List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (G) explained

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NameTypeImperial circleImperial dietwidth=50% History
GandersheimAbbacyUpp SaxRP856
919: Imperial immediacy
1206: HRE Princess
1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1807: To Westphalia
1815: To Brunswick
Gdańsk
See: Danzig
Imperial City
GelnhausenImperial Free CityUpp RhenRH1170: Formed
1803: Annexed to Hesse-Cassel
1807: To Westphalia
1813: To Hesse-Cassel
GemenLordshipLow RhenWE10th Century: Formed
To local Lords of Gemen
1282: Gemen a fief of Cleves
14th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Münster
13??: Imperial immediacy
1492: Extinct; to Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg
1640: To Limburg-Styrum
1644: To Limburg-Styrum-Gemen
1782: To Limburg-Styrum-Illeraichen
1800: To Bömelberg
1806: To Salm-Kyrburg
1810: To France
1814: To Prussia
GemertHRE Lordshipn/an/a12th Century: Formed
To local Lords of Gemert as fief of Brabant
1220: Half to the Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant
1331: Gemert half to 's-Hertogenbosch
1366: All to Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant
1478: Imperial immediacy
1648-1662: To the Netherlands
1794: To France
1795: To Batavian Republic
GenevaCountyn/an/a9th Century: Formed
1394: Extinct; to Thoire and Villars
1401-5: Sold to Savoy
GenevaBishopricn/an/a5th Century: Formed
1154: HRE Prince
1526: Joined the Swiss Confederation as ally
1535: Secular power lost to the City
1798: To France
1815: To Switzerland
GengenbachAbbacySwabSPbetw. 727-735
9th Century: Imperial immediacy
1007: To Bishopric of Bamberg
1139: Imperial immediacy
1751: Bench of Swabian Prelates
1803: To Baden
GengenbachImperial CitySwabSWc1250: Formed
1360: Free Imperial City
1803: To Baden
GeraAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1244: Partitioned from Plauen and Gera
1314: Acquired Schleiz, Saalburg and Burgk
1425: Partitioned into Gera-Burgk, Gera-Lobenstein and Gera-Schleiz
Gera-BurgkAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1425: Partitioned from Gera
1426: Extinct; to Gera-Lobenstein
Gera-GeraAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1482: Partitioned from Gera-Lobenstein
1502: Sold to Gera-Schleiz
1508: Extinct
Gera-LobensteinAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1425: Partitioned from Gera
1482: Partitioned into Gera-Gera, Gera-Schleiz and itself
1489: Extinct; divided between Gera-Gera and Gera-Schleiz
1509: Partitioned from Gera-Schleiz
1538: Extinct; to Gera-Schleiz
Gera-SchleizAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1425: Partitioned from Gera
1448: Acquired Rochsburg
1456: Extinct; to Gera-Lobenstein
1482: Partitioned from Gera-Lobenstein
1509: Partitioned into itself and Gera-Lobenstein
1547: To Reuss-Plauen
1550: Extinct
GerlachsheimAbbacyn/an/a1197: Formed
To Lords of Zimmern-Lauda as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg
To Wertheim as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg
1319: Gerlachsheim Abbey fief of Bishopric of Würzburg
1552: Formed
Direct possession of Bishopric of Würzburg
1717: To Oberzell Abbey as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg
1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
1806: To Baden
GeroldseckLordshipn/an/a1080: First mentioned
1139: Established around Hohengeroldseck
1186: Side line established at Ochsenstein
1270: Acquired Veldenz
1277: Partitioned into itself and Hohengeroldseck
1279: Sold Diersburg to Schwarzenberg
1300: Sold additional territory to Baden
1426: Extinct; to Moers-Saarwerden in succession dispute with Hohengeroldseck
1442: Half sold to Baden
1522: Other half sold to Nassau-Saarbrücken
1629: All to Nassau-Saarbrücken
1803: To Baden
Geroldseck-SulzLordshipn/an/a1333: Partitioned from Hohengeroldseck
1451: Extinct
1473: Sold to Württemberg
Geyer von Giebelstadt1685: HRE CountyFrancFR1685: HRE Count
1693: Bench of Counts of Franconia
1708: Extinct
Giech
HRE Count & Lord of Giech
Lordship
1680: HRE Barony
1695: HRE County
FrancFR12th Century: Formed
1680: HRE Baron
1695: HRE Count
1726: Bench of Counts of Franconia
1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia
GiengenImperial CitySwabSW11th Century: Formed
1391: Free Imperial City
1803: To Württemberg
Gimborn
Gimborn and Neustadt
Lordship
1631: Imperial Lordship
1783: County
Low RhenWE?
To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Berg
1273: To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Mark
1550: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Mark
1610: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Brandenburg
1631: Imperial immediacy
1682: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
1702: Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1782: To Wallmoden-Gimborn
1783: HRE Count
1806: To Berg
1815: To Prussia
GlarusImperial valleyn/an/a1395: Formed
Until 1395: To Säckingen Abbey
1352: Joined Swiss Confederation, though subject to Säckingen Abbey
1395: Free Imperial Valley; member of Swiss Confederation
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
1798: To Linth Canton within Helvetic Confederation
1803: Canton of Glarus within Switzerland
GleichenCountyn/an/a1162: Title "Count of Gleichen" used by Counts of Tonna
1228: Partitioned from Tonna
1343: Partitioned into Gleichen-Blankenhain and Gleichen-Tonna
Gleichen-BlankenhainCountyUpp SaxWT1343: Partitioned from Gleichen
1378: Partitioned into Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder Line, Gleichen-Blankenhain Intermediate Line and Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line
1456: Reunited by Younger Line
1627: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Mainz
1631: To Hatzfeld
1794: To Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder LineCountyn/an/a1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain
1456: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line
Gleichen-Blankenhain Intermediate LineCountyn/an/a1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain
1385: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder Line
Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger LineCountyn/an/a1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain
1415: Partitioned into Gleichen-Rembda and itself
1456: Renamed to Gleichen-Blankenhain
Gleichen-RembdaCountyUpp SaxWT1415: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line
1596: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain
Gleichen-TonnaCountyUpp SaxWT1343: Partitioned from Gleichen
1631: Extinct; divided between Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schenk von Tautenburg
GleichensteinCountyn/an/a1228: Partitioned from Tonna
1294: Sold to the Archbishopric of Mainz
1297: Extinct
1802: To Prussia
1807: To Westphalia
1813: To Prussia
Gmünd
see: Schwäbisch Gmünd
GodesbergCounty1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr
1465: Partitioned into Alpheim and Bedburg
GoldineshundareCounty950: Partitioned from Cläven
1067: Extinct
Goltstein1694: HRE Countn/an/a1305: First mentioned in Moravia
15th Century: Fief of Jülich
1771: immediate Lords of Slenaken
1794: To France
Gorizia (Görz)County
1365: HRE Princely County
1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca
Austn/a11th Century: Formed
1031: To Counts of Eppenstein
1090: To Counts of Lurn
1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335)
1500: Extinct; to Austria
1754: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
1809: To France
1813: To Austria
GoslarImperial CityLow SaxRH922
1290: Free Imperial City
1803: To Prussia
1806: To Westphalia
1813: To Prussia
Gradisca1647: County
1754: Princel County of Gorizia and Gradisca
Aust-1511: Annexed to Austria
1647: To Eggenberg
1717: To Austria
1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
Graevenitz (Grävenitz)Lordship
1707: County
FrancFR1290: First mentioned; ministerialis in Mecklenburg
1707: HRE Count
1718: Acquired Welzheim
1728: Joined the Franconian Counts
1733: Welzheim to Württemberg; retained personalist vote in the Franconian Circle
GrandvillarsBaronyn/an/a11th Century: Formed
Barons of Grandvillars were fiefs of Montbéliard and Pfirt
1648: To France
GrangesLordship
GraveneggAcquired Eglingen
Grävenitz
See: Graevenitz
Lordship
Grävenstein (Gravenstein or Gråsten)Lordship
GreifenseeLordshipn/an/a1300: Created on transfer from Rapperswil to Landenburg
1369: Sold to Toggenburg
1402: To Zürich
1798: Abolished
Greiz and ReichenbachAdvocacy (Vogtei)n/an/a1209: Partitioned from Weida
1240: Extinct; to Plauen and Gera
GroningenLordshipBurgn/a1498: Formed
Free Frisians
1498: Invested on the Duchy of Saxony but was unable to gain control of the region
1514/15: To Guelders
1536: To Spanish Netherlands
1579: To the Netherlands
Grubenhagen
see "Brunswick-Grubenhagen"
Principality
Gruyères (Greyerz)Countyn/an/a11th Century: Formed
1246: Fief of Savoy
1536: Imperial immediacy
1554: Bankrupt; divided between Fribourg and Bern
GuastallaCounty
1621: Duchy
n/an/a1406: Created for Guido Torelli
1539: To Gonzago-Guastalla
1621: Duchy
1746: To Austria
1748: To Parma
1808: To France
1814: To Parma
GueldersDuchyBurgn/a1082/1096: Formed
c1088: Landgraviate
1096: County
1339: Duchy
1179: Inherited County of Zutphen by marriage
1247: Acquired the pawned Imperial city of Nijmegen
1393: Inherited Duchy of Jülich
1473: To the Duchy of Burgundy
1492: To House of Egmond
1543: To the Duchy of Burgundy
After 1581: divided between United Provinces (no more HRE) and Spanish Netherlands
1672: French occupation
1713: Southern South Gelderland fell to Prussia
1795: To France
1806: To Kingdom of Holland
1810: To France
1815: To the Netherlands and Prussia
GundelfingenLordshipSwabSC11th Century: Formed
1008: 1st mention of Gundelfingen
after 1251: Partitioned into Gundelfingen-Hellenstein, Gundelfingen-Hohengundelfingen and Gundelfingen-Niedergundelfingen
1647-1768: To Furstenberg
Gundelfingen-HellensteinLordshipn/an/aafter 1251: Partitioned from Gundelfingen
1273: Extinct; to Burgau
1280: To Austria
1292: To Rechberg
1351: To Helfenstein-Blaubeuren
1448: To Württemberg-Stuttgart
1450: To Bavaria-Landshut
1503: To Württemberg
1521: To Ulm
1536: To Württemberg
Gurk1072: Bishopric
Prince-Bishopric
Austn/a1072: Formed
1803: To Austria (annexed to Carinthia)
GutensteinLordshipn/an/a12th Century: Formed
Originally to the Lords of Gutenstein
13th Century: To Austria
1306: To Magenbuch as fief of Austria
1455: To Zimmern
1594: To Austria
1609: To Burgau
1618: To Austria
1624: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as fief of Austria
1652: To Mohr as fief of Austria
1655: To Castell as fief of Austria
1735: To Castell directly
1806: To Württemberg
1810: To Baden
GutenzellAbbacySwabSP1237: Formed
1417: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Toerring-Jettenbach
1806: To Württemberg