The Holy Roman Empire was a empirial states existing from 962-1806, the empire had more than 800 territories such as: principalities, margraviaties , duchies, archduchies, counties, cantons, bailiwicks, lordships, free Imperial Cities, imperial abbeys, bishoprics.

The territoties is listed alphabetically:

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Aachen

Free Imperial City 1306-1801

• 1306: Free Imperial City separated from the Duchy of Lower Lorraine
• 1500: Westphalian Circle
• 1801: Annexed to France
• 1815: to Prussia

Aalen

Free Imperial City1360-1803

• 1360: Free Imperial City separated from the County of Württemberg
• 1500: To Swabian Circle
• 1803: Annexed to Duchy of Württemberg

Aalst

County 1056-1165 Imperial fief to County of Flanders

• 1056: County separated from the Landgraviate of Brabant
• 1165: Annexed to the County of Flanders

Aarberg

County 1209-1379 Also named Aarburg

• 1209: County separated from the County of Neuchâtel
• 1379: Annexed to the Free Imperial City of Berne

Abensberg-Traun

County 1653-1806

• 1653: County separated from the Bishopric of Passau
• 1806: Annexed to the Kingdom of Württemberg

Ahrgau

County 1107-1246

• 1107: Separated from the Abbacy of Prüm
• 1246: Annexed to the Archbishopric of Cologne

Albeck

Lordship 1081-1383

• 1081: Separated from the Duchy of Swabia
• 1383: Annexed to the Free Imperial City of Ulm

Aldenburg

County 1651-1738 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
• 1738: Transformed to Bentinck, by the death of Anton II

Aletzheim

County 1439-1697

• 1439: Partitioned from Lordship of Pappenheim
• 1697: Annexed to County of Pappenheim

Allersberg

Lordship1343-1589

• 1343: Partitioned from Lordship of Wolfstein
• 1474: Annexed to Lordship of Sulzbürg

Alpheim

County 1465-1589

• 1465: Partitioned from Co. of Neuenahr
• 1589: Annexed to Co. of Moers

Alsace and Burgundy

Bailiwick 1212-1806

• 1793: Council of Princes
• Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order

Alt-Bruchhausen

County 1234-1338 1234: Partitioned from County of Bruchhausen 1338: Annexed to County of Hoya

Alt-Eberstein

County 1207-1283

• 1207: Partitioned from the Usgau
• 1283: Annexed to County of Neu-Eberstein

Alt-Katzenelnbogen

County 1245-1403

• 1245 Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen
• 1403: Annexed to County of Neu-Katzenelnbogen

Altena or Altena-Berg

County: 1161-1262

• 1161: a partition of the county of Berg and became known as Altena-Berg or Altena-Isenberg
• 1249: Merged with County of Mark, another junior line of Berg
• 1367: Altena granted a charter by Count Engelbert III of Mark
• 1609: To Brandenburg 44.3 km²

Altensteig

Lordship 1100: 1st mention of Altensteig To Lords of Berneck To Lords of Gultlingen 1390: Sold to Margraves of Baden 1603: To Wurttemberg

Antwerpen===Margraviate1512: Burgundian Circle

Appenzell Innerrhoden===Canton 1597-1648

• 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell
• 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation

Arlon===Margraviate 950-1221 Founded as a County

• c1167: Margraviate
• 1214: United with County of Luxemburg
• 1221: Annexed to Duchy of Limburg

Aosta===Duchy 1031-1861

• 1310: Duchy
• 1539-1563 + 1798-1814: French occupation
• 1861 Part of the Kingdom of Italy

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Artois Artois]===County' Burg 1237 *1512: Burgundian Circle

Augsburg-Bistum.PNG Augsburg Bishopric EC Founded c888
1203: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric 1500: To Swabian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria

Augsburg-Bistum.PNG Augsburg Free Imperial 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

Blason-CH-Canton-Appenzell-Rhodes-Exterieures.PNG Appenzell Canton 1507 1507: Split off from Abbey of St. Gall 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Blason-CH-Canton-Appenzell-Rhodes-Exterieures.PNG Appenzell Ausserrhoden Canton 1597 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation

Coat of arms of the Teutonic Order.png Austria Bailiwick Aust 1260 1793: Council of Princes Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order

Coats of arms of None.svg Andechs-Meran Duchy

Coats of arms of None.svg Andelfingen Lordship

Coats of arms of None.svg Aspremont-Lynden County 1590: Imperial immediate Barons of Reckheim 1623: Imperial Estate

Coats of arms of None.svg Auersperg 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 Title: HRE Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Thengen, Count of Wels, Lord of Schönberg & Seissenberg, etc.

Counts of Habsburg Arms.svg Austria 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 Title: 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

Den tyske ordens skjold.svg An der Etsch Bailiwick Aust 1269 "On the Adige" Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order

DEU Anholt COA.svg 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

Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Aachen.svg Aachen Free Imperial City Low Rhen 1306-1801 1306: Free Imperial City separated from the Duchy of Lower Lorraine 1500: Westphalian Circle 1801: Annexed to France 1815: to Prussia

Stadtwappen der Stadt Arnsberg.png Arnsberg County

Wappen Aremberg.svg 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

Wappen Aschaffenburg.png 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 Wappen Brandenburg-Ansbach.svg Ansbach Margraviate 1500: Franconian Circle 1792: To Prussia 1806: To Bavaria Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png 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 Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png 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 Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Bernburg 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 Title: Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Principality Upp Sax PR 1727 1727: Created on merger of Co. of Holzapfel and Pr. of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Dessau 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 Title: Duke of Anhalt(-Dessau), Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg, Zerbst & Gröbzig Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Dornburg Principality Upp Sax PR 1667 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1742: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Harzgerode Principality Upp Sax PR 1635 1635: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg 1709: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Köthen 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 Also named Anhalt-Kothen, Anhalt-Cothen Title: Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Mühlingen Principality Upp Sax PR 1667 1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1714: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png Anhalt-Pless Principality Upp Sax PR 1755 1755: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png 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 Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png 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 Wappen Freistaat Anhalt.png 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 Wappen Fuchstal Asch alt.png Asch Lordship 1780: to Austria Wappen von Allersberg.png Allersberg Lordship 1343 1343: Partitioned from Lordship of Wolfstein 1474: Annexed to Lordship of Sulzbürg Wappen von Andechs.png 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