List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (R)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
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
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
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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