This is a list of states, which were part of the Holy Roman Empire at any time within its existence between 962 and 1806.
Warning: The list is extremely incomplete. A full list of members of the Reichstag as of 1792 can be found here: List of Reichstag participants (1792). A list of Imperial Circle Estate members at the same time can be found at Imperial Circle Estates. A full list of every state belonging to the Holy Roman Empire at any time would be an impossible project.
Ecclesiastical States
Lands of the Bohemian Crown
Territories of Old Princely Families
Territories of New Princely Families
Territories Raised to Princely Levely by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803
State | Date of foundation | Date of dissolution | Notes |
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Anhalt | 1570 | 1603 | 1603 divided into five separate states: Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Zerbst and Anhalt-Plötzkau |
Ansbach | ?? | 1792 | also called Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Baden | 1112 (1061?) | -- | 1535-1771 divided into Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach |
Bavaria | -- | -- | |
Bentheim | 1050 | -- | |
Berg | 1101 | 1614 | after 1521 in personal union with Mark |
Brandenburg | 1134 | 1701 | replaced by Prussia |
Brunswick-Lueneburg | 1267 | 1705 | |
Calenberg | ?? | 1636 | replaced by Hanover |
Hanover | 1636 | -- | replaced Calenberg |
Hesse | 1264 | 1567 | 1567 divided into four separate states: Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels, Hesse-Darmstadt |
Lauenburg | 1260 | 1689 | also called Saxony-Lauenburg |
Lippe | 1528 | -- | divided in 1613, followed by Lippe-Detmold and some short-lived successor states |
Mark | 1160 | 1614 | from 1368 called Mark-Cleves; after 1521 in personal union with Berg |
Mecklenburg | 1348 | 1621 | replaced by Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Mecklenburg-Güstrow | 1621 | 1695 | replaced by Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1621 | -- | |
Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1701 | -- | replaced Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
Minden | ?? | 1648 | annexed by Brandenburg |
Nassau | 1160 | 1255 | divided in 1255, not reunited until 1806 |
Oldenburg | ?? | -- | |
Prussia | 1525 | -- | the old duchy of Prussia was replaced in 1701 by the Brandenburg-based kingdom of Prussia |
Saxony (1) | ?? | 1260 | replaced by Lauenburg and Saxony-Wittenberg |
Saxony (2) | 1423 | -- | by uniting the earldoms of Meissen and Saxony-Wittenberg |
Saxony-Wittenberg | 1296 | 1422 (or 1423?) | |
Schaumburg | 12th century | -- | in 1640 secession of Schaumburg-Lippe |
Schaumburg-Lippe | 1640 | -- | |
Steinfurt | 1454 | 1804 | was a part of Bentheim before 1454 and after 1804 |
Tecklenburg | ?? | 1263 | annexed by Bentheim |
Württemberg | 1135 | -- |