List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (R)
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Free Imperial Cities - Imperial abbeys |
This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter R:
Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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Rantzau Ranzau Rantzow |
County | Low Sax | Acquired Barmstedt | ||
Rapperswil Rapperschwyl |
Lordship 1232/1233: HRE County |
1200: Rapperswil founded 1229: 1st mention of Rapperswil castle 1309: Inherited by the Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg Town bought itself free from Austria 1442: Joined the Swiss Confederation | |||
Rappoltstein Ribeaupierre |
Lordship HRE County |
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Ratzeburg | Bishopric 1180: HRE Prince-Bishopric |
Low Sax | EC | 1180: Partitioned from older Duchy of Saxony 1236: Undisputed Imperial immediacy |
1648: Secularized as a principality to Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Ratzeburg | Principality | Low Sax | 1648: Secularized to Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Held by D. of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
Ravensberg | 1180: County | Low Rhen | 1150: est. as fief of the older Duchy of Saxony 1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony |
Before 1180: Fief of the older Duchy of Saxony, until emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1346: To Counts of Berg 1348: To Dukes of Julich 1521: To Dukes of Kleve 1614: To Brandenburg | |
Ravensburg | Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1276 | 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria 1810: Annexed to Württemberg |
Ravenstein | Barony | 12th Century | 1528: Annexed to Cleves | ||
Rechberg | Lordship 1577: HRE Barony 1626: HRE County |
1179: 1st mention of Rechberg 1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg | |||
Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Baron of Rechberg at Hohenrechberg |
1601: HRE Barony County |
1613?: Imperial Estate 1745: Renamed from L. of Osterberg 1810: Bavarian Counts |
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Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld | County | Franc | FR | 1713: Renamed from Rechteren when inherited a portion of Limpurg | |
Reckheim | 1623: HRE County | To Aspremont-Lynden | |||
Regensburg Ratisbon Ratisbone |
739: Bishopric | Bav | EC | 919 | 1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Principality of Regensburg-Aschaffenburg 1803: Archbishopric (merged with Mainz) |
Regensburg Ratisbon Ratisbone |
1803: Archbishopric-Electorate | Bav | EC | 1803 (merged with Archbishopric of Mainz) | 1810: To Bavaria |
Regensburg | 1180: Imperial Free City | Bav | SW | 1180 | 1190-1245: Imperial administration 1500: Bavarian Circle 1802: Administered by Mainz 1803: Annexed to Bp. of Regensburg 1810: French administration 1810: Annexed to Bavaria |
Regenstein | County | n/a | 1160: Partitioned from Blankenburg | 1366: Annexed to Hainburg | |
Regenstein | County | Low Sax | PR | Created of a union between Blankenburg and Hainburg | Annexed to the Prince Bishopric of Halberstadt in 1599 |
Reichelsberg Reichsberg |
Lordship HRE County |
1500: Franconian Circle To Schonborn | |||
Reichenau | RA | 724: Monastery founded | |||
Reichenstein | HRE County | 1698: Acquired by Nesselrode | |||
Reichenweier | Lordship | ||||
Reipoltskirchen | HRE Lordship | Upp Rhen | |||
Remiremont | 620: Abbey 1290: HRE Princess-Abbess |
620: Abbey founded 1070: Imperial estate 1790: Secularized and annexed to France | |||
Reuß (Reuss) | 1673: Imperial County | Upp Sax | PR | c1010 | c1206: Partitioned into Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen and Reuss-Weida |
Reuß-Berg | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1583: Partitioned from Reuß-Unter-Greiz | 1640: Annexed to Reuß-Unter-Greiz |
Reuß-Ebersdorf | County 1806: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1678: Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein | |
Reuß-Gera | County | Upp Sax | PR | c1206: Partitioned from Reuß | 1479: Annexed to Reuß-Lobenstein |
Reuß-Gera | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1647: Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz | 1802: Divided between Reuß-Lobenstein and Reuß-Schleiz |
Reuß-Greiz Prince Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen, Lord of Greiz, Kranichfeld, Gera, Schleiz & Lobenstein |
County 1778: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1303: Partitioned from Reuß-Plauen 1583: Partitioned from Reuß-Unter-Greiz |
1564: Partitioned into Reuss-Ober-Greiz, Reuss-Schleiz and Reuss-Unter-Greiz 1604: Partitioned into Reuß-Ober-Greiz and Reuß-Unter-Greiz 1768: Union of Reuß-Ober-Greiz and Reuß-Unter-Greiz |
Reuß-Hirschberg | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1678: Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein | 1711: Divided between Reuß-Ebersdorf and Reuß-Lobenstein |
Reuß-Hof | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1225: Partitioned from Reuß-Weida | 1264: Re-annexed to Reuß-Weida 1288: Recreated on partition in 1288 1411: Annexed to Nuremberg |
Reuß-Lobenstein Prince Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen, Lord of Greiz, Kranichfeld, Gera, Schleiz & Lobenstein |
1673: County 1790: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1425: Partitioned from Reuß-Gera 1647: Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz |
1547: Annexed to Reuß-Plauen 1824: Lobenstein became part of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
Reuß-Ober-Greiz | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1564: Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz | 1768: Renamed to Reuß-Greiz |
Reuß-Osterstein-Ronneberg | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1225: Partitioned from Reuß-Weida | 1253: Re-annexed to Reuß-Weida |
Reuß-Plauen | County | Upp Sax | PR | c1206: Partitioned from Reuß | 1569: Divided between Reuß-Greiz and Saxony |
Reuß-Saalburg | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1647: Partitioned from Reuß-Schleiz | 1666: Re-annexed to Reuß-Schleiz |
Reuß-Schleiz Prince Reuss, Count and Lord of Plauen, Lord of Gera, Kranichfeld, Greiz, Schleiz & Lobenstein |
County 1806: HRE Prince |
Upp Sax | PR | 1564: Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz | |
Reuß-Selbitz | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1710: Partitioned from Reuß-Lobenstein | 1805: Re-annexed to Reuß-Lobenstein |
Reuß-Unter-Greiz | County | Upp Sax | PR | 1564: Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz | 1583: Partitioned into Reuß-Berg and Reuß-Greiz |
Reuß-Unter-Greiz | County 1673: Principality |
Upp Sax | PR | 1604: Partitioned from Reuß-Greiz | 1768: Annexed to Reuß-Ober-Greiz |
Reuß-Weida | County | Upp Sax | PR | c1206: Partitioned from Reuß | 1532: Partitioned several times. Annexed to Saxony |
Reutlingen | Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1240 | 1803: Mediatized to Württemberg |
Rheda | Lordship | 1190: To Lords of Lippe 1364: To Counts of Tecklenburg 1605: To Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1808: To Grand Duchy of Berg 1818: To Kingdom of Prussia | |||
Rheina-Wolbeck | 1802: Principality | To 1082: Part of Bishopric of Munster 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg 1811: Annexed to France 1815: To Prussia | |||
Rheineck | Lordship Burgraviate |
El Rhin | 1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle 1654: To Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn 1806: To the Prince-Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg | ||
Rheinfelden | Lordship | ||||
Rheinfelden | Imperial city | 1225 | 1330: Sold to Habsburg | ||
Rheingau | Rhinegraviate | 937 | 1361: Annexed to Wild-Rhine | ||
Rheintal | Lordship / Bailiwick | 1348: United under the County of Werdenberg | 1395: Purchased by Habsburgs 1405: To Appenzell 1424: to County of Toggenburg 1464: Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederation 1798: Absorbed into the Canton of Säntis | ||
Rickingen | 1310: County | 1310; Partitioned from Leiningen | 1310: Created as a County ruled by Leiningen 1668: Annexed to Leiningen-Hartenburg | ||
Riedesel zu Eisenbach | Lordship | ||||
Riedlingen | Imperial Free City? | ||||
Rieneck | Lordship 1641: County |
Franc | 1619: Partitioned from Nostitz | 1106/1108: Rieneck inherited by Count of Loon in Brabant who married its heiress 1156/1157: 1st mention of "of Rieneck" by the Counts of Loon 1179: 1st mention of Rieneck castle c1200: Division into Loon and Rieneck 1366: Rieneck becomes a fief of Mainz 1500: Franconian Circle 1559: Line of counts died out; Reineck reverted to Mainz and Wurzburg 1673: Sold to Nostitz by Mainz 1796: Partitioned into Thürmitz and Tschochau 1815: To Bavaria | |
Rietberg | 1237: County 1353: HRE County |
Low Rhen | 1237 | 1353: Imperial immediate estate 1456: Under sovereignty of Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) 1526/1577: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of East Frisia 1690/1702: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of Kaunitz 1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia 1815: To Prussia | |
Rochefort | County | 1454: Partitioned from Arenberg | 1544: Annexed to Stolberg-Rochefort | ||
Roggenburg | HRE Abbey | Swab | 1793: Council of Princes | ||
Roggendorf | HRE Lordship HRE County |
1600: To Austria | |||
Rosheim | Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | 1648: Annexed to France | ||
Rostock | Principality | ||||
Röteln (Roteln) | Lordship | ||||
Roth an der Roth | 1376: HRE Abbey | Swab | 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Counts of Wartenberg 1806: To Kingdom of Wurttemberg | ||
Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Imperial Free City | Franc | SW | 1274 | 1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria |
Rothenfels | County | Swab | See Königsegg-Rothenfels | ||
Rottenmünster | Abbacy | Swab | 1793: Council of Princes | ||
Rottweil | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1140 | 1463: associate of Swiss Confederacy (until 17th century) 1802: Mediatized to Württemberg |
Runkel | Lordship 1219: County |
1159: 1st mention of Runkel 1521: Inherited by the Counts of Wied 1698: To Counts of Wied-Runkel 1806: Mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg | |||
Rügen | Principality | 1162 | 1168-1438: A Danish fief 1325: Princely house extinct; united with Pomerania-Wolgast 1648: To Swedish Pomerania 1815: To Prussia | ||
Ruppin | County | To Counts of Arnstein 1524: Line of counts died out; passed to Brandenburg | |||
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