This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter K:[1] [2] [3] [4]
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | width=50% | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Käfernburg (Kevernburg) | County | n/a | n/a | 1103: First mentioned; to Schwarzburg 1160: Partitioned from Schwarzburg 1184: Inherited Schwarzburg 1197: Partitioned into Schwarzburg, itself and Hallermund 1227: Partitioned into itself and Rabenswalde-Wiehe 1384: Extinct in male line 1387: Sold to Thuringia 1446: To Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Younger Line | |
| Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) | Abbacy | Swab | SP / RP | 1135: Formed 1346: Imperial immediacy, though not recognised by Bavaria 1656: Imperial immediacy recognised by Bavaria 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Kalenberg see: Brunswick-Calenberg | Duchy | ||||
| Katzenelnbogen | Lordship 1138: County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: Formed 1066: First mentioned as advocates of Prüm Abbey 1138: HRE Count 1190: Acquired Hohenstein 1215: Partitioned into itself and Hohenstein 1259: Acquired Dornberg 1260: Partitioned into Katzenelnbogen Elder Line and Katzenelnbogen Younger Line 1402: Reunited by Younger Line 1453: Acquired part of Diez (de) and Eppstein 1479: Extinct; to Hesse-Marburg | |
| Katzenelnbogen Elder Line | County | n/a | n/a | 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen 1284: Acquired St Goarshausen 1402: Extinct; to Katzenelnbogen Younger Line | |
| Katzenelnbogen Younger Line | County | n/a | n/a | 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen 1283: Acquired Brauback 1384: Much of the county pledged to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1402: Renamed to Katzenelnbogen | |
| Kaufbeuren | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1286: Free Imperial City 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Kaufungen | Abbacy | Upp Rhen | RP | 1017: Formed 1089: Imperial immediacy 1527: Mediatised to Hesse 1533: To the Hessian Knighthood under Hesse | |
| Kaunitz | 1642: County | n/a | n/a | 14th Century: First mentioned; possibly a branch of Stosch 1642: Moravian line made HRE Count 1699: Moravian line in succession dispute over Rietberg 1726: Moravian line acquired Rietberg; renamed to Kaunitz-Rietberg | |
| Kaunitz-Rietberg HRE Prince of Kaunitz, Count of Rietberg & East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf, Wittmund & Melrich | County 1764: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1726: Moravian line of the House of Kaunitz acquired Rietberg 1764: HRE Prince 1803: Bench of Princes 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia 1848: Extinct | |
| Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1353: Free Imperial City 1648: To France | |
| Kempten | Abbacy | Swab | EC | 752 1062: Imperial immediacy 1524: HRE Prince-Abbey 1548: Bench of Spiritual Princes 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Kempten | 1289: Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1289: Free Imperial City 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Kerpen and Lommersum | Lordship 1713: Imperial County | Low Rhen | WE | 1288: Territory of Brabant 1430: To Burgundy 1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1710: To Palatinate-Neuburg (within Jülich) 1712: To Schaesberg as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg 1713: Imperial County 1786: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1794: To France | |
| Kettershausen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1556: To Fugger-Babenhausen 1806: To Bavaria | |
| Khevenhüller-Metsch Khevenhuller-Metsch Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Count of Hochosterwitz, Baron of Landskron and Wernberg, etc. | County 1763: Principality | n/a | SC | 1751: Line formed by a scion of the Khevenhüller family that inherited Metsch 1763: HRE Prince; Personalist vote in Bench of Counts of Swabia | |
| Kirchberg Burgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein, Lord of Farnrode | Burgraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1149: Counts of Kapellendorf invested with the burgraviate of Kirchberg bei Jena 1294: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Windberg, Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf, Kirchberg-Greiffenberg and Kirchberg-Kapellendorf 1495: Reunited by Kirchberg-Altenberga 1714: Acquired Sayn-Hachenburg 1799: To Nassau-Weilburg | |
| Kirchberg-Altenberga | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg 1461: Acquired Farnroda 1495: Renamed to Kirchberg | |
| Kirchberg-Greiffenberg | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg 1412: Acquired Kranichfeld 1427: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Kranichfeld and Kirchberg-Altenberga | |
| Kirchberg-Kapellenberg | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg 1304: Sold Kapellenberg to Erfurt 1362: Acquired Camburg 1393: Extinct; to Meissen | |
| Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg 1357: Extinct; to Weimar-Orlamünde | |
| Kirchberg-Kranichfeld | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg 1455: Kranichfeld to Gleichen-Blankenhain 1495: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Altenberga | |
| Kirchberg-Windberg | Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg 1311: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf and Kirchberg-Greiffenberg | |
| Kirchberg (not to be confused with Burgraviate above) | County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: Formed 1087: First mentioned Early history of the counts is unclear; eventually formed the lines Kirchberg-Kirchberg, Kirchberg-Brandenburg and Kirchberg-Wullenstetten in the 12th Century | |
| Kirchberg-Brandenburg | County | n/a | n/a | Partitioned from Kirchberg 1298: Extinct; to Austria 1313: To Ellersbach 1466: To Krafft 1481: To Rechberg 1539: To Fugger | |
| Kirchberg-Kirchberg | County | n/a | n/a | Partitioned from Kirchberg 1366: Extinct; to Matsch 1399: To Kirchberg-Wullenstetten | |
| Kirchberg-Wullenstetten | County | Swab | SC | Partitioned from Kirchberg 1399: Acquired Kirchberg-Kirchberg 1481: Half sold to Bavaria-Landshut 1503: Landshut half to Austria 1507: Landshut half to Fugger 1510: Extinct; rest to Fugger | |
| Kirkel | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1075: First mentioned 1212: Partitioned from Saarwerden 1242: Extinct; divided between numerous heirs 1250: Most acquired by John of Siersberg who took the name Kirkel 1386: Extinct; to the Palatinate | |
| Klettgau | County 1325: Landgraviate | Swab | SC | Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire 1040: To Habsburg 1280: To Habsburg-Laufenburg 1410: To Sulz 1687: To Schwarzenberg 1806: To Baden | |
| Klingenmünster | Abbacy 1490: Provostry | Upp Rhen | RP | 636 ? 1115: Imperial immediacy 1490: Provost 1567: To the Palatinate | |
| Knyphausen (Kniphausen) | Barony 1653: County | n/a | n/a | Part of East Frisia 1588: Lord of Inhausen and Knyphausen made HRE Baron 1624: To Oldenburg 1653: HRE Count 1667: To Aldenburg 1738: To Aldenburg-Bentinck 1807: To Holland 1810: To France 1813: To Oldenburg 1826: To Aldenburg-Bentinck with limited sovereignty 1854: To Oldenburg | |
| Koblenz (Coblenz / Coblence) | Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order | El Rhin | n/a | 1216: Teutonic Order received land in fief from the Archbishopric of Trier 1263: Acquired Elsen 1313: Acquired Waldbreitbach 1613: Acquired Morsbroich 1794: Left-bank territory to France 1806-9: Rest to Berg and Nassau | |
| Koevorden (Coevorden) | Lordship | ||||
| Kolb von Wartenberg (Kolbe) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 12th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Franconia 1699: HRE County; renamed to Wartenberg | |
| Königsbronn | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1303: Formed 15th Century?: Imperial immediacy 1553: Mediatised to Württemberg 1710: Abolished | |
| Königsegg (Konigsegg) HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen, Lord of Ebenweiler & Wald in Swabia | Lordship 1621:Barony 1629: County | Swab | SC | 1171: First mentioned as a property of the Lords of Fronhofen 1251: Partitioned from Fronhofen 1381: Acquired Aulendorf 1595: Acquired Rothenfels 1621: HRE Baron 1622: Partitioned into Königsegg-Rothenfels and Königsegg-Aulendorf | |
| Königsegg-Aulendorf | Barony 1629: County | Swab | SC | 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg 1629: HRE County 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Königsegg-Rothenfels | Barony 1629: County | Swab | SC | 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg 1629: HRE County 1804: To Austria; acquired Boros-Sebiș as fief of Hungary | |
| Königsfeld (Black Forest) | |||||
| Konstanz (Constance) | Prince-Bishopric | Swab | EC | 585 1155: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: To Baden | |
| Konstanz (Constance) | 1192: Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1192: Free Imperial City 1548: To Austria 1805: To Baden | |
| Konzenberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1305: To Burgau 1351: To Halder 1361: To Waldkirch 13??: To Villenbach 13??: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1454: To Grafeneck 1456: To Stain 1457: to Westernach 1511: To Knöringen 1524: To Augsburg 1530: To Baumgartner 16??: To ? 1684: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Kornelimünster (Cornelimünster; St Kornelimünster) | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 614 9th Century: Imperial immediacy 1795: To France | |
| Kranenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1255: Partitioned from Cleves 1277: Extinct; to Cleves | |
| Krautheim | Lordship 1803: HRE Principality of Krautheim and Gerlachsheim | n/a | n/a | 1213: Mentioned as belonging to Lords of Krautheim 1399: To the Archbishopric of Mainz 1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Kreuzlingen | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1125: Formed 1145: Imperial immediacy 1648: To Switzerland | |
| Kriechingen (Criechingen) | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1150: First mention of Lords of Kriechingen, fiefs of Lorraine 1239: Partitioned into itself and Helfedange 1295: To Torcheville who assumed the name Kriechingen 13th Century: HRE Baron 1557: Partitioned into Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt and Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel | |
| Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel | Barony 1617: County | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen 1617: HRE Count; Imperial immediacy in core lands; Upper Rhenish Circle 1697: Extinct; to East Frisia To Wied-Runkel 1793: To France | |
| Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen 1681: Extinct; to Salm-Reifferscheid | |
| Kronburg | Lordship | 1460: Partitioned from Aichen 1540: Partitioned into Osterberg, Schwabeck and Weissenstein | |||
| Kuefstein-Greillenstein Count of Kuefstein, Baron of Greillenstein, of Hohenkraen, etc. | 1709: County (Personalist) | n/a | FR | 1602: HRE Baron 1654?: HRE Count 1709: Bench of Counts of Franconia (personalist vote) | |
| Kulmbach | Lordship | 1057-1234: To Andechs-Meran 1248: To Counts of Orlamunde 1340: To Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg 1792: To Prussia 1807: French occupation 1810: To Bavaria | |||
| Kyburg (Kiburg) | County | n/a | n/a | 11th century: Formed 1053: Counts of Winterthur-Kyburg extinct; to Dillingen by marriage 1180: Partitioned from Dillingen 1218: Acquired left-bank territory of Zähringen 1273: To Habsburg-Laufenburg by marriage 1274: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg (Neu-Kyburg) 1379: Most to Austria 1384: Fief of Bern 1417: Extinct | |
| Kyrburg | Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from the Wildgraviate 1284: Partitioned into itself and Schmidtburg 1419: Extinct; to Stein |