List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (P)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Paderborn	795: Bishopric 1127: Comital power 1281: HRE Prince-Bishopric	Low Rhen	EC	881	777: 1st church in Paderborn founded Between 815-862: Paderborn received special protection from Emperor Louis the Pious 881: Confirmation of Bishopric as a county 974: Emperor Otto II bestowed the right to a free election of bishops Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: As fief to Archbishopric-Electorate of Cologne at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1281: Gained Imperial immediacy 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Secularized and annexed to Prussia 1807: To Kingdom of Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Electorate of the Palatinate (Kurpfalz) Count Palatine of the Rhine, Arch-Steward and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire	1095: County Palatine 1356: HRE Prince-Elector	El Rhin	EL	915(916): origins in the 6th century	915(916): Count Palatinate of Lotharingia 945: Count Palatinate of Lorraine 1095: Palatinate of the Rhine 1214: County Palatinate went to Bavarian Wittelsbach by inheritance 1623: Electoral dignity transferred to Bavaria 1628: Incorporated into Bavaria 1648: New electoral seat granted to Palatinate 1777: Inherited by Bavaria 1803: Mediatized 1410: Partitioned into the Electorate of the Palatinate, Upper Palatinate or Palatinate-Neumarkt, Palatinate-Mosbach and Palatinate-Simmern 1448: Palatinate-Mosbach line extinct; reunited with the Electorate of the Palatinate 1499: Upper Palatinate line extinct; united with the Electorate of the Palatinate 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1777: Inherited Bavaria 1803: Incorporated into Bavaria
Palatinate-Birkenfeld	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1600: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Bischweiler 1671: Annexed to Palatinate-Bischweiler 1735: Partitioned from Palatinate-Bischweiler 1775: Annexed to Palatinate-Gelnhausen
Palatinate-Bischweiler	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1600: Partitioned from Palatinate-Birkenfeld	1654: Division into Palatinate-Bischweiler and Palatinate-Gelnhausen 1671: Inherited extinct Birkenfeld line 1731: Inherited Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1735: Partitioned into Palatinate-Birkenfeld and Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Gelnhausen	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1654: Partitioned from Palatinate-Lützelstein	1801: Annexed to France
Palatinate-Hilpolstein	County Palatine	Bav	PR	1614: Partitioned from Palatinate-Neuburg	1644: Annexed to Palatinate-Sulzbach
Palatinate-Kleeburg	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1654 - 1718: Annexed to Sweden 1718: Annexed to Palatinate-Landsberg
Palatinate-Landsberg	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1677 - 1693: Annexed to France 1731: Annexed to Palatinate-Bischweiler
Palatinate-Lautereck	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1694: Annexed to Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Lützelstein	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1654: Partitioned into Palatinate-Gelnhausen and Palatinate-Lautereck
Palatinate-Mosbach	County Palatine	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Electorate of the Palatinate	1499: Annexed to the Electorate of the Palatinate
Palatinate-Neuburg	Duchy	Bav	PR	1505: Created for Otto, Henry and Philip, sons of Ruprecht, Bishop of Freising	1557: Annexed to Pfalz-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Neuburg	County Palatine	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1614: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Hilpoltstein and Palatinate-Sulzbach 1685: Elector Palatines
Palatinate-Neumarkt	County Palatine	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Electorate of the Palatinate	1448: Annexed to the Electorate of the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1410: Partitioned from the Electorate of the Palatinate	1459: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1598: Elector Palatines 1673: Annexed to the Electorate of the Palatinate
Palatinate-Sulzbach	County Palatine	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1604: Annexed to Palatinate-Neuburg 1614: Partitioned from Palatinate-Neuburg 1742: Elector Palatines
Palatinate-Veldenz	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1543: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1592: Partitioned into Palatinate-Lautereck and Palatinate-Lützelstein
Palatinate-Vohenstrauss	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1597: Annexed to Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-Zweibrücken	County Palatine	Upp Rhen	PR	1459: Partitioned from Palatinate-Simmern	1543:Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Veldenz 1569: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Birkenfeld, Palatinate-Neuburg, Palatinate-Sulzbach and Palatinate-Vohenstrauss 1604: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Kleeburg and Palatinate-Landsberg 1661: Annexed to Palatinate-Landsberg 1735: Partitioned from Palatinate-Bischweiler 1799: Inherited Bavaria
Pappenheim HRE Count & Lord of Pappenheim	c. 1030: Lordship 1628: County			c. 1030	1439: Division into Aletzheim, Gräfenthal and Treutlingen 1558: Division into Pappenheim and Stühlingen 1536: Absorbed Gräfenthal 1740/1742: HRE County status confirmed 1647: Absorbed Treutlingen 1697: Absorbed Aletzheim 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria
Parkstein	1776: HRE County				1777: immediate Lords of Reipoltskirchen
Passau	c. 722: Bishopric	Bav	EC	999	1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Annexed to Salzburg 1805: Secularized to Bavaria
Passavant	Lordship
Petershausen	983: Abbacy	Swab			983: Abbey founded by St. Gebhard II (979-995) 1793: Council of Princes
Pfäfers	740: Abbey HRE Abbacy
Pfullendorf	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW		Mediatized in 1803
Piombino	Principality			1594: Created by Rudolf II out of Appiani possessions in southern Tuscany	1801: Abolished by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Platen Hallermund	County		WE	1704: County of Hallermund was received	1255: The feudal family von Platen originated 1630: Baron 1689: Count and Noble Lord
Plesse	Lordship				1571: Line of lords died out; passed to Hesse
Plettenberg	Lordship 1724: HRE County			c. 1643	1698: Partitioned into Plettenberg-Lenhausen and Plettenberg-Wittem 1722: immediate Lords of Wittem and Eyss 1732: Imperial Estate
Plettenberg-Lenhausen				1698: Partitioned from Plettenberg	1730: Annexed to Plettenberg-Wittem
Plettenberg-Wittem HRE Count of Plettenberg & Wittem	Lordship 1724: County			1698: Partitioned from Plettenberg
Plön	Duchy
Pluwig	Lordship
Pomerania	Duchy				At times internally divided into Pomerania-Demmin, -Stettin, -Stolp and -Wolgast. Since 1630 Swedish-occupied. Since 1653 divided into Swedish Pomerania and Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania.
Provence	855: Kingdom 879: County				863: Divided between Italy (south) and Lotharingia (Lorraine) (north) 869-877: French rule 933: To Kingdom of Arles 1032: To Holy Roman Empire 1481: In personal union with the French royal domain
Prüm Prum Pruem	720: HRE Abbey Prince-Abbot	Upp Rhen			721: Prum was built 1574: Ceded to Trier 1793: Council of Princes 1801: Annexed to France 1815: Incorporated to Prussia
Pückler and Limpurg	County	Franc	FR	Renamed from Pückler when inherited a portion of Limpurg
Pyrbaum	Lordship				1500: Bavarian Circle
Pyrmont Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau	County	Low Rhen	WF	1149	Grafschaft Pyrmont (German) 1557: Annexed to Sternberg and Pyrmont 1583: Recreated on partition 1631: Annexed to Waldeck-Eisenberg
Pyrmont (in Eifel)	County	Low Rhen	WF		Burg Pyrmont (German) Held by Waldbott von Bassenheim

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