This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter A.[1]
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | width=50% | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen | 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 | |||
| Ahr See: Are | 1246: Anexxed 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 | |||
| Aldenburg HRE 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |