List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (G)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Gandersheim	Abbacy				856: Abbey of Gandersheim founded by Duke Ludolf of Saxony 1793: Council of Princes 1803: To Brunswick
Guastalla	1406: County				1746: Occupied by the Austrian Empire 1748: Annexed to the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla.
Gelnhausen	Imperial Free City			1170	1803: Annexed to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
Gemen	Lordship	Low Rhen		962: 1st mention of Gemen	1282: Gemen a fief of the Counts of Cleves 1492: Lords of Gemen extinct; passed to Counts of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg through the heiress Cordula of Gemen Combined with Schaumburg to form County of Schaumburg and Gemen 1640: Passed to the Counts of Limburg-Styrum 1644: In a partition, Gemen passed to the line of Limburg-Styrum-Gemen 1782: With extinction of Gemen branch, Gemen inherited by the line of Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aicheheim 1800: Passed to the Barons of Bomelberg 1806: Mediatized to the Princes of Salm-Kyrburg 1810: To France 1814: To Prussia
Gemert	HRE Lordship				12th century: Free Imperial Lordship founded 1366: To Teutonic Order 1647-1662: Dutch occupation 1794: French occupation 1795: To Batavian Republic
Geneva	County			1034	1401-1405: Count of Geneva Amadeus VIII purchased all rights to Geneva from their legatees and from the Bishopric of Geneva
Geneva	Bishopric 1154: Prince-Bishopric	Upp Rhen
Geneva	1533: Free Imperial City				1156: Ruled by Bishops of Geneva 1798-1813: French occupation
Gengenbach	Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
Gengenbach	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c1250	1803: Mediatized to Baden
Gernrode	Abbacy			c959/961 by Margrave Gero	961: Under Imperial protection 1512: To Upper Saxon Circle 1610: Secularized to Anhalt 1793: Council of Princes
Gerlachsheim	Lordship 1804: HRE Principality of Krautheim and Gerlachsheim				1221: 1st mention of Gerlachsheim To Lordship of Zimmern-Luden Inherited by Elizabeth of Wertheim 1319: Donated by Elizabeth to Gerlachsheim Abbey 1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim 1806: Mediatized to Baden
Gerolstein and Bettingen	County			1533: Partitioned from Blankenheim and Gerolstein	1697: Annexed to Blankenheim
Geyer-Giebelstatt	1685: HRE County
Giech HRE Count & Lord of Giech	Lordship 1680: HRE Barony 1695: HRE County	FR	FR	1333	1720-1723: immediate Lords of Wittem 1726: Imperial Estate 1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia
Giengen	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c1250	1803: Mediatized to Württemberg
Gimborn	1631: Imperial Lordship 1682: County				Since the 13th century, Gimborn belonged to the Lords of Sankt Gereon in Cologne, Berg, Mark, Kruwell, Burtscheid, Nesselrode and Harff 1273: Pawned by Count Adolf of Berg to Count Engelbert of Mark 15th century: Gimborn is mentioned as a fief of Sankt Gereon in Cologne 1610: Gimborn elevated to the "Unterherrschaft" of Brandenburg 1782/1783: Sold to the Counts of Wallmoden 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia
Gimborn-Neustadt	Lordship 1631: HRE County
Glarus	Imperial valley			1415	1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Gleichen	1162: County			1228: Partitioned from Tonna	1124 and 1137: Passed to Archbishopric of Mainz To Counts of Tonna (extinct 1631) 1345: Partitioned 1631: Territory divided among Hohenlohe, Mainz, Schwarzburg and Trautenburg 1639: To Hatzfeld 1803: To Prussia
Gleichenstein	County			1227: Partitioned from Tonna	1294: Annexed to Mainz
Gmünd
Godesberg	County			1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr	1465: Partitioned into Alpheim and Bedburg
Goldineshundare	County			950: Partitioned from Cläven	1067: Extinct
Goltstein	1694: HRE Count				1771: immediate Lords of Slenaken
Gondorf	Lordship			1611: Partitioned from Saffig	1692: Annexed to Nickenich
Görz	County 1365: HRE Princely County 1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca	n/a			1031: To Counts of Eppenstein 1090: To Counts of Lurn Acquired Tyrol by marriage 1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335) 1500: Inherited by Austria 1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca 1809: French occupation
Goslar	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH		1803: Mediatized
Gräfenthal (Grafenthal)	Lordship			1439: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1536: Re-annexed to Pappenheim
Gradisca	1647: County 1754: Princel County of Gorizia and Gradisca	Aust	n/a	1511: Annexed to Austria	1647: To Eggenberg 1717: To Austria 1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
Grandvillars	Lordship
Granges	Lordship
Gravenegg					Acquired Eglingen
Grävenitz (Gravenitz) HRE Count of Grävenitz	1707: HRE Counts				1718-1731: immediate Lords of Welzheim 1726: Imperial Estate
Grävenstein (Gravenstein or Gråsten)	Lordship
Greifensee	Lordship
Greyerz	County
Groningen	Lordship				1512: Burgundian Circle 1579: To United Provinces
Grubenhagen - see "Brunswick-Grubenhagen"	Principality
Grubenslagen	Principality
Guelders	c1088: Landgraviate 1096: County 1317: HRE Prince 1339: Duchy, claimed the status of archduchy	Burg	PR	1082/1096	1179: Inherited County of Zutphen by marriage 1247: Acquired the pawned Imperial city of Nijmegen 1393: Inherited Duchy of Julich 1473: To the Dukes of Burgundy 1512: Burgundian Circle 1543: To Burgundy After 1581: divided between United Provinces and Southern Netherlands 1672: French occupation 1713: Southern Gelderland fell to Prussia 1795: Annexed to France To Kingdom of Holland 1810: To France 1815: To Kingdom of The Netherlands
Gundelfingen	Lordship	Swab			1008: 1st mention of Gundelfingen 1647-1768: To Furstenberg
Gurk	1072: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric	Aust		1072	1803: Annexed to Carinthia by Austria
Gutenstein	Lordship				1613: Pledged to Margraves of Burgau 1735: Acquired by Counts of Castell
Gutenzell	Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes

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