List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (F)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Fagnolle	Lordship 1770: HRE County	Low Rhen			To House of Ligne
Falkenstein	County	Upp Rhen			1255: Inherited territories of extinct Hagen-Munzenberg 1418: Line died out; passed to Lords of Eppstein and Counts of Solms Solms portion passed to Isenburg-Budingen by female inheritance
Feldkirch	Lordship County				1375/1379: To Austria (Leopoldine line)
Finstingen	Lordship County				1458: To Lorraine
Fischbach	?
Flanders	862: County	Burg	PR	862	1405: To D. of Burgundy; fief of France (except 'Imperial Flanders', mainly the former countship of Aalst) 1512: Burgundian Circle 1529: Ceded to Habsburg
Fleckenstein	1467: HRE Barony				1250:L Division into Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, Fleckenstein-Soultz-sous-Forêts and Fleckenstein-Bickenbach
Franconia	Stem Duchy			8th Century	1196: Discontinued
Franconia	Duchy			1633: Created for the Duke of Saxe-Weimar	1639: Abolished
Frankfurt	1220: Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1372	1806: Included in Principality of Regensburg and Aschaffenburg 1810: Grand Duchy 1815: Free City 1866: Annexed to Prussia
Franzenheim	Lordship				1813: Prussian occupation 1866: Annexed to Prussia
Frauenalb	Abbacy
Frauenchiemsee	RA
Fraumünster	853: Imperial Abbacy Imperial Duchess-Abbey				853: Founded by Emperor Louis the German for his daughter, Hildegard, endowed it with lands and placed under the emperor's direct authority 1045: Emperor Henry III granted it right to hold markets, collect tolls and mint coins 1524: Abolished by Zürich
Freiburg	1218: Imperial Free City			1157: Freiburg town founded	1277: To Habsburgs 1452: To Savoy 1478: Imperial Free City 1481: Joined Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire
Freiburg im Breisgau	County				1368: To Austria (Leopoldine Line)
Freising	738: Bishopric 1220: Prince-Bishopric	Bav	EC	724: Founded as a monastery	1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Freudenberg	962: Imperial Abbacy				1801: Annexed to France ;1815: Annexed to Prussia
Freudenberg	1250: HRE Lordship				To Counts of Wertheim 1803: To Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Friedberg	County 1785: Princely County of Friedberg and Scheer				To Thurn und Taxis
Friedberg	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1217	1803: Mediatized
Friedrichshafen
Friesland	Lordship	Burg			1512: Burgundian Circle
Friuli	Duchy				1512: Austrian Circle
Fugger Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn	1514/1530: HRE County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn	Swab			1507: Owners of non-immediate County of Kirchberg (acquired by pledge) Acquired (by pledge) Lordship of Weissenhorn 1511: Granted Imperial noble status 1534: Obtained the right to coin money 1536: Immediate Lords of Glott 1538: immediate Lords of Babenhausen 1541: Obtained rights of jurisdiction over Fugger lands 1563: Estate of the Swabian Imperial Circle in the bench of Counts Mediatised to Bavaria and Wurttemberg Acquisitions (date) of House of Fugger: Gablingen (1527), Mickhausen (1528), Burgwalden (1529), Oberndorf (1533), Güter in Ungarn (1535), Pflege Donauwörth (1536), Glött (1537), Babenhausen und Brandenburg (1539), Pleß (1546), Rettenbach (1547), Güter im Elsaß (1551), Kirchheim (1551), Duttenstein (1551), Eppishausen (1551), Niederalfingen (1551), Stettenfels (1551), (Ober-)Reichau (1551), Kettershausen und Bebenhausen (1558) 1806: Ceded to Bavaria
Fugger-Babenhausen HRE Prince Fugger of Babenhausen, Lord of Boos, Heimertingen, Wald, Wellenburg, Burgwalden & Markt, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn	1514: HRE County 1803: HRE Principality
Fugger-Glott Count Fugger of Glött, Lord of Oberndorf, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
Fugger-Kirchheim Count Fugger, Lord of Kirchheim, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
Fulda	1156: HRE Prince-Abbacy 1170: Imperial Abbacy 1752: Prince-Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	744: Founded as the Benefictine Abbey of Fulda	1157: Fulda received its charter 1576-1602: Annexed to the Teutonic Order 1803: Secularized and annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg 1793: Council of Princes 1806: French administration 1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia 1815: To Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) 1867: Annexed to Prussia Area (1902): 40 sq. mi.; Pop.: 100,000
Furstenberg	1660: HRE Barons				NOTE: Different from family of Princes of Furstenberg
Fürstenberg Furstenberg HRE Prince of Fürstenberg, Landgrave in the Baar & of Stühlingen, Count of Heiligenberg & Werdenberg, Baron of Gundelfingen, Lord of Hausen im Kinzinger Thal, Trochtelfingen, Möskirch, Hohenhöwen, Wildenstein, Jungnau, Waldsberg, Werenwag, Weitra & Püglitz	1250: County			1250	1283: Landgrave of Baar 1627: Acquired Lordship of Gundelfingen Acquired Lordship of Hausen 1534: Acquired County of Heiligenberg 1534: Acquired Lordship of Jungnau 1534: Acquired Lordship of Trochtelfingen Acquired Lordship of Howen Acquired Lordship of Messkirch 1639: Acquired Landgraviate of Stuhlingen Acquired Lordship of Purglitz Acquired Lordship of Taikowitz Acquired Lordship of Weitra 1408: Partitioned into Fürstenberg and Dillingen Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach 1667: HRE Council of Princes
Fürstenberg-Baar	1441-1559: County			1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1483: Inherited Furstenberg-Geisingen 1490: Furstenberg-Wolfach 1559: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Blomberg and Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Fürstenberg-Blomberg	1559-1614: County			1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar	1614: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch and Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1408-1441: County 1704-1716: County 1716-1804: Principality			1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg 1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen	1441: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Baar and Fürstenberg-Geisingen 1762: Partitioned into Furstenberg-Furstenberg and Furstenberg-Purglitz 1804: Inherited by Fürstenberg-Pürglitz
Fürstenberg-Geisingen	1441-1483: County			1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1483: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Baar
Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg	1559: County 1664: Principality			1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar	1716: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch	1614: County 1716: Principality			1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg	1744: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Pürglitz	1614-1704: Principality			1762: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Stühlingen	1614-1704: County 1716: Principality			1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg	1704: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Weitra
Fürstenberg-Weitra				Partitioned from Furstenburg-Stuhlingen	1759: Partitioned into Furstenberg-Weitra and Furstenberg-Taikowwitz 1806: Mediatised to Austria
Further Austria	Not a single polity			1278	Included numerous counties, lordships, etc., in south-western Germany 1805: Remaining territories annexed by Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg
Füssen	Abbacy

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