List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (L)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Lage	Lordship
Landau	1201: Imperial City	Upp Rhen			1515: Member of the Décapole 1648: Annexed to France 1815: Annexed to Bavaria
Landsberg	Principality
Landsberg-Osterland	Margraviate			1032	1291: Annexed to Meißen
Langwies	Jurisdiction
Lauenburg see: Saxe-Lauenburg
Laurenburg	County			1093	1197: Annexed to Nassau
Lausanne	Bishopric 1270: Prince-Bishopric			1011	1536: Secularized by Bern
Lausanne	Imperial City			1434	1536: Conquered by Bern
Lavant (St. Andra)	1228: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric	Aust		c. 1320	Dietrich, 1st Prince-Bishop, 1318-1332 Since 22nd Bishop, Theobald Schweinbeck, 1446–1463, bishops borne title of Prince
Lebus	Prince-Bishopric				Diocese acquired from Poland in 1248, effective condominium of Brandenburg and Magdeburg, secularized in 1555, merged into Brandenburg in 1598.
Leiningen Count of Leiningen & Dagsburg, Lord of Aspremont, Oberstein, Bruch, Bürgel & Reipoltskirchen, etc.	1128: County			early 12th Century	1128: 1st mention of "Count of Leiningen" 1220: 1st line of Counts of Leiningen extinct; passed by marriage to Counts of Saarbrücken 1220: Acquired Lordship of Hardenburg from Saarbrücken inheritance 1225/1241: Inherited HRE County of Dagsburg 1310: Partitioned into Leiningen-Dachsburg (extinct 1467) and Leiningen-Leiningen 1312: Acquired Landvogt in Lower Alsace 1444: Secured from Emperor Frederick III rank of Landgrave in Alsace 1467: Passed by female succession to Lords of Westerburg (Leiningen-Westerburg line)
Leiningen-Billigheim Count of Leiningen, Lord of Billigheim, Allfeld, Mühlbach, Katzenthal, and Neuburg at the Neckar, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont
Leiningen-Dachsburg Leiningen-Dagsburg	1593–1688, 1658-1709: County	Upp Rhen			1310: Partitioned from Leiningen 1593: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg 1688: Line extinct Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim 1709: Line extinct
Leiningen-Hartenburg Leiningen-Hardenburg Prince of Leiningen, Count-Palatine of Mosbach, Lord of Miltenberg, Amorbach, Düren, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, etc.	County 1779: HRE Principality	Upp Rhen			1343: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg 1466: Acquired Lords in Lorraine 1467: Inherited Dagsburg and changed its name to Leiningen-Dagsburg 1560: Partition of lands into Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (extinct after partition 1658).
Leiningen-Leiningen	County			1310: Partitioned from Leiningen	1467: Annexed to Westerburg
Leiningen-Neuburg Count of Leiningen, Lord of Herzbolzheim, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont
Leiningen-Westerburg Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach	1467: County				1705: Division into Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
Lemgo	Imperial Free City	Low Rhen	RH		Annexed to Lippe
Leuchtenberg	1196: Landgraviate 1376: HRE Landgraviate 1440: HRE Princely Landgraviate	Bav		early 12th Century	1119: Acquired by Lordship of Waldeck through marriage 1158: 1st mention of Count of Leuchtenberg 1209: Division into Waldeck and Leuchtenberg 1366: Territorial division (Vesten zu Leuchtenberg/Pfreimd and Pleystein/Reichenstein/Grafenwohr) Acquired County of Hals 1476: Division of County of Hals 1486: Hals sold to Counts of Aichberg 1500: Bavarian Circle 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1646: Male line extinct Sold Leuchtenberg and Waldeck to Bavaria 1707-1708: To B. of Bamberg 1708: To HRE Princes of Lamberg 1770: Annexed to Bavaria
Leutkirch im Allgäu	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW		1803: Annexed to Bavaria 1810: Annexed to Württemberg
Leyen HRE Prince of and at Leyen & Hohengeroldseck, Baron of Adendorf, Lord of Bliescastel, Burrweiler, Münchweiler,Orterbach, Niewern, Saffig, Ahrenfels, Bongard, Simpelfeld, etc.	Lordship 1653: HRE Barony 1711: HRE County 1806: Prince			c. 1296	c. 1420: Partitioned into Neustadt and Saffig 1667 owners of immediate knightly possession of Burrweiler 1705: immediate Lord of Hohengeroldseck 1711: Imperial Estate
Lichtenberg	1458: HRE County				1206: 1st mention of Lichtenberg family 1246: 1st mention of Lichtenberg castle 1249: Secured Imperial Advocacy of Strassburg 1480: Male line extinct; territories passed, through females, to Counts of Hanau and Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch 1570: Portion of extinct Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch inherited by Hanau 1817: Became an exclave of Saxe-Coburg 1834: Bought by Prussia
Lichtenthal	Abbacy
Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau & Jägerndorf, Count of Rietberg, etc	1608: HRE Princely rank for Liechtenstein family 1712: Principality of Liechtenstein 1719: HRE Principality	Swab			1699: Purchased Lordship of Schellenberg 1707: Admission to College of Princes of Swabia 1712: Purchased County of Vaduz 1713: HRE Council of Princes 1719: Establishment of the Principality of Liechtenstein from Hohenems-Vaduz and Schellenberg 1806: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine 1815: Joined the German Confederation
Liège (Lüttich, Liege)	Bishopric	Low Rhen	EC	972	1793: Council of Princes 1795: Annexed to France
Ligne HRE Prince of Ligne & Amblise/Amblia, Margrave of Roubaix/Roubais & Dormans, Count of Fauquemberghe, Baron of Werchin, Beloeil, Antoing, Cisoing, Villiers, Silly & Herzelles; Sovereign of Fagnolle; Lord of Baudour, Wallincourt,& other lands	1544: HRE County 1601: HRE Principality				1503: non-immediate Counts of Faucquenberg Immediate Lords 1770: Counts of Fagnolle 1786: Estate of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle
Limburg (County)	1242: County of Isenberg-Limburg				1242-1508: To Counts of (Isenberg) Limburg 1508-1542: Inherited by the Counts of Dhaun-Falkenstein 1542-1592: Passed by marriage to the Counts of Neuenahr-Alpen 1592-1610: Inherited by Bentheim 1610-1626: To Bentheim-Limburg 1626-1629: To Bentheim-Alpen 1629-1817: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 1289: Acquired Altenhof and Styrum 1370: Acquired Neu-Isenburg 1422: Acquired Bedburg 1422: Acquired Hackenbroich 16..: Acquired Aichheim 1640: Acquired Gemen 1664: Acquired a portion of Bronchhorst Area: 118 km²
Limburg-Broich	1439-1508: County			1439: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum	1442; Dukes of Berg gained overlordship from Dukes of Cleves 1449: Counts of Limburg-Broich embroiled in succession dispute with Neuenahr-Alpen over County of Limburg 1449: Shared rule over County of Limburg with Counts of Neuenahr-Alpen 1508: Inherited by Wirich V of Dhaun-Falkenstein who married Amoena of Sayn, adopted heiress of John of Limburg-Broich
Limburg-Hohelimburg	1246-1304: County			1246: Partitioned from Counties of Altena and Isenberg	1304: United with Limburg-Styrum
Limburg	1106: Duchy	Burg	PR	c. 1100	1155: the Lords of Limburg separated from Lower Lorraine and became independent dukes 1288: Passed to Brabant 1512: Burgundian Circle 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1648: Spain ceded the Counties of Dalhem and Falkenberg and the town of Maastricht to the United Provinces 1714: Southern Limburg passed to the Habsburg dominions of Austrian Netherlands 1794-1814: To France Area: 118 km²
Limburg-Styrum Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borkelo and Gemen, Hereditary Banner-Lord of the Principality of Gelderland and the County of Zütphen	1271: County			1271	Mediatised in 1806 Several partitions which did not outlast it
Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö	1766: County
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst	1766: County
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö	1644: County				1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum 1766: Division into Limburg-Styrum-Borkelo and Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst
Limburg-Styrum-Gemen	1644-1782: HRE County			1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum	1657: Division into Limburg-Styrum-Gemen and Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1782: To Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim
Limpurg	County	Franc			1500: Franconian Circle 1806: Mediatised to Württemberg
Lindau	810: Abbacy 1466: Princess-Abbess				1802: Secularized 1804: To Austria 1805: To Bavaria
Lindau	1275: Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1274	1802: Annexed to Pr. of Bretzenheim 1804: Annexed to Austria 1806: Annexed to Bavaria
Lingen	County	Low Rhen			1597: Occupied by Nassau-Orange 1605: To Spain 1633: To Nassau-Orange 1702: Inherited by Prussia
Lippe HRE Prince, Count & Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht	1129: Lordship 1529: Imperial County	Low Rhen	WE	1129: Allodium within the older Duchy of Saxony 1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1449: Partly and 1517 completely subjected as fief of Hesse-Cassel 1536: Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and Sternberg and Pyrmont 1614: Division into Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake, Lippe-Schwalenberg and Lippe-Alverdissen
Lippe-Detmold Prince, Count and Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht	County 1720: Principality of Imperial immediacy 1789: HRE Prince 1815: Sovereign and renamed into Lippe 1918: Free State of Lippe 1947: Merged in North Rhine-Westphalia			1614: Partitioned from Lippe	1709: Lippe-Brake incorporated into Lippe-Detmold 1749: Lippe-Alverdissen line extinct 1763: Purchase of mediatised Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld 1807: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine 1815: Joined the German Confederation 1866: Joined the North German Confederation 1871: Joined Germany (Empire) Lippe-Detmold line extinct, Lippe-Biesterfeld ascended the throne
Livonia	1201: Prince-Bishopric
Livonian Order					1202: Founded by Albert of Buxhoeveden
Lobkowitz Prince Lobkowitz, Duke of Roudnice, Princely Counts of Sternstein, etc.	1624: HRE Prince				14th century: Lobkowitz 1st mentioned Acquired Princely County of Sternstein 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria 1814: Sternstein sold to Bavaria
Lommersum					Acquired by Schasberg
Loon (Looz in French) Duke and HRE Princely Count of Looz, Hesbaye/Hasbanien/Haspengau, Hoorn/Horne/Hornes, Niel/Nyel, Duke of Corswarem-Looz, Count of Fresing and Nieurlet, Upper-Court-Lord of the City and the Castellany of Cassel, Margrave of Ligny, Tongrinne and Pont-d'Oie, Baron of Longchamps and Cranewyck, Vice-Count of St. Gertrude at Liernu, Lord of the free City of Wavre, the City of Fleurus and the Lordships of Landelis, Bommeree, Denee, St. Marie, Vitry, Grand-Lez, Betisart, Clermont, Veleine, and other places	11th century: County of Loon			944	1366: Annexed to Bp. of Liège
Lorraine	1048: Duchy	Upp Rhen			925: Duchy of Lorraine (Lotharingia) part of the Holy Roman Empire 959: Administrative division into Upper Lorraine (present French Lorraine and Luxemburg) and Lower Lorraine (present Belgium, Brabant and the Netherlands) 1048: Emperor Henry III conferred the Duchy of Upper Lorraine upon Count Gerhard of Alsace 1473: Counts of Vaudemont, Rene II of Lorraine inherits Lorraine,thus united his maternal inheritance of Lorraine, Bar, Pont-a-Mousson and Guise with his paternal inheritance of Vaudemont, Joinville, Aumale, Mayenne and Elbeouf 1480: Permanent union of the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar 1552-1559: French occupation 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1633-1659: French occupation 1670-1697: French occupation 1702-1714: French occupation 1766: To France
Lorraine-Nomény	Principality (personalist)	n/a	PR	1736	1803: Reichstag seat revoked
Lorsch	RA
Losenstein	HRE Lordship				1629: Line died out
Löwenstein HRE Count of Löwenstein, Wertheim, Rochefort, Montaigu, Limpurg, Virneburg, Gaildorf, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau	1494: HRE County 1712: HRE Principality				1123: Lowenstein founded by the Counts of Calw ?-1281: To a branch of the Counts of Calw 1281: To Habsburgs when German King Rudolph I purchased Lowenstein and gave Lowenstein to his natural son Albert 1441: Sold by Henry, Albert's descendant, to the Elector Palatine of the Rhine Frederick I Louis II of Lowenstein inherited the County of Wertheim and other lands by marriage and called himself Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim 1806: Mediatized Area: 53 sq. mi.
Lowenstein-Scharfeneck
Löwenstein-Wertheim HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen and Kasselburg	County 1803: HRE Principality	Franc		1574: Coalesced from Löwenstein, Stolberg-Rochefort and Wertheim-Breuberg	1500: Franconian Circle 1611: Division into Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1806: To the Prince-Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg	1812: Prince
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen & Kasselburg	1712: HRE Principality
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg	Principality
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg				1611: Partition of Lowenstein-Wertheim	1721: Division into Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (Volradsche Line) and Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (Karlsche Line)
Lower Alsace	Landgraviate			731: Partitioned from Alsace	1358: Annexed to Strasbourg
Lower Austria	Duchy			1379: Partitioned from Austria	1493: Re-annexed to Austria
Lower Bavaria	Duchy			1255: Partitioned from Bavaria	1353: Partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing
Lower Isenburg	HRE County	El Rhin		1218: Partitioned from Isenburg-Isenburg	1503: Partitioned into Isenburg-Grenzau and Isenburg-Neumagen 1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle 1664: Line died out
Lower Lotharingia Lower Lorraine	Duchy			977: Emperor Otto II granted Lower Lorraine as a duchy to Charles, brother of Lothair of France, as a German fief.	1033: United with Upper Lorraine when Gozelo I succeeded Superseded by Counts of Leuven (the later Dukes of Brabant) in 1106; without authority since 1190; both Brabant and Guelre based their claim of Archducal rank on being its successor
Lower Salm	County			1170: Partitioned from Salm	1416: Created as Salm-Reifferscheid
Lower Schönburg	County	Upp Sax	WT	1569: Partitioned from Schönburg	Partitioned into Schönburg-Hinterglauchau, Schönburg-Rochsburg and Schönburg-Wechselburg
Lübeck	Bishopric 1180: HRE Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	1180: Partitioned from older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularised as Principality of Lübeck
Lübeck	1226: Imperial Free City	Low Sax	RH	1188: est. 1226: Gained Imperial immediacy	1810: Annexed to France 1815: Sovereign as Free City 1937: Annexed to Prussia
Lübeck	Principality	Low Sax		1803: Created by securalisation of Prince-Bishopric	1803: Principality to Oldenburg 1937: Annexed to Prussia
Lucerne	Imperial Free City			1415: Split off from Habsburg	1178: City of Lucerne founded Owned by Murbach Abbey 1291: To Habsburgs 1332: Member of Swiss Condeferation 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Lustenau	Imperial Farm				1814: To Austria
Luxembourg Luxemburg Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein	963: Lord 1059: County 1354: Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy	Burg	PR	963	1139-1189: Union with County of Namur 1364: Acquired County of Chiny 1383-1443: Luxemburg pawned by Emperors to Bohemia and Burgundy 1441: Luxemburg sold to Dukes of Burgundy 1443-1482: To Dukes of Burgundy 1482-1815: To Austrian Habsburgs 1512: Burgundian Circle 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1815: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine 1815-1890: Luxemburg and the Netherlands in personal union under King of the Netherlands

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