List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (A)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter A:

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Aachen	Free Imperial City	Low Rhen		1306	1306: Free Imperial City separated from the Duchy of Lower Lorraine 1500: Westphalian Circle 1801: Annexed to France 1815: to Prussia
Aalen	Free Imperial City	SW		1360	1360: Free Imperial City separated from the County of Württemberg 1500: To Swabian Circle 1803: Annexed to Duchy of Württemberg
Aalst	County			1056	Imperial fief to County of Flanders 1056: County separated from the Landgraviate of Brabant 1165: Annexed to the County of Flanders
Aarberg	County			1209	Also named Aarburg 1209: County separated from the County of Neuchâtel 1379: Annexed to the Free Imperial City of Berne
Abensberg-Traun	County			1653	1653: County separated from the Bishopric of Passau 1806: Annexed to the Kingdom of Württemberg
Ahrgau	County			1107	1107: Separated from the Abbacy of Prüm 1246: Annexed to the Archbishopric of Cologne
Albeck	Lordship			1081	1081: Separated from the Duchy of Swabia 1383: Annexed to the Free Imperial City of Ulm
Aldenburg	County			1651	HRE Count of Aldenburg, Lord of the Free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel 1646: HRE Nobility 1651: immediate Lords of Knyphausen and Varel 1651: HRE Barony 1653: HRE County
Aletzheim	County			1439	1439: Partitioned from Lordship of Pappenheim 1697: Annexed to Co. of Pappenheim
Allersberg	Lordship			1343	1343: Partitioned from Lordship of Wolfstein 1474: Annexed to Lordship of Sulzbürg
Alpheim	County			1465	1465: Partitioned from Co. of Neuenahr 1589: Annexed to Co. of Moers
Alsace and Burgundy	Bailiwick	None	RP	1212	1793: Council of Princes Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order
Alt-Bruchhausen	County			1234	1234: Partitioned from Co. of Bruchhausen 1338: Annexed to County of Hoya
Alt-Eberstein	County			1207	1207: Partitioned from the Usgau 1283: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Eberstein
Alt-Katzenelnbogen	County			1245	1245: Partitioned from Ldg. of Katzenelnbogen 1403: Annexed to Co. of Neu-Katzenelnbogen
Altena	County			1152	1160: a partition of the county of Berg and became known as Altena-Berg or Altena-Isenberg 1249: Merged with County of Mark, another junior line of Berg 1367: Altena granted a charter by Count Engelbert III of Mark 1609: To Brandenburg 44.3 km²
Altena-Berg	County			1160	1160: a partition of the county of Berg 1180: Became known as Altena
Altensteig	Lordship				1100: 1st mention of Altensteig To Lords of Berneck To Lords of Gultlingen 1390: Sold to Margraves of Baden 1603: To Wurttemberg
An der Etsch	Bailiwick	Aust		1269	"On the Adige" Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order
Andechs	County				Advocate (Vogt) of Bishopric of Brixen c1130: Acquired County of Plassenburg 1132: County 1173: Acquired Margraviate of Istria 1180: Acquired Duchy of Meran 1248/51: Line died out
Andechs-Meran	Duchy
Andelfingen	Lordship
Anhalt	Principality	Upp Sax	PR		1173: Split off from D. of Saxony 1212: County 1218: HRE Prince 1250: Principality 1252: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg, and Anhalt-Zerbst; 1570: Reunified 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1603: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Plötzkau, and Anhalt-Zerbst 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1863:Duchy of Anhalt 1918: Free State of Anhalt
Anhalt-Aschersleben	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1252	1252: Created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1316, 1322: Annexed to Bp. of Halberstadt which was secularized and annexed to Brandenburg in 1648
Anhalt-Bernburg	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1252	1252: Creation of the Principality on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1468: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on partition of Pr. of Anhalt 1806: Duchy 1834: To Anhalt-Dessau 1863: To Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen Title: Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1727	1727: Created on merger of Co. of Holzapfel and Pr. of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
Anhalt-Dessau	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1396	1396: Principality created on partition of Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1561: Annexed back to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1807: Duchy 1853: Merges with Anhalt-Köthen to form Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen Title: Duke of Anhalt(-Dessau), Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg, Zerbst & Gröbzig
Anhalt-Dornburg	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1667	1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1742: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst
Anhalt-Harzgerode	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1635	1635: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg 1709: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Köthen	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1396	1396: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1552: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1603: Principality re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1807: Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen 1847: To Anhalt-Dessau Also named Anhalt-Kothen, Anhalt-Cothen Title: Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Duke of Saxony, Angria & Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Bernburg & Zerbst
Anhalt-Mühlingen	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1667	1667: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1714: Re-annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst
Anhalt-Pless	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1755	1755: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen
Anhalt-Plötzkau	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1544	1049: 1st mention of Plotzkau Count of Plotzkau inherited County of Walbeck 1133: Counts of Plotzkau died out 1435: Anhalt inherited Plotzkau 1544: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1553: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Zerbst 1603: Re-established on the partition of the Pr. of Anhalt 1665: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Köthen
Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1718	1718: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg 1727: Merged with Co. of Holzapfel to form Pr. of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Anhalt-Zerbst	Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1252	1252: Partitioned from Pr. of Anhalt 1396: Partitioned into Principalities of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen 1544: Re-established on the partition of Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau 1796: Annexed to Pr. of Anhalt-Dessau
Anholt	County	Low Rhen	WF	1169	1169: Anholt castle built by William I, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, it was a Lordship 1234: Ruled by Lords of Zuylen-Anholt 1300s: Granted immediate status during rule of Stephen I, Lord of Anholt, 1317-1343 1346: Lords of Anholt first minted money 1349: Granted city rights by Theodoric of Anholt 1380: Death of last male of Lord of Anholt; his daughter and heiress Herberga married Hermann III of Gemen died 1399: To Gemen 1402-1641: To Bronchhorst-Batenburg through marriage of Margaret of Gemen 1431: Emperor Sigismund confirmed Bronchhorst-Batenburgs as Lords of Anholt with the rights to mint coinage and hold festivals and immediate status 1621: HRE County 1641-1810: Inherited by the Princes of Salm-Salm through marriage to the heiress of Count Theodoric IV (d.1641) 1653: Imperial Estate of Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1738: Line of Salm-Salm died out; Anholt passed to the line of Salm-Hoogstraten (renamed Salm-Salm in 1739) 1810-1813: French occupation 1815: To Prussia
Ansbach	Margraviate				1500: Franconian Circle 1792: To Prussia 1806: To Bavaria
Antwerp	Margraviate	Burg			1512: Burgundian Circle
Aosta	Duchy				1310: Duchy 1539-1563: French occupation
Appenzell	Canton			1507	1507: Split off from Abbey of St. Gall 1597: Partitioned into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Canton			1597	1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Appenzell Innerrhoden	Canton			1597	1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Arenberg	Duchy	El Rhin	PR		Aremberg Founded circa 1177 as a County 1512: To Electoral Rhenish Circle 1576: HRE Princely County 1580: HRE Council of Princes 1644: Duchy 1810: Mediatized
Arlon	Margraviate			950	Founded as a County c1167: Margraviate 1214: United with County of Luxemburg 1221: Annexed to Duchy of Limburg
Arnsberg	County
Artois	County	Burg		1237	1512: Burgundian Circle
Asch	Lordship				1780: to Austria
Aschaffenburg	Principality			1803	10th century: Imperial Chancellor and Archbishop Willigis of Mainz acquired ownership of Aschaffenburg 1803: Granted to the Chancellor, Karl Theodor von Dalberg 1806: Annexed to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1814: To Bavaria
Aspremont-Lynden	County				1590: Imperial immediate Barons of Reckheim 1623: Imperial Estate
Auersperg	County			1550	1550: HRE Barony 1630: HRE County 1653: HRE Prince 1654: Imperial Estate 1654: HRE Council of Princes 1654-1791: Non-immediate Dukes of Silesia-Munsterberg and Frankestein 1663: Became immediate Lords of Thengen 1664: HRE Princely County 1664: To Swabian Circle, Princes' Bench 1791: Non-immediate Dukes of Gottschee (in the Austrian hereditary lands) Acquired non-immediate Princely County of Wels Title: HRE Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Gottschee, Princely Count of Thengen, Count of Wels, Lord of Schönberg & Seissenberg, etc.
Augsburg	Bishopric	EC			Founded c888 1203: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric 1500: To Swabian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Augsburg	Free Imperial City	SW		1276	14 BC: Founded by Augustus 1488-1534: Joined Swabian League 1500: To Swabian Circle 1632-1635: Swedish occupation 1806: Annexed to Bavaria
Austria	Archduchy	Aust	PR	833	833: Margraviate of Austria created 976: Austria separated from Duchy of Bavaria 1156: Duchy 1192: Inherited Styria 1359: Archduke 1379-1457: Partition into Austria (Albertine Line) and "Inner Austria" (Duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, County of Tyrol and the "Vorlande", to Leopoldine Line) 1453: Archduchy 1457: Albertine line died out; Austria to Leopoldine line 1512: Austrian Circle 1520-1534: Administered Duchy of Württemberg 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1804: Empire of Austria Title: Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, & Illyria, King of Jerusalem, etc., Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Crakow, Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola & the Bukovina, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Markgrave of Moravia, Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza & Guastalla, Auschwitz & Zator, Teschen, Friaul, Raguse & Zara, Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Goritia & Gradisca, Prince of Trient & Brixen, Markgrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia & in Istria, Count of Hohenems/Hohenembs, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc., Lord of Triest, Cattaro, the Slavic [Wendischen] Mark, Grand Voyvode of the Voyvodina of Serbia
Austria	Bailiwick	Aust		1260	1793: Council of Princes Bailiwick (Ballei) of the Teutonic Order

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