamed from Ems
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County | Swab | SW |
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County | Swab | SW | 1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems
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HRE Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: Formed
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Swab | SC | 1277: Formed: Partitioned from Geroldseck
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Lordship | Franc | FR |
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Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
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Lordship | — | — | 1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
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County | Franc | FR |
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Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg
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Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg
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County | Franc | FR |
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Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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Franc | FR | 1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein
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County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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Lordship | — | — |
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County | Franc | FR |
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Franc | FR | 1688: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
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Franc | FR |
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County | Franc | FR |
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Franc | FR |
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Franc | FR |
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Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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County | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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Swab | SC |
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Swab | PR |
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County | Swab | SC |
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County | Swab | SC |
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Swab | SC |
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County | Upp Sax | WT |
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Duchy | Low Sax | PR |
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Duchy | — | — | |
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County | — | — |
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Low Rhen | WE |
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County | Low Rhen | WE |
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1641: HRE County | Low Rhen | WE |
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Territory | — | — |
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Lordship | — | — |
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Low Rhen | — |
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Commandery | — | — |
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Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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County | — | — | 1204: Formed
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County | Low Rhen | WE |
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County | — | — | 12th Century: To Saffenburg as fief of Electorate of Cologne
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Notes
edit- ^ Unification of countship of Bergen, margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern countship of the Brabant shire