List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (E)

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

Name

Type

Circle

Bench

Formed

Notes

East Frisia
East Friesland
Prince and Lord of East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf and Wittmund
1465: County
1654: HRE Prince
1662: Principality
Low Rhen 1667: HRE Council of Princes
1744: Inherited by Prussia
1807: Ceded to France
1807: Incorporated into Kingdom of Holland
1810: French occupation
1813: Russian occupation
1813: To Prussia
1815: To Hanover
Eberstein 1196: County Swab 1574: Partitioned from Neu-Eberstein 1085: 1st mention of Eberstein
1196: 1st use of "Count of Eberstein"
1387: Portion of Eberstein went to the Margraves of Baden
1660: Line of counts extinct; divided between Baden, Speyer and Württemberg
Echternach Abbacy 698: Echternach was built
859-871: Possessed by secular canons from Trier
1236: Granted city charter
1797: Abbey suppressed; monks dispersed
Edelstetten
HRE Prince Esterházy of Galántha, Princely Count of Edelstetten, Count of Forchtenstein
Lordship
1804: HRE Princely County
1804: To Princes Esterházy of Galántha
Eggenberg
HRE Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krummau, Princely Count of Gradisca, Count of Adelsberg, Lord of Aquileja
Principality Aust PR 1647: Acquired Gradisca
1653: HRE Council of Princes
1717: Extinct
Eglingen Lordship Swab To Counts of Gravenegg
1723: To Thurn und Taxis
Eglofs (Egloff) Lordship
County
Swab To Abensberg-Traun
To Windisch-Gratz
Ehrenburg Lordship
Ehrenfels Lordship 1500: Bavarian Circle
Eichstätt
Eichstatt
Eichstadt
741:Bishopric
908-1802: Imperial Prince-Bishopric
Franc EC 908 1500: Franconian Circle
1793: Council of Princes
1802: Annexed by Bavaria
1803: Annexed to Salzburg
Eilenburg County 976 1017: Annexed to Meißen
Einsiedeln Abbacy
965: Prince-Abbot
1274: HRE Principality
1798: Annexed to Confederatio Helvetica
Elchingen 1128: Abbacy Swab 1128: Abbey founded by Counts of Dillingen
1793: Council of Princes
1802: Dissolved and secularized
1803: Annexed to Bavaria
Elbing (Elbląg) Imperial Free City 1454: To Poland
Ellwangen Abbacy
1460: Provostry
1215: Imperial Prince-Provostry
1460: "College of Secular Canons"
Swab 1011 1793: Council of Princes
1803: Secularized and annexed to Prussia
Elten Abbacy
Eltz Lordship
Engadin and Winterthur Lordship 950: Partitioned from Cläven 1095: Extinct
Engelberg 1124: Priory
1128: Abbacy
1124 1425: Associated member of Swiss Confederation
1798: Annexed to Helvetica
To Nidwalden
1815: To Obwalden
Enzberg Lordship
Eppstein 1505: HRE County 1172 c1100: Eppstein built as an imperial castle
1114: 1st mention of Eppstein
13th century: Inherited 1/2 of County of Wied and Lordship of Kleeberg
14th century: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Breuberg and Trimberg
15th century: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Falkenstein and 1/2 of County of Diez
1425: Sold Steinheim for 38,000 guldens to Mainz
1433: Partitioned into Eppstein-Königstein (extinct 1535) and Eppstein-Münzenberg (extinct 1522)
Eppstein-Königstein County 1391: Partitioned from Eppstein 1535: Annexed to Stolberg
Eppstein-Münzenberg County 1391: Partitioned from Eppstein 1522: Annexed to Eppstein-Königstein
Erbach
HRE Count of Erbach, Lord of Breuberg & Wildenstein
Lordship
1532: HRE County
Franc 1213 1532: Imperial estate
1717: Division into Erbach-Furstenau, Erbach-Erbach and Erbach-Schonberg
1500: Franconian Circle
1806: Mediatised
Erbach-Breuburg 1532: HRE County 1647: Partitioned from Erbach 1653: Annexed to Erbach-Erbach
Erbach-Erbach 1532: HRE County 1647: Partitioned from Erbach
1818: Inherited County of Wartenberg-Roth
Erbach-Fürstenau 1532: HRE County 1647: Partitioned from Erbach
Erbach-Schonberg 1532: HRE County 1903: Granted title of Prince
Erbach-Wildenstein 1532: HRE County 1647: Partitioned from Erbach 1669: Annexed to Erbach-Erbach
Ermland (Warmia) 1251: Sovereign HRE Principality 1243: Hochstift
1454: To Poland as part of Royal Prussia
1466: Directly under the Polish Crown
1772: Abolished at Prussian annexation
Essen c850: Abbacy
1661: HRE Princess-Abbacy
Low Rhen 1041 874/947: Imperial immediate status
1228: Abbess called HRE Princess
1793: Council of Princes
1802: Annexed to Prussia
1806: Joint condominium of Prussia and Berg
1806 Annexed to Berg
1815: To Prussia
Esslingen am Neckar Imperial City Swab SW c1250 1803: Annexed to Württemberg
Esterau Lordship 1643: To County of Holzapfel
Esterházy von Galántha Principality Bav PR 1804: Purchased Edelstetten from Ligne (College of Princes)

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