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The Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 was one of the strangest political structures in the world. Although in the earlier part of the Middle Ages, under the Salian and Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen

The House of Hohenstaufen was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Swabia....
 emperors, it was relatively centralized, as time went on the Emperor lost more and more power to the Princes. This article will attempt to sort out, to some extent, the political structure of the Empire, and list the various states it consisted of.
Structure of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792
The year 1792, before the vast changes inspired by the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
ary incursions into Germany, is a good point in time to look at and examine the structure of the Empire.






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The Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 was one of the strangest political structures in the world. Although in the earlier part of the Middle Ages, under the Salian and Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen

The House of Hohenstaufen was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Swabia....
 emperors, it was relatively centralized, as time went on the Emperor lost more and more power to the Princes. This article will attempt to sort out, to some extent, the political structure of the Empire, and list the various states it consisted of.

Structure of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792


The year 1792, before the vast changes inspired by the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
ary incursions into Germany, is a good point in time to look at and examine the structure of the Empire. The empire was, at this time, divided into several thousand immediate (unmittelbar) territories, but only about three hundred of these had Landeshoheit (the special sort of sovereignty enjoyed by the states of the Empire), and had representation in the Reichstag
Reichstag (institution)

The Reichstag was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. The main chamber of the German parliament is now called Bundestag , but the building in which it meets is still called "Reichstag" ....
 (Imperial Diet). The Imperial Diet was divided into three so-called collegia — the Council of Electors
Prince-elector

The Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of Imperial election the Holy Roman Emperors....
, the Council of Princes, and the Council of Cities. As who had votes had gradually changed over the centuries, many princes held more than one vote, as will be indicated. Certain territories which had once held votes in the diet, as for instance the County of Waldeck or the Duchy of Jülich-Kleve-Berg, no longer did so due to the extinction of an old dynasty, or for other reasons.

The Council of Electors

(8 members)

The King of Bohemia (also Archduke of Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 and King of Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
)
The Archbishop of Mainz
The Archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Trier
The Count Palatine of the Rhine
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
 (also Duke of Bavaria)
The Duke of Saxony
The Margrave of Brandenburg (King of Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
)
The Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg

Brunswick-L?neburg was a historical duchy during the period from the late Middle Ages through the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire....
 (Elector of Hanover
Electorate of Hanover

The Electorate of Brunswick-L?neburg became the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692, when the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, elevated Duke Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-L?neburg to the rank of Prince-elector of the Empire as a reward for aid given in the War of the Grand Alliance....
, King of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
)

The Council of Princes

(Note, this is ordered based on the official order of voting in the Diet)

The Archduke of Austria (also King of Bohemia)
The Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
 (also King of Prussia)

The Ecclesiastical Bench
  1. The Archbishop of Salzburg
  2. The Archbishop of Besançon
  3. The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
  4. The Bishop of Bamberg
  5. The Bishop of Würzburg
    Bishopric of Würzburg

    The Bishopric of W?rzburg was a prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Franconia, around the city of W?rzburg, Germany. W?rzburg was a diocese from 743....
  6. The Bishop of Worms
    Bishopric of Worms

    The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms, Germany just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Electoral Palatinate....
  7. The Bishop of Eichstätt
    Bishop of Eichstätt

    List of the Bishopric of Eichst?dt....
  8. The Bishop of Speyer
    Bishop of Speyer

    The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer in the Archdiocese of Bamberg.The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km?....
  9. The Bishop of Strassburg
  10. The Bishop of Constance
  11. The Bishop of Augsburg
    Bishop of Augsburg

    The Bishop of Augsburg is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg in the Archdiocese of M?nchen und Freising / Munich.The diocese covers an area of 13,250 km?....
  12. The Bishop of Hildesheim
  13. The Bishop of Paderborn
  14. The Bishop of Freising
  15. The Bishop of Regensburg
  16. The Bishop of Passau
    Bishop of Passau

    The Diocese of Passau is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in GermanyThe diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of M?nchen und Freising....
  17. The Bishop of Trent
    List of Prince-Bishops of Trent

    The Prince-bishops of Trento were the leader of the independent Bishopric of Trento, an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire of what is now northern Italy....
  18. The Bishop of Brixen
  19. The Bishop of Basel
  20. The Bishop of Münster
  21. The Bishop of Osnabrück
    Bishop of Osnabrück

    The Bishop of Osnabr?ck is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabr?ck, the current incumbent is Franz-Josef Hermann Bode. Theodor Kettmann is his auxiliary bishop....
     (notable as, after 1648, it alternated between Protestant and Roman Catholic incumbents)
  22. The Bishop of Liège
    Bishopric of Liège

    The Bishopric of Li?ge or Prince-Bishopric of Li?ge was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium. It belonged from 1500 on to the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle....
  23. The Bishop of Lübeck (a Protestant bishopric)
  24. The Bishop of Chur
    Bishop of Chur

    The Bishop of Chur is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland ....
  25. The Bishop of Fulda
  26. The Abbot of Kempten
    Kempten

    Kempten can refer to:* Kempten im Allg?u, a town in Bavaria, Germany* Kempten ZH, a district of the town of Wetzikon in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland...
  27. The Provost of Ellwangen
    Ellwangen Abbey

    Ellwangen Abbey was the earliest Order of St. Benedict monastery established in what is now Baden-W?rttemberg, in Ellwangen about 60 miles / 100 km north-east of Stuttgart....
  28. The Grand Master of the Order of St. John
    Knights Hospitaller

    The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta is a Roman Catholic Church order based in Rome, Italy....
  29. The Prior of Berchtesgaden
    Berchtesgaden Provostry

    Berchtesgaden Provostry or the Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden was a "reichsunmittelbar" canonry, or collegiate foundation, of the Augustinian Canons and its territory, in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany....
  30. The Abbot of Weissenburg
    Wissembourg

    Wissembourg is a small town and commune in France situated on the little River Lauter close to the border between France and Germany, in easternmost Alsace r?gion in France, approximately north of Strasbourg and west of Karlsruhe....
  31. The Abbot of Prüm
    Prüm Abbey

    Pr?m Abbey is a former Order of Saint Benedict abbey in Pr?m/Lorraine , now in the Diocese of Trier , founded by a Frankish widow Bertrada of Pr?m, and her son Caribert of Laon, count of Laon, on 23 June 720....
  32. The Abbot of Stablo
    Stavelot

    Stavelot is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Li?ge . On January 1 2006 Stavelot had a total population of 6,671. The total area is 85.07 square kilometre which gives a population density of 78 inhabitants per km?....
  33. The Abbot of Corvey
    Corvey Abbey

    Corvey Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Corvey was a Benedictine Order monastery on the River Weser, 2km northeast of H?xter, now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany....
  34. A single vote for the College of the Prelates of Swabia
    Swabia

    Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
    ; see below
  35. A single vote for the College of the Prelates of the Rhine
    Rhine

    File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
    ; see below
These last two were groups of lesser abbots, who together had a joint vote. Unlike those who had a full vote, they were not considered fully sovereign.


The Secular Bench
  1. The Duke of Bavaria (the Elector of Bavaria)
  2. The Duke of Magdeburg
    Duchy of Magdeburg

    The Duchy of Magdeburg was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1680–1807. It replaced the Archbishopric of Magdeburg after its secularization by Brandenburg....
     (also King of Prussia)
  3. The Count Palatine of Kaiserslautern
    Kaiserslautern

    is a city in southwest Germany, located in the States of Germany of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century and is within easy reach of Paris and Luxembourg ....
     (also the Elector of Bavaria)
  4. The Count Palatine of Simmern
    Simmern

    Simmern is a town in Germany with 8,000 inhabitants. It is located in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, 630 km from Berlin and 55 km west from Mainz....
     (also the Elector of Bavaria)
  5. The Count Palatine of Neuburg
    Neuburg

    Neuburg can refer to:* Neuburg an der Donau, a town which is the administrative seat of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany...
     (also the Elector of Bavaria)
  6. The Duke of Bremen (also the Elector of Hanover)
  7. The Duke of Zweibrücken
    Zweibrücken

    Zweibr?cken is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river at the border of the Palatinate forest....
  8. The Count Palatine of Veldenz
    Veldenz

    Veldenz is a municipality in the Bernkastel-Wittlich and the former seat of the County of Veldenz, a significant principality of 120 villages and towns in today's Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....
     (also the Elector of Bavaria)
  9. The Duke of Saxe-Weimar
    Saxe-Weimar

    History of Saxony-Weimar was a duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The chief town and capital was Weimar....
  10. The Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
    Saxe-Eisenach

    History of Saxony-Eisenach was the name of three different duchies that existed at different times in the Germany province of Thuringia. The chief town and capital of all three duchies was Eisenach....
     (also Duke of Saxe-Weimar)
  11. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg
    Saxe-Coburg

    Saxe-Coburg was a duchy held by the Ernestine duchies branch of the House of Wettin in today's Bavaria, Germany.File:Veste Coburg West.jpgAfter the Division of Erfurt in 1572, Coburg was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, ruled by the Ernestine duke John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg jointly with his brother John Ernest, Duke of Sax...
  12. The Duke of Saxe-Gotha
    Saxe-Gotha

    Saxe-Gotha was a short-lived duchy in today's Thuringia, Germany.File:Schloss Friedenstein Gotha.JPGIt was established in 1640, when Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar created a subdivision for his younger brother Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha....
  13. The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
    Saxe-Altenburg

    Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.History...
     (also Duke of Saxe-Gotha)
  14. The Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
    Ansbach

    Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk of Mittelfranken....
     (also King of Prussia)
  15. The Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    Bayreuth

    Bayreuth is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. It is the capital of Oberfranken and has a population of 73,048 citizens ....
     (also King of Prussia)
  16. The Duke of Brunswick-Celle (also Elector of Hanover)
  17. The Duke of Brunswick-Kalenberg
    Calenberg

    Calenberg was a dynastic division of the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg in the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a separate entity from 1485 until 1705, when it was merged with L?neburg-Celle to form the state of Electorate of Hanover....
     (also Elector of Hanover)
  18. The Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
    Grubenhagen

    The Principality of Grubenhagen was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg in the Holy Roman Empire. It is also known as Brunswick-Grubenhagen....
     (also Elector of Hanover)
  19. The Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
    Duchy of Brunswick

    Brunswick was a historical state in Germany. Originally the territory of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel in the Holy Roman Empire, it was established as an independent duchy by the Congress of Vienna in 1815....
  20. The Prince of Halberstadt
    Principality of Halberstadt

    The Principality of Halberstadt was a state of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Brandenburg-Prussia. It replaced the Bishopric of Halberstadt after its secularization in 1648....
     (also King of Prussia)
  21. The Duke of Lower Pomerania (also King of Prussia)
  22. The Duke of Upper Pomerania
    Swedish Pomerania

    Swedish Pomerania was a Dominions of Sweden under the Sweden from the 17th to the 19th century, situated on what is now the Baltic Sea coast of Germany and Poland....
     (also King of Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    )
  23. The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany from 1348 on, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor....
  24. The Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
    Mecklenburg-Güstrow

    Mecklenburg-G?strow was a North German state that existed on three separate occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg....
     (also Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
  25. The Duke of Württemberg
    Württemberg

    W?rttemberg [], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
  26. The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
    Hesse-Kassel

    The Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a Reichsfrei principality of the Holy Roman Empire that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse....
     (or Hesse-Cassel)
  27. The Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
    Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

    The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, the last Landgrave of Hesse....
  28. The Margrave of Baden-Baden
    Baden-Baden

    Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe ....
     (the Margrave of Baden)
  29. The Margrave of Baden-Durlach (the Margrave of Baden)
  30. The Prince of Verden
    Verden, Germany

    Verden , or Verden , is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the River Aller. It is the administrative centre of the district of Verden . Verden is famous for the alleged massacre of Saxons in 782, committed on the orders of Charlemagne , for its cathedral, and for its horse breeding....
     (also Elector of Hanover)
  31. The Margrave of Baden-Hochberg (the Margrave of Baden)
  32. The Duke of Holstein
    Holstein

    Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider River. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany.Holstein once existed as the County of Holstein , the later Duchy of Holstein , and was the northernmost territory of the Holy Roman Empire....
     (also King of Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
    )
  33. The Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (also Elector of Hanover)
  34. The Prince of Minden (also King of Prussia)
  35. The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
    Holstein-Gottorp

    Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp....
    -Oldenburg
    Oldenburg

    ||-||-||-||}Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen , at the Hunte river....
  36. The Duke of Savoy
    Savoy

    Savoy is a region of Europe on the western flank of the Alps that emerged following the collapse of the Frankish Empire Kingdom of Burgundy. Installed by Rudolph III, King of Burgundy, officially in 1003, the House of Savoy became the longest surviving royal house in Europe....
     (also King of Sardinia
    Sardinia

    Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
    )
  37. The Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
    Leuchtenberg

    Leuchtenberg is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Neustadt in Bavaria in Germany, essentially a suburb of nearby Weiden in der Oberpfalz, and a historical region in Holy Roman Empire governed by the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg....
     (also Elector of Bavaria)
  38. The Prince of Anhalt
    Anhalt

    Anhalt is a historical county in central Germany, located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt....
     (actually, there were four Princes of Anhalt at this time, who split the vote — the Princes of Anhalt-Zerbst
    Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst

    Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality located in Germany. It was created for the first time in 1252 following the partition of the principality of Anhalt....
    , Anhalt-Dessau
    Anhalt-Dessau

    Anhalt-Dessau was a principality and later a duchy located in Germany. It was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....
    , Anhalt-Bernburg
    Anhalt-Bernburg

    Anhalt-Bernburg was a Germany principality whose capital was Bernburg, and existed until 1863. The principality was created in 1252 when the Principality of Anhalt was partitioned between Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....
    , and Anhalt-Köthen
    Anhalt-Köthen

    Anhalt-K?then has existed on two separate occasions. The first state was created in 1396 when the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-K?then....
    )
  39. The Princely Count of Henneberg
    Henneberg

    Henneberg may refer to:*the House of Henneberg, German nobility*County of Henneberg, a medi?val state in the Holy Roman Empire*Henneberg, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany...
     (this vote was divided among the various branches of the House of Wettin
    Wettin (dynasty)

    The House of Wettin was a dynasty of Germany counts, dukes, Prince Elector and monarchs that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland....
    —the Elector of Saxony
    Saxony

    The Free State of Saxony is a States of Germany of Germany. Located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area and the sixth largest in population , of Germany's sixteen states....
    , the Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741, when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out....
    , the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
    Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

    The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was one of the Ernestine duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in the 17th century, the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield line lasted until the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha line in 1825, in which the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld line...
    , the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
    Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

    Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was a duchy ruled by the Ernestine duchies branch of the House of Wettin in today's Thuringia, Germany.It was nominally created in 1672 when Frederick William III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, the last duke of Saxe-Altenburg, died and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Duke of Saxe-Gotha , inherited the major part of his possess...
    , the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
    Saxe-Meiningen

    The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty....
     and the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
    Saxe-Hildburghausen

    Saxe-Hildburghausen was an Ernestine duchies in what is now southern Thuringia, Germany. Its territory was similar to that of the modern Hildburghausen ....
    )
  40. The Prince of Schwerin
    Schwerin

    Schwerin is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . The population as of end of 2007 was 95,855....
     (also Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
  41. The Prince of Kammin (also King of Prussia)
  42. The Prince of Ratzeburg
    Ratzeburg

    Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes--the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town....
     (also Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy and later grand duchy in northern Germany, roughly consisting of the present day district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , bordering areas of modern-day Brandenburg with the town of F?rstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein....
    )
  43. The Prince of Hersfeld
    Bad Hersfeld

    The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....
     (also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel)
  44. The Prince of Nomény
    Nomeny

    Nomeny is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France....
     (to the House of Lorraine
    Lorraine (province)

    Lorraine is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Some of the main cities are Metz, France, Nancy and Verdun....
    ; after 1780 also King of Bohemia, etc.)
  45. The Prince of Mömpelgard (also Duke of Württemberg)
  46. The Duke of Arenberg
    Arenberg

    Arenberg is a historic county, principality and finally duchy located in modern Germany. The House of Arenberg remain a Belgian nobility#Princely houses....
  47. The Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    Hohenzollern-Hechingen

    Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a county and principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty....
  48. The Prince of Lobkowitz
  49. The Prince of Salm
    Salm (state)

    Salm is the name of several historic countships and principality in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France.HistoryOrigins...
     (actually, there were two branches of this family, who split the vote — the Prince of Salm-Salm
    Salm-Salm

    The Principality of Salm-Salm was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French d?partements of the Bas-Rhin and the Vosges and was one of a number of partitions of Salm ....
     and the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg
    Salm-Kyrburg

    Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm . It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate , and secondly as a Principality ....
    )
  50. The Prince of Dietrichstein
  51. The Prince of Nassau-Hadamar (also Prince of Orange
    Prince of Orange

    Prince of Orange is a title of nobility, originally associated with the Principality of Orange, now in southern France.It is carried by members of the House of Orange-Nassau, as heirs to the crown of the Netherlands, and is also seen carried by the pretenders by members of the Hohenzollern....
     and Stadtholder
    Stadtholder

    A Stadtholder in the Low Countries was a medieval function which during the 18th century developed into a rare type of de facto hereditary head of state of the thus "crowned" Dutch Republic....
     of the United Provinces
    Dutch Republic

    The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, in about the same location as the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is the successor state....
    )
  52. The Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (also Prince of Orange)
  53. The Prince of Auersperg
    Principality of Auersperg

    Auersperg was a German princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen The Principality of Auersperg emerged from the earlier county of Auersperg of the junior branch of the House of Pancraz in 1653....
  54. The Prince of East Frisia
    East Frisia

    East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the Germany States of Germany of Lower Saxony.It connects Friesland with the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, all of which belong to the historic and geographic Frisia....
     (also King of Prussia)
  55. The Prince of Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg

    F?rstenberg and can refer to the following....
  56. The Prince of Schwarzenberg
    House of Schwarzenberg

    Schwarzenberg is the name of a Franconia and Bohemian aristocratic family....
  57. The Prince of Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein

    The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
  58. The Prince of Thurn and Taxis
  59. The Prince of Schwarzburg
    Schwarzburg

    Schwarzburg is a municipality in the valley of the Schwarza in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany.First mentioned in 1071 as Swartzinburg....
      (divided into two branches, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small state in Germany, in the present-day state of Thuringia....
     and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen....
    )
  60. A single vote for the College of the Counts of Swabia
    Swabia

    Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia is both a historic and linguistics region in Germany. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-W?rttemberg , as well as the Bavarian Swabia ....
    ; see below
  61. A single vote for the College of the Counts of the Wetterau
    Wetterau

    The Wetterau is a fertile undulating tract, watered by the Wetter , a tributary of the Nidda River, in the western German region of Hesse, between the hilly province Oberhessen and the north-western Taunus mountains....
    ; see below
  62. A single vote for the College of the Counts of Franconia
    Franconia

    Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria and a much smaller region in northeastern Baden-W?rttemberg called Heilbronn-Franken....
    ; see below
  63. A single vote for the College of the Counts of Westphalia
    Westphalia

    Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....
    ; see below


The Council of Cities

The Council of Imperial Free Cities was not actually equal to the others — its vote was only advisory. In 1792, there were 51 Free Cities, divided amongst six Circles.

Circle of Bavaria
  1. Regensburg
    Regensburg

    Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....


Circle of Franconia
  1. Nuremberg
    Nuremberg

    Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
  2. Rothenburg ob der Tauber
    Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken, the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved Middle Ages old town, a destination for tourists from around the world....
  3. Bad Windsheim
    Bad Windsheim

    Bad Windsheim is a small historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the district Neustadt -Bad Windsheim, west of Nuremberg.A document from 741 proofs for the first time the existence of town called 'Uuinidesheim'....
  4. Schweinfurt
    Schweinfurt

    Schweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of W?rzburg....
  5. Weißenburg in Bayern (Nordgau)


Circle of the Lower Rhine-Westphalia
  1. Cologne
    Cologne

    Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
  2. Aachen
    Aachen

    is a historic spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km west of Cologne....
  3. Dortmund
    Dortmund

    Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the States of Germany of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 587,830 makes it the largest city in the region, 7th-largest in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union....


Circle of Lower Saxony
  1. Lübeck
    Lübeck

    L?beck is the second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites....
  2. Goslar
    Goslar

    Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the Goslar and located on the northwestern wikt:slope of the Harz mountain range....
  3. Mühlhausen
    Mühlhausen

    M?hlhausen is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. It is the Capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut....
  4. Hamburg
    Hamburg

    Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
  5. Bremen
  6. Nordhausen
    Nordhausen

    Nordhausen is a city at the southern edge of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen . It was once known for its tobacco industry, and is still known for its distilled spirit, ....


Circle of the Upper Rhine
  1. Worms
    Worms, Germany

    Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over title of "Oldest City in Germany"....
  2. Speyer
    Speyer

    Speyer is a city in Germany with approx. 50,000 inhabitants, located beside the river Rhine. It lies 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim....
  3. Frankfurt am Main
  4. Friedberg
    Friedberg, Hesse

    Friedberg is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 26 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main....
  5. Wetzlar
    Wetzlar

    Wetzlar is a town in the States of Germany of Hesse, capital of the Lahn-Dill district. Located at 8? 30' E, 50? 34' N, there are approximately 54,000 inhabitants....


Circle of Swabia
  1. Augsburg
    Augsburg

    Augsburg is an Independent City city in the south-west of Bavaria. The College town is home of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia and also of the Swabia and the Augsburg ....
  2. Ulm
    Ulm

    Ulm is a city in the Germany States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau ....
  3. Esslingen am Neckar
    Esslingen am Neckar

    Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany, capital of the Esslingen as well as the largest city in the district....
  4. Reutlingen
    Reutlingen

    Reutlingen is a city in southern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen . 2008, it has a population of 109,828....
  5. Nördlingen
    Nördlingen

    N?rdlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 20,000. It is located in the middle of a giant Impact crater, called the N?rdlinger Ries....
  6. Schwäbisch Hall
    Schwäbisch Hall

    Schw?bisch Hall is a town in the Germany States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg; it is the capital of the district of Schw?bisch Hall . The town is located in the valley of the river Kocher in the north-eastern part of Baden-W?rttemberg....
  7. Überlingen
    Überlingen

    ?berlingen is a city in the Bodensee district in Baden-W?rttemberg in southwestern Germany. It is located on the northwest shore of Lake Constance and has a population of just over 21,000....
  8. Rottweil
    Rottweil

    Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-W?rttemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants....
  9. Heilbronn
    Heilbronn

    Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn and with approximately 120,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
  10. Schwäbisch Gmünd
    Schwäbisch Gmünd

    Schw?bisch Gm?nd is a town in the eastern part of the Germany state of Baden-W?rttemberg. With a population of around 62,000, the town is the second largest in the Ostalbkreis and the whole region of W?rttemberg after Aalen....
  11. Memmingen
    Memmingen

    Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk Swabia in Germany. The district-free town is located at the border to Baden-W?rttemberg, at the river Iller....
  12. Lindau
    Lindau

    Lindau is a Germany town and an island in the eastern part of the Lake Constance, the Bodensee. It is located in the States of Germany of Bavaria and is also capital of the district of Lindau ....
  13. Dinkelsbühl
    Dinkelsbühl

    Dinkelsb?hl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the Ansbach , north of Aalen....
  14. Biberach
    Biberach an der Riß

    Biberach is a town in the south of Germany, Biberach in the free state of Baden-W?rttemberg. To distinguish it from the other Biberachs it is called Biberach an der Ri? after the small river Ri? which flows through the city ....
  15. Ravensburg
    Ravensburg

    Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the Ravensburg , Baden-W?rttemberg. Population: 48,000 .Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088....
  16. Kempten
    Kempten im Allgäu

    Kempten im Allg?u is the largest city in Allg?u, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. Population was c. 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Ancient Rome, who called the town Cambodunum....
  17. Kaufbeuren
    Kaufbeuren

    Kaufbeuren is an independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. The city is completely enclaved within the Districts of Germany of Ostallg?u....
  18. Weil
    Weil der Stadt

    Weil der Stadt is a small town of somewhat less than 20,000 inhabitants, located in the Stuttgart Region of the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg....
  19. Wangen im Allgäu
    Wangen im Allgäu

    Wangen im Allg?u is a historic city in southeast Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It lies north-east of Lake Constance in the Westallg?u. It is the second-largest city in the Ravensburg district and is a nexus for the surrounding communities....
  20. Isny im Allgäu
    Isny im Allgäu

    Isny im Allg?u is a city in south-eastern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is part of the Ravensburg , in the western, W?rttembergish part of the Allg?u region....
  21. Leutkirch im Allgäu
    Leutkirch im Allgäu

    Leutkirch im Allg?u is a city in south-eastern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is part of the Ravensburg , in the western, W?rttembergish part of the Allg?u region. It belongs to the administrative region of T?bingen ....
  22. Wimpfen
  23. Giengen
    Giengen

    Giengen is the capital of the district of the same name in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It is situated in the Heidenheim , north-east of Ulm, at the southern foot of the Swabian Alb....
  24. Pfullendorf
    Pfullendorf

    Pfullendorf is a small historic city in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  25. Buchhorn
    Friedrichshafen

    Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.It is the district capital of the Bodensee district in the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg....
  26. Aalen
    Aalen

    Aalen is a town in the Germany state of Baden-W?rttemberg. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest town....
  27. Bopfingen
    Bopfingen

    GeneralBopfingen is a small historic city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and N?rdlingen. It consists of the the city Bopfingen itself and its suburbs Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schlo?berg, Trochtelfingen, and Unterriffingen....
  28. Buchau
    Bad Buchau

    Bad Buchau is a small town in the district of Biberach , Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany with about 4,000 inhabitants. It is situated near Lake Federsee, which is separated from the town by a wide reed belt....
  29. Offenburg
    Offenburg

    Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. With over 50,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city, and also the capital of the Ortenaukreis....
  30. Gengenbach
    Gengenbach

    Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants....
  31. Zell am Harmersbach
    Zell am Harmersbach

    Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine....


Membership of single-vote colleges


The two benches of the Council of Princes each contained single-vote colleges. The membership of each of these was as follows:

The Prelates of Swabia
  • The Abbess of Baindt
    Baindt Abbey

    Baindt Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Baindt in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Elchingen
    Elchingen Abbey

    Elchingen Abbey was a Order of St. Benedict monastery in Oberelchingen in Bavaria, Germany, in the diocese of Augsburg....
  • The Abbot of Gengenbach
    Gengenbach Abbey

    Gengenbach Abbey was a Order of St. Benedict monastery in Gengenbach in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbess of Gutenzell
    Gutenzell Abbey

    Gutenzell Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in the municipality of Gutenzell-H?rbel in the district of Biberach , Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.The origins of the monastery are unknown....
  • The Abbess of Heggbach
    Heggbach Abbey

    Heggbach Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Heggbach, now part of the municipality of Maselheim in the district of Biberach , Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbess of Irsee
    Irsee Abbey

    Irsee Abbey is a former Benedictine Order abbey located at Irsee near Kaufbeuren in Bavaria. It is now a conference and training centre for the Swabia ....
  • The Abbot of Kaisheim
    Kaisheim Abbey

    Kaisheim Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Kaisheim, Bavaria, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Marchtal
  • The Abbot of Neresheim
    Neresheim Abbey

    Neresheim Abbey or Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim is located above the town of Neresheim in Baden-W?rttemberg. It is now a Benedictine Order monastery and is part of the Beuronese Congregation....
  • The Abbot of Ochsenhausen
    Ochsenhausen Abbey

    Ochsenhausen Abbey formerly Ochsenhausen Priory was a Order of St. Benedict monastery in Ochsenhausen in the district of Biberach in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Petershausen
    Petershausen Abbey

    Petershausen Abbey was a Order of St. Benedict monastery situated at Petershausen, now a part of Konstanz in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Roggenburg
    Roggenburg Abbey

    Roggenburg Abbey is a Premonstratensian canonry in Roggenburg, Germany near Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, in operation between 1126 and 1802, and again from its re-foundation in 1986....
  • The Abbot of Rot
    Rot an der Rot Abbey

    Rot an der Rot Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It was the first Premonstratensian monastery in the whole of Swabia....
  • The Abbot of Rottenmünster
  • The Abbot of Salmannsweiler
    Salem Abbey

    Salem Abbey , also known as Salmansweiler and in Latin as Salomonis Villa, was a very prominent Cistercian monastery in Salem, Germany in the Bodensee about ten miles from Konstanz, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Schussenried
    Schussenried Abbey

    Schussenried Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbess of Söflingen
    Söflingen Abbey

    S?flingen Abbey was a nunnery of the Order of Poor Ladies, also known as the Poor Clares, the Poor Clare Sisters, the Clarisse, the Minoresses, or the Second Order of St....
  • The Abbot of Ursperg
    Ursberg Abbey

    Ursberg Abbey is a former Premonstratensian monastery, now a convent of the Franciscan St. Joseph's Congregation, situated in the small village of Ursberg in the G?nzburg , Bavaria....
  • The Abbot of Weingarten
    Weingarten Abbey

    Weingarten Abbey or St. Martin's Abbey is a Benedictine order monastery on the Martinsberg in Weingarten near Ravensburg in Baden-W?rttemberg ....
  • The Abbot of Weissenau
    Weissenau Abbey

    Weissenau Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Upper Swabia, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. The site was originally called Au , then Minderau , and finally Weissenau , and is now in Eschach, a part of Ravensburg....
  • The Abbot of Wettenhausen
    Wettenhausen Abbey

    Wettenhausen Abbey was formerly a monastery of the Augustinian Canons; today it is a Dominican Order convent. The abbey is in Wettenhausen in the municipality of Kammeltal in Bavaria....
  • The Abbot of Zwiefalten
    Zwiefalten Abbey

    Zwiefalten Abbey was a Benedictine Order monastery situated at Zwiefalten near Reutlingen in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....


The Prelates of the Rhine
  • The Abbot of Bruchsal
    Bruchsal

    Bruchsal is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km Northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
     and Odenheim
  • The Abbess of Buchau
    Buchau Abbey

    Buchau Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Buchau was a nunnery, and later collegiate foundation, in the present town of Bad Buchau in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The Abbot of Burtscheid
    Burtscheid Abbey

    Burtscheid Abbey was a house of the Benedictine Order, after 1220 a Cistercian nunnery, located at Burtscheid, near Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany....
  • The Abbot of Ballei of Koblenz
    Koblenz

    Koblenz is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle River, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated....
     (Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  • The Abbot of St. Cornelismünster
    Kornelimünster Abbey

    Kornelim?nster Abbey is a Benedictine Order monastery in Kornelim?nster, since 1972 a part of Aachen , in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany....
  • The Abbot of Ballei of Elsass
    Alsace

    Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
     and Burgundy
    Burgundy

    Burgundy is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland....
     (Grand Master of the Teutonic Order)
  • The Abbess of Essen
    Essen Abbey

    Essen Abbey was a collegiate foundation for women of the high nobility in Essen. It was founded in about 845 by the Saxony Altfrid , later Bishop of Hildesheim and saint, near a royal estate called Astnidhi, which later gave its name to the religious house and to the town....
  • The Abbess of Gandersheim
    Gandersheim Abbey

    Gandersheim Abbey is a former house of secular canonesses in the present Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 852 by Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, founder of the dynasty of the Liudolfings....
  • The Abbot of St Georg in Isny
    St. George's Abbey, Isny

    St. George's Abbey, Isny in Isny im Allg?u in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, is a former Order of St. Benedict abbey founded in 1096 and secularised in 1802....
  • The Abbess of Gernrode
    Gernrode

    Gernrode is a town in Germany, in the Harz , Saxony-Anhalt. The town was first mentioned in 961 and became a city in 1539. Gernrode is 9 km south of Quedlinburg in the Harz mountains and has state recognition as a spa town, where one may take the cure and recuperate in general ....
  • The Abbess of Herford
    Herford

    Herford is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the mountain chains of the Wiehengebirge and the Teutoburg Forest....
  • The Abbess of Niedermünster
    Niedermünster, Regensburg

    The Niederm?nster or Niederm?nster Abbey , Regensburg, was a house of canonesses in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, that at the height of its power was one of the wealthiest and most influential in Bavaria....
     in Regensburg
    Regensburg

    Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
  • The Abbess of Obermünster
    Obermünster, Regensburg

    The Oberm?nster, or Oberm?nster Abbey, Regensburg, was a collegiate house of canonesses in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, second only to Niederm?nster in wealth and power....
     in Regensburg
  • The Abbess of Quedlinburg
    Quedlinburg Abbey

    Quedlinburg Abbey was a former house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Founded in 936 on the initiative of the widow of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, as his memorial, for many centuries it enjoyed great prestige and influence....
  • The Abbess of Thorn
    Thorn, Netherlands

    Thorn is a town in the municipality of Maasgouw, in the Netherlands province of Limburg .Thorn started as an abbey in the 10th century, founded by Bishop Ansfried of Utrecht....
  • The Abbot of St. Ulrich and St. Afra
    St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg

    St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg is a former Order of St. Benedict abbey dedicated to Ulrich of Augsburg and Afra in the south of the old city in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany....
     in Augsburg
    Augsburg

    Augsburg is an Independent City city in the south-west of Bavaria. The College town is home of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia and also of the Swabia and the Augsburg ....
  • The Abbot of Werden
    Werden Abbey

    Werden Abbey was a Benedictine Order monastery in Essen-Werden , situated on the Ruhr....


The Counts of the Wetterau
  • The Princes and Counts of Solms
  • The Prince of Nassau-Usingen
    Nassau-Usingen

    Nassau-Usingen was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Upper Rhenish Circle that became a principality in 1688.The origin of the county lies in the medieval county of Weilnau that was acquired by the counts of Nassau-Weilburg in 1602....
  • The Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
  • The Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
    Nassau-Saarbrücken

    Nassau-Saarbr?cken was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Upper Rhenish Circle. It belonged to the Walram-branch of the House of Nassau....
  • The Princes and Counts of Isenburg
    Isenburg

    Isenburg was a region of Germany located in southern present-day Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau , which partitioned in 1137 into Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern....
  • The Counts of Stollberg
    Stollberg

    Stollberg is a town in the Free State of Saxony, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau, and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz....
  • The Princes and Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • The Counts of Salm
  • The Princes and Counts of Leiningen
  • The Counts of Westerburg
  • The Counts of Wetter-Tegerfelden
  • The Princes of Schönburg
  • The Count of Wied-Runkel
  • The Counts of Ortenburg
  • The Counts of Reuss zu Plauen


The Counts of Swabia
  • The Prince of Fürstenberg
  • The Abbess of Buchau
  • The Commander of the Teutonic Knights
  • The Prince of Oettingen
  • The Count of Montfort (also King of Bohemia)
  • The Count of Helfenstein (also Elector of Bavaria)
  • The Prince of Schwarzenberg
  • The Count of Königsegg
  • The Count of Waldburg
  • The Count of Eberstein (also Margrave of Baden)
  • The Count von der Leyen
  • The Counts of Fugger
    Fugger

    The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patrician of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the H?chstetter families....
  • The Lord of Hohenems (also King of Bohemia)
  • The Count of Traun
  • The Prince-Abbot of St. Blase
  • The Count of Stadion
  • The Prince of Thurn and Taxis
  • the Count of Wetter-Tegerfelden inBonndorf
    Bonndorf

    Bonndorf is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the southern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Titisee-Neustadt....
  • The Count of Khevenhüller
  • The Count of Kuefstein
  • The Prince of Colloredo
  • The Count of Harrach
  • The Count of Sternberg
  • The Count of Neipperg


The Counts of Franconia
  • The Princes and Counts of Hohenlohe
  • The Counts of Castell
  • The Counts of Erbach
  • The Princes and Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim
  • The Heirs to the Counts of Limpurg
  • The Counts of Nostitz-Rieneck
  • The Prince of Schwarzenberg
  • The Heirs to the Counts of Wolfstein
  • The Counts of Schönborn
  • The Counts of Windisch-Grätz
  • The Counts Orsini von Rosenberg
  • The Counts of Starhemberg
  • The Counts of Wurmbrand
  • The Counts of Giech
  • The Counts of Gravenitz
  • The Counts of Pückler


The Counts of Westphalia
  • The Lord of Sayn-Altenkirchen (also Elector of Hanover)
  • The Count of Hoya (also Elector of Hanover)
  • The Count of Spiegelberg (also Elector of Hanover)
  • The Count of Diepholz (also Elector of Hanover)
  • The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
  • The Count of Tecklenburg (also King of Prussia)
  • The Duke of Arenberg
  • The Prince of Wied-Runkel
  • The Prince of Wied-Neuwied
  • The Count of Schaumburg (shared between the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and the Count of Lippe-Bückeburg)
  • The Counts of Lippe
    Principality of Lippe

    Lippe and later Lippe-Detmold was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest....
  • The Counts of Bentheim
  • The Princes and Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim
  • The Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
  • The Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  • The Count of Toerring
  • The Count of Aspremont
  • The Prince of Salm-Salm (as Count of Anholt)
  • The Count of Metternich-Winnenburg
  • The Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg
  • The Counts of Plettenberg
  • The Counts of Limburg Stirum
  • The Count of Wallmoden
  • The Count of Quadt
  • The Counts of Ostein
  • The Counts of Nesselrode
  • The Counts of Salm-Reifferscheidt
  • The Counts of Platen
  • The Counts of Sinzendorf
  • The Prince of Ligne


See also

  • Holy Roman Empire
    Holy Roman Empire

    The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  • Imperial Circle Estates