List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (B)

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

Name Type Circle Bench Formed Notes
Baar Landgraviate Swab 1500: To Swabian Circle
Babenhausen Principality 1237: 1st mention of the Lordship of Babenhausen
12th century: Babenhausen and Schonegg part of Lordship of Kellmunz
1200-1300s: To Lords of Schonegg
1378: To Lords of Rechberg
1539: Anton Fugger bought Lordship of Babenhausen
1803: Lordships of Babenhausen, Boos and Kettershausen erected into Principality of Babenhausen for Fugger family
1806: To Bavaria
Area: 52 km²; Pop. 11,000
Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Cellmünz Lordship 1432: Partitioned from Staufeneck-Babenhausen 1487: Divided into Frundsburg and Kronburg
Baden Margraviate PR c960 1190: Partitioned into Baden-Baden and Baden-Hachberg
1362: HRE Margrave
1387: Received a part of the County of Eberstein
1500: To Swabian Circle
1535: Partitioned into Upper Margraviate of Baden (Baden-Baden) and Lower Margraviate of Baden (Baden-Durlach)
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1771: Baden-Baden line extinct; Baden reunited
1803: Electorate
1806: Joined Confederation of the Rhine as a Grand Duchy
1871: Joined the German Empire
Title:Grand Duke of Baden, Duke of Zähringen, Landgrave of Nellenburg, etc., Overlord & Hereditary Lord[Ober- und Erbherr] in the Baar & of Stühlingen, Heiligenberg, Hausen, Möskirch, Hohenhöwen, Wildenstein & Waldsberg, Mosbach & Dürn, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, the Klettgau, Krautheim, Wertheim, Neudenau & Billigheim, Count of Salem, Petershausen & Hanau
Baden-Baden Margraviate Swab PR 1190: Partitioned from Baden 1291: Partitioned into Baden-Baden, Baden-Eberstein and Baden-Pforzheim
1335: Divided between Baden-Eberstein and Baden-Pforzheim
1348: Partitioned from Baden-Pforzheim
1515: Partitioned into itself, Baden-Durlach and Baden-Sponheim
1536: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Rodemachern
1588: Annexed to Baden-Rodemachern
1622: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach
1771: United to form Baden
Baden-Durlach Margraviate Swab PR 1515: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1577: Partitioned into itself, Baden-Hachberg and Baden-Sausenburg
1771: United to form Baden
Baden-Eberstein Margraviate 1291: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1353: Annexed to Baden-Pforzheim
Baden-Hochberg Margraviate Swab PR 1190: Partitioned from Baden Also named Baden-Hachberg
1290: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Sausenburg
1415: Annexed to Baden-Baden
1482: Partitioned from Baden-Baden
1488: Annexed to Baden-Baden
1577: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach
1591: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Pforzheim Margraviate n/a n/a 1291: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1315: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Baden
1361: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Baden-Rodemachern Margraviate Swab 1537: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1575: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Rodenheim
1596: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
1622: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach
1666: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Baden-Rodenheim Margraviate Swab 1575: Partitioned from Baden-Rodemachern 1620: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Sausenberg Margraviate Swab PR 1290: Partitioned from Baden-Hachberg 1503: Annexed to Baden-Baden
1577: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach
1604: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Sponheim Margraviate Upp Rhen 1515: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1533: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Badenweiler Lordship 1028: First mentioned
1503: Inherited by Baden-Baden
Baindt Abbacy Swab 1793: Council of Princes
Bamberg Bishopric Franc EC 1007 c1242: Prince-Bishopric
1500: Franconian Circle
1793: Council of Princes
1802: Annexed to Bavaria
1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Bar
Bar-le-Duc
Barrois
Duchy Upp Rhen 951 951: County
959-1033: Under Lorraine
1197-1214: Union of Bar and Luxemburg
1301: Vassal of King of France for the Western part of his territory (Barrois Mouvant) and vassal of the HRE for the Eastern part
1354: Emperor Charles IV granted title of Margrave of Pont-a-Mousson and rank of Prince to Duke of Bar
1399: Bar inherited Lordship of Cassel
1473: Union of Bar and Duchy of Lorraine
1480: Permanently united
1508: Inherited by Lorraine
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1634-1659, 1670–1697, 1702–1714: French occupation
1766: Together with Lorraine, permanently annexed to France
Barby County Upp Sax 1497 961: 1st mention of Barby
974: Emperor gave Barby to his sister, Mathilde, Abbess of Quedlinburg
1050: To Lords of Arnstein as an imperial fief
Partitioned into: Barby-Arnstein (1209–1284), Barby-Barby (1213-1651), Barby-Lindow (1211–1372), Barby-Mühlingen (1565–1659) and Barby-Ruppin
1497: HRE County
1524: Barby-Rupin to Brandenburg
1651: Barby-Barby to Barby-Mühlingen (1360–1524)
1659: Barby-Mühlingen to Saxe-Weissenfels
1372: Barby-Lindow to Anhalt
1659: To Elector of Saxony
Barmstedt Lordship Acquired by Rantzau
Basel Bishopric Upp Rhen EC 999 1579: Allied to the Swiss Confederation
1792: Annexed to the Rauracian Republic
1793: Council of Princes
1801: Mediatised to Baden and France
Basel Free Imperial City n/a 374: 1st mentioned as "Basilea"
To Bishops of Basel
1356: Acquired sovereign rights (own currency, customs and judiciary)
1386: Free Imperial City
1501: Joined Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire
Bassenheim Lordship to Waldbott of Bassenheim
1729: HRE Lordship
Bavaria Kingdom Bav EL 6th century 888: Bavaria a stem duchy
889-1180: Ruled by the Welfs
1180-1918: Ruled by the Wittelsbachs
1185: Inherited lands of Burgraves of Regensburg
1214: Invested with County Palatinate of the Rhine
1238: Inherited lands of Counts of Valai
Incorporated lands of Counts of Bogen
Incorporated lands of Counts of Wassenburg
1255: First division into Upper (including Palatinate and Regensburg) and Lower Bavaria
1310: Division of Upper Bavaria into Bavaria-Munich and Bavaria-Ingolstadt
1314: Division into Palatinate (including Upper Palatinate) and Bavaria
1340: Lower Bavaria line died out
1349: Partition of Wittelsbach patrimony into: Upper Bavaria and Brandenburg; Bavaria-Munich; Lower Bavaria; and Holland, Zeeland, Frisia and Hainaut
1392: Division into Bavaria-Ingolstadt (extinct 1447), Bavaria-Landshut (extinct 1503) and Bavaria-Munich
1500: Bavarian Circle
1545: Bavaria reunited after many divisions
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1618: Acquired Mundelheim from Barons of Maxlrain
Acquired Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg
1623: Electoral vote of Palatinate and Upper Palatinate transferred to Bavaria
1806: Became a Kingdom, then joined Confederation of the Rhine
Title: King of Bavaria, Count-Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia & in Swabia, etc.
Bavaria-Ingolstadt Duchy 1392: Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut 1445: Annexed to Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Landshut Duchy 1353: Partitioned from Lower Bavaria 1503: Annexed to Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Munich Duchy 1392: Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut 1505: Became D. of Bavaria
Bavaria-Straubing Duchy 1353: Partitioned from Lower Bavaria 1425: Divided between Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Munich
Bayer-Naumburg Lordship 1316: Partitioned from Querfurt 1496: Annexed to Mansfeld
Bayreuth Principality 1194: 1st mention of Bayreuth
1248: To Counts of Zollern & Burgraves of Nuremberg
1363: Counts of Zollern as HRE Princes
1398: Principality
1420-1440: Under Nuremberg
1457-1486: Administered by Ansbach
1495-1515: Administered by Ansbach
1500: Franconian Circle
1557-1603: Administered by Ansbach
1791: Integrated into Prussia
1806: French administration
1810: To Bavaria
Title: Prince and Margrave of Bayreuth
Beckenried Abbacy HRE Abbacy
Bedburg County 1465: Partitioned from Neuenahr 1519: Annexed to Mörs
Beichlingen Lordship 1144 1275: Partitioned into Beichlingen-Beichlingen and Beichlingen-Rothenburg
1567: Annexed to Gleichen
Beilstein County 1500: Westphalian Circle
1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle
1679: The Lordship became a County (for House of Metternich)
Belfort Jurisdiction 13th century: To Counts of Montbeliard
1307: Granted a charter
To Austria
1648: Ceded to France
Louis XIV of France gave it to Cardinal Mazarin
Benevento Duchy 576 899: Atenulf I of Capua conquered Benevento and united the 2 duchies
1053: To Papal States
Bentheim
Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt & Limburg, Lord of Rheda, Wevelinghoven, Hoya, Alpen, Helpenstein, Baron of Lennep, Hereditary Advocate[Erbvogt] of Köln
County (1182)
1486: HRE County
Low Rhen WE 1050 1115: Passed to Count Otto of Salm
Marriage of Otto's heiress, Sophia (d.1176), Countess of Rheineck, Salm and Bentheim to Dirk VI, Count of Holland
1146-1182: A fief of Bishopric of Utrecht
1176: Passed to Counts of Holland
1263: Annexed County of Tecklenburg
1277: Partitioned into Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Bentheim-Bentheim
1421/1468: Bentheim became an immediate fief of the Empire
1500: Westphalian Circle
1530-1643: To County of Steinfurt
1606/1610: Division into Bentheim-Tecklenburg (with Rheda and Hohenlimburg) and Bentheim-Steinfurt
1752: Bentheim mortgaged to and was seized by Elector of Hanover
1804: Annexed to Steinfurt
1806: Mediatised to Berg
1810: Annexed to France
1815: To Hanover
Bentheim-Alpen County (1606–1629)
Bentheim-Bentheim County (1277–1530, 1643–1753, 1753–1803) 1277: Partitioned from Bentheim (like Bentheim-Tecklenburg) 1530: Line of Bentheim-Bentheim became extinct; Bentheim granted to Arnold II of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1753-1803: Seized by the Elector of Hanover
1803: Bentheim reunited with Bentheim-Steinfurt
Bentheim-Limburg County (1606–1632)
Bentheim-Lingen County (1450–1555)
Bentheim-Steinfurt County (1454-1803)
Prince of Bentheim-Steinfurt in Prussia
Low Rhen WE 1454: Split off from Co. of Bentheim-Bentheim 1643: Partitioned into Bentheim-Steinfurt and Bentheim-Bentheim
1806: Mediatised to Berg (which obtained Bentheim) and Prussia (which obtained Steinfurt)
Bentheim-Tecklenburg County (1277–1557)
1817: Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg in Prussia
1277: Partitioned from Bentheim (like Bentheim-Bentheim)
Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda County (1606–1806) 1606: Partitioned from Bentheim-Steinfurt 1806: Mediatised to Prussia
Bentinck
HRE Count of Bentinck and Aldenburg, Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel
HRE Counts (1732) 1733/1800 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
Aug 1806-1807 sovereign Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
1814/15 Lords of Knyphausen & Varel under the overlordship of Oldenburg
Berchtesgaden
Prince, Provost and Lord of Berchtesgaden
Provostry Bav 1491 1108: Abbacy
1491: Provostry of the HRE
1500: Bavarian Circle
1803:Annexed to Salzburg
1793: Council of Princes
1803: Annexed to Salzburg
1805: Annexed to Austria
1809: Annexed to Bavaria
Berg Duchy Low Rhen PR 1077 1077: County, to the counts of Berg (later counts of Isenberg, Altena and Limburg Styrum), an offshoot of the House of Ezzonen
1218: County, to Duchy of Limburg
1380: Duchy
1437: To Duchy of Julich
1511: To Duchy of Cleves
1521: United with Mark and Cleves
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1609: War of Successions
1614: To Palatinate-Neuburg
1685: To the Electorate of the Palatinate
1777: To Bavaria
1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg
1815: To Prussia
Bern
Berne
Imperial Free City (1218) 1218: Split off from Zähringen 1191: Founded by Duke Berthold V of Zahringen
1353: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1415: Invaded and acquired Aargau
1536: Invaded and acquired Vaud
1648: Left the Empire
1798: French occupation
Besançon
Archbishopric EC 1512: Burgundian Circle
1792: Annexed to France
1793: Council of Princes
Besançon
Imperial City (1184) Burg 1300s: Taken by Dukes of Burgundy
1477-1674: Passed to Habsburgs
1648: Annexed by Free County (a special Co.) of Burgundy ("Franche-Comté")
1674: Ceded to France
Biberach an der Riß Imperial City Swab SW 1180 1803: Annexed to Württemberg
Billung March Margraviate 928 983: Conquered by the Obotrites
Bilstein County 1073 1145: 1st mention of "Counts of Bilstein"
1301: Line of counts died out; Bilstein sold to Hesse
1303: Annexed to Hesse
Birkenfeld County (1569)
1817: Principality
1444: Part of Zweibrücken
1801: Annexed by France
1816: Prussian rule
1817: Principality of Birkenfeld in personal union with Oldenburg
Bitburg Abbacy
Bitsch Lordship To Zweibrücken
Blamont Lordship
Blankenburg County (1123)
1707: Principality of Imperial immediacy
Low Sax c1082
1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony
Before 1180: Fief of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion
1180: As fief to Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony
1368: Inherited by County of Regenstein
1599: Counts extinct, fief reverted to Halberstadt, prince-bishop enfeoffed relative from House of Welf
1651: In personal union with the Brunswick-Lunenburgian principality of Wolfenbüttel
1707: End of Halberstadt's overlordship
1731: Brunswick-Lunenburgian Wolfenbüttel line extinct, Blankenburg inherited Wolfenbüttel
1806: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia
1814: Blankenburg and Pr. of Wolfenbüttel merged in Duchy of Brunswick
Blankenheim Lordship (1112)
1380: County
1461: HRE County of Manderscheid and Blankenheim
1149: Partitioned from Blankenheim-Schleiden 1112: 1st mention of Lord of Blankenheim
Acquired Lordships of Kronenburg, Junkerath, Dollendorf, Gerolstein, Erp, Neuerburg, Oberkail, Falkenstein, Bettingen, Manderscheid, Osann-Monzel
1406: Counts of Blankenheim died out; passed by female succession to Lords of Heinsberg
To Counts of Manderscheid
1699: Imperial Estate
Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim died out; passed by marriage to Counts of Sternberg
1803: Annexed to France
1816: To Prussia
Blankenheim and Gerolstein County Low Rhen 1488: Partitioned from Blankenheim 1533: Partitioned into Blankenheim and Gerolstein and Bettingen
Blankenheim-Schleiden Lordship c1115 1149: Partitioned into Blankenheim and Schleiden
Bludenz County 1394: To Austria
Blumenegg Lordship
1396: Imperial County
1804: Lordship of Blumenegg-Sankt Gerold to Austria
Bohemia Principality (845)
Duchy
1198: Kingdom
None EL c890: Joined the Empire 1356: Prince-Elector
Bonndorf County Swab
Boos Lordship 1803: To Principality of Babenhausen for Fugger house
Bopfingen Imperial Free City Swab SW c1250 1803: Annexed to Württemberg
Bouillon County
Duchy
959; 1496; 1559 1095, 1522: Annexed to Prince-Bishopric of Lüttich (Liège)
1552, 1676: Annexed to France
Brabant Landgraviate (1085/1086)
1090: Duchy1183/1184: Duchy
Claimed status of archduchy
Burg PR 11th century: Emerged from division of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine into several feudal states 1283: John I of Brabant bought the Duchy of Limburg from Adolph V of Berg
1430: Passed to D. of Burgundy
1477: Passed to the House of Habsburg
1512: Burgundian Circle
1556: Passed to the Spanish Habsburgs
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1609: northern Brabant awarded to the United Provinces; southern portion remain part of Spanish (later Austrian) Netherlands
Brakel Imperial City Low Rhen RH Held by Bp. of Paderborn
Brandenburg Margraviate
1356: HRE Prince-Elector
Upp Sax EL 1157: Originally created as the "Northern March" 1415: Hohenzollerns purchase Brandenburg from HRE
Brandenburg Bishopric Upp Sax EC 949 1569: Annexed to the secular Electorate of Brandenburg
Brandenburg-Ansbach Margraviate Franc PR 1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg 1582: HRE Council of Princes
1791: Passed to Brandenburg
Brandenburg-Bayreuth Margraviate Franc PR 1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg 1582: HRE Council of Princes
1769: Passed to Brandenburg-Ansbach
Brandenburg-Kulmbach Margraviate 1655: Partitioned from Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1726: Re-annexed to Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Brandenburg-Küstrin Margraviate 1535: Partitioned from Brandenburg 1571: Re-annexed to Brandenburg
Brauneck County 1230 as a partition of Hohenlohe Partitioned several times.
1340, 1391, 1448: All re-annexed to Hohenlohe
Breda Barony 11th century: A direct fief of the Holy Roman Emperor
1327: Adelheid of Gaveren sold Breda to John III, Duke of Brabant
1350: Breda sold to John II of Wassenaar (d.1377)
1403: To Counts of Nassau by the marriage of Johanna of Polanen, heiress of Breda, to Engelbert I of Nassau
Bregenz County Swab SW 950 802: 1st mention of Bregenz castle
926: 1st mention of Ulrich VI as "Count of Bregenz"
970: Division of the House of Bregenz (Pfullendorf, Lustenau)
Annexed to Tübingen
1152/1160: Line of Counts of Bregenz died out
1171: Marriage of Hugo II (d.1182), Count Palatine of Tübingen with Elizabeth (d.1216), heiress of Montfort and Bregenz
1180: Annexed to Montfort
1451/1458: Annexed to Austria
1782: Annexed to Bavaria
Brehna County
Breisgau County
Landgraviate
n/a SW 771 1077: Annexed by Zähringen
1512: Austrian Circle
Breisgau Duchy Aust SW 1801 1803: Reconstituted as Breisgau-Modena
Breisgau-Modena Duchy Aust SW 1803 1805: Divided between Baden and Württemberg
Breitenbrunn HRE Lordship
Breiteneck
Breitenegg
HRE Lordship (1631) Bav 1129: Breitenegg castle and Lordship of Breitenbrunn owned by Lords of Breitenbrunn
1247-1289: 1st certain owner was Werner V of Laaber
1500: Bavarian Circle
Sold to Counts of Hirschberg
1302: Sold to Hadamar II of Laaber
1433: Bought by Heinrich of Gumppenberg
1463: Reddemed by Ulrich of Laaber
1465: Sold to Konrad of Pappenheim
1473: Sold to Martin and Ludwig of Wildenstein
1583: Wildenstein line died out
1592: Lordship divided between Neuburg and Bavaria
1624: Given by Maximilian I to Tilly (extinct, 1724) as a gift
1744: Inherited by Lords of Gumppenberg
1792: Sold to Karl Theordor of Bavaria in personal union
Bremen Archbishopric (1072)
1180: HRE Prince-Archbishopric
1648: Duchy
Low Sax EC 1180: partitioned from the Duchy of Saxony 805: Bishopric founded
848-1072: In personal union with Bishopric of Hamburg
1648: secularised as Duchy of Bremen, ruled as Bremen-Verden in personal union with the Principality of Verden
Bremen Imperial City (1646) Low Sax RH 1202 1358: Joined Hanseatic League
1810: Annexed by France
1815: Free City
Bremen-Verden Duchy of Bremen and Principality of Verden Low Sax 1648: secularised Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and Prince-Bishopric of Verden, always ruled in personal union 1648: In personal union (p.u.) with Sweden
1712: Danish occupation
1715: Sold to the Electorate of Hanover
1719: In personal union with Hanover
1807: Annexed to the Kingdom of Westphalia
1810: Annexed to France
1813: In personal union with Hanover
1814/1823: Merged in the Kingdom of Hanover as Stade Region
Brehna Barony 1156 1290: Annexed by Saxe-Wittenberg
Bretzenheim
HRE Prince of Bretzenheim and Count of Lindau
HRE Count of Bretzenheim (1774)
1790: HRE Principality
Upp Rhen 1790 for the Wittelsbach-Bretzenheim branch 1769: Counts of Heydeck
To Velen
1780: immediate Lord of Bretzenheim
1790: Imperial estate
1802: Central German territories annexed by Hesse-Darmstadt
1803: Prince granted County of Lindau am Bodensee
1804: Southern German territories annexed by Austria
Brixen Bishopric (1027)
1179: Prince-Bishopric
Aust EC 1179 1512: Austrian Circle
1793: Council of Princes
1803: Secularized and annexed by Austria to Krain (Carniola)
1805: To Bavaria
1814: To Austria
1918: To Italy
Broich Lordship 1093: 1st mention of Lords of Broich 883: Broich castle for defense against Viking attacks
Under overlordship of Dukes of Berg
Freed from Dukes of Berg
1372: Line of Lords of Broich became extinct; passed to Counts of Limburg-Styrum
1413: Dukes of Berg regained overlordship after decline of Counts of Limburg
1432: Dukes of Cleves conquered Broich
1439: Start of new line called Counts of Limburg-Broich
1508: To Counts of Dhaun-Falkenstein
1682: To Counts of Leiningen
1806: Lordship of Broich abolished.
Bruchhausen County 1199 1234: Partitioned
1338, 1388: Annexed by County of Hoya
Bruchsal and Odenheim Abbacy 1793: Council of Princes
Brunswick Duchy n/a n/a 1267: Division into Brunswick and Luneburg
Brunswick-Bevern Duchy 1666: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1735: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1735: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Calenberg Duchy Low Sax PR 1495: Partitoned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1584: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen Duchy Low Sax PR 1641: Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg 1692: Became the Electorate of Hanover
Brunswick-Celle Duchy Low Sax PR 1527: Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg 1569: Partitioned into Brunswick-Dannenberg and Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Celle Duchy Low Sax PR 1641: Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg 1705: Annexed to Hanover
Brunswick-Göttingen Duchy n/a n/a 1279: Partitioned from Brunswick 1345: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1442: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Grubenhagen Duchy Low Sax PR 1279: Partitioned from Brunswick 1322: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Osterode
1526: Annexed to Brunswick-Osterode
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg
Duchies of Brunswick and Luneburg (1235) Low Sax PR 1235: Emperor Frederick II created duchies of Brunswick and Luneburg
1267: Division into Brunswick and Lüneburg
1285: Duchy of Brunswick divided into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick Göttingen and Brunswick-Grubenhagen
1292: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line died out
1345: New line of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel founded
1369: Line of dukes of Lüneburg died out
1369: To Saxony
1388: Lüneburg incorporated into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1432: Brunswick divided into Brunswick-Calenberg and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1463: Elder Brunswick-Göttingen died out
1396: Brunswick-Grubenhagen line died out
1527: Partitioned
1582: Inherited 1/2 of County of Hoya
1585: Inherited County of Diepholz
1633: Inherited Principality of Grubenhagen
1689: Inherited Duchy of Launeburg
Inherited by Calenberg (personal union)
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchy Low Sax PR 1345: Partitioned from Brunswick-Göttingen 1373: Partitioned into itself, Brunswick-Einbeck and Brunswick-Lüneburg
1495: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Calenberg
1666: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Bevern
1735: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Bevern
Buchau Abbacy (c. 770)
1447: HRE Princess-Abbess
Swab 1625: Acquired Lordship of Strassberg
1793: Council of Princes
1803: Secularized and given to Prince of Thurn und Taxis
1806: Annexed to Württemberg; Strassberg to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Buchau Imperial City Swab SW c1250 1803: Mediatised to Thurn und Taxis
1806 annexed by Württemberg
Buchhorn (Friedrichshafen) Imperial City Swab SW 1089 1803: Mediatised to Württemberg
Burgau Margraviate 1212 1301: Acquired by Austrian Habsburgs
1304: Imperial fief of Burgau invested in sons of King Albert I
Burgbrohl Lordship 1451: Partitioned from Saffig 1533: Annexed to Saffig-Olbrück
Burgundy
Franche-Comté
Free County (915)
County Palatine
Burg PR 1127 1330: Passed to D. of Burgundy
1405-1556: To Dukes of Burgundy
1556: To Habsburg Kings of Spain
1678: Annexed to France
Burgundy Duchy 1582: HRE Council of Princes
Bürresheim
Burresheim
Lordship
Burtscheid Abbacy 997 1793: Council of Princes
Butzweiler Lordship
Buxheim Abbacy

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