List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (S)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Saarbrücken	County			c. 1120	999: 1st mention of castellum Sarabrucca To Bishops of Metz To Counts of the Lower Saargau To Counts of the Ardennes 1353: Saarbrücken passed to the Walram line of the Counts of Nassau 1381-1793: To Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken 1801-1815: To France 1815: To Prussia
Saarwerden and Lahr	County
Sagan	Duchy
St Blaise in the Black Forest	Abbacy
St Emmeram in Regensburg	RA				830-975: United to Augsburg 1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes
St. Gall	RA			1207	1799: Annexed to Helvetic Republic
St Gall	1401: Imperial city				1454: Associate of the Swiss Confederacy 1648: Left the Empire 1798: new Canton of Säntis in the Helvetic Republic 1803: Canton of St. Gallen
St. George in Isny	Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
St. Hubert	Abbacy
St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal	HRE Abbey
St. Kornelimünster	Abbacy	Low Rhen			1793: Council of Princes
St. Maximin (Trier)	HRE Abbey
St. Peter	Jurisdiction
Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest	Abbacy
St. Ulrich and St. Afra in Augsburg	Abbacy				1793: Council of Princes
Salem	RA
Salm	1019: County 1623: HRE Principality	n/a	n/a	1019	Partitioned from Saarbrücken 1170: Partitioned into Lower Salm (line of Lords of Reifferscheid) and Upper Salm (line of "Wild- und Rheingrafen" or "Forest and Rhine Counts") 1639: Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck separated from Lower Salm 1651: Upper Salm divided into Salm and Salm-Grumbach 1654: HRE Council of Princes 1676: Salm divided into Salm-Salm and Salm-Kyrburg 1734: Lower Salm divided into Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur and Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz
Salm-Badenweiler	County	Upp Rhen		1431	Partitioned from Upper Salm 1520: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Neuburg 1600: Annexed to Lorraine1608: Recreated 1670: Annexed to France
Salm-Blankenburg	County	n/a	n/a	1246	Partitioned from Upper Salm 1506: Annexed to Lorraine
Salm-Dhaun Salm-Daun Forest and Rhine Count of Salm in Dhaun	1263: County Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen	WF	1499	1263: Separated from Upper Salm 1499-1574: Part of Salm 1574: Partitioned into itself, Salm-Grumbach and Salm-Salm 1697: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Puttlingen 1750: Part of Salm-Grumbach 1750: Annexed to Salm-Puttlingen 1815: To Prussia
Salm-Grumbach	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen	WF	1574	Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun 1668: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Rheingrafenstein and Grehweiler 1801: Annexed by France 1803: Renamed Salm-Horstmar with new territories
Salm-Hoogstraten	Altgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1696	Partitioned from Salm-Neuweiler 1739: Renamed to Salm-Salm
Salm-Horstmar Forest and Rhine Count of Salm in Horstmar	County	Swab	SW	1803: Renamed from Salm-Dhaun	1269: Part of Bishopric of Munster Acquired County of Horstmar in Prussia and part of the County of Limpurg in Wurttemberg 1803: Renamed from Salm-Dhaun 1806: Annexed to Berg 1810: Annexed by France 1815: To Prussia 1816: Prince of Salm-Horstmar in Prussia
Salm-Kyrburg	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen	WF	1499	Partitioned from Upper Salm 1607: Partitioned into itself, Salm-Mörchingen and Salm-Tronecken 1681: Annexed to Salm-Mörchingen
Salm-Kyrburg Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, Sovereign Prince of Ahaus, Bocholt & Gemen, Forest Count of Dhaun & Kyrburg, Rhine Count of Stein	1086: County 1742: Principality	Upp Rhen	PR		Acquired Principality of Overijse and Lordships of Leuze Pecq in Belgium Acquired Lordship of Boxen and Meer-Gestel in the Netherlands 1806: Confederation of the Rhine 1811: To France 1813: Mediatized to Prussia 1905: Line died out; style assumed by Princes of Salm-Salm 1742: Partitioned from Salm-Leuze 1815: To Prussia
Salm-Leuze	Wild- and Rhinegraviate, later Principality		PR	1696	Partitioned from Salm-Neuweiler 1742: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Kyrburg 1779: Annexed to Salm-Kyrburg
Salm-Mörchingen	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen		1607	Partitioned from Salm-Kyrburg 1688: Annexed to Salm-Neuweiler
Salm-Neuburg	Wild- and Rhinegraviate County Palatine from 1629	Upp Rhen	WF	1520	Partitioned from Salm-Badenweiler 1653: Territories to Sinzendorf 1784: Extinct
Salm-Neuweiler	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen		1608	Partitioned from Salm-Salm 1696: Partitioned into Salm-Hoogstraten and Salm-Leuze
Salm-Puttlingen	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen		1697	Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun 1748: Renamed to Salm-Dhaun
Salm-Reifferscheid	Altgraviate 1455: County	Upp Rhen		1416	Created out of union of Lower Salm and Reifferscheid 1639: Separated from Lower Salm 1693: Partitioned into Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur and Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck 1801-1813: Annexed by France 1815: To Prussia
Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur	County Principality from 1803	Upp Rhen	WF	1639	Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid 1734: Partitioned into itself, Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach and Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz 1804: Renamed to Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck HRE Prince of Salm, Duke of Hoogstraeten, Forest Count of Dhaun and Kyrburg, Rhine Count of Stein, Lord of Diemeringen, Anholt	County	Low Rhen	WF		1806: Confederation of the Rhine 1811: To France 1813: Mediatized to Prussia 1816: Prince of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck in Prussia 1888: Line died out; style assumed by Princes of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach	County			1734	Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur
Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim	Principality	Swab	SW	1804	Renamed from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur
Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz	County 1790: Principality	n/a	n/a	1734	Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur
Salm-Rheingrafenstein and Grehweiler	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen	WF	1688	Partitioned from Salm-Grumbach
Salm-Salm	1574: County Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1623: Principality	Low Rhen, Upp Rhen	WF, PR	1574	Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun 1608: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Neuweiler 1738: Annexed to Salm-Hoogstraten
Salm-Salm HRE Prince of Salm, Duke of Hoogstraeten, Forest Count of Dhaun and Kyrburg, Rhine Count of Stein, Lord of Diemeringen, Anholt	Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1623: Principality	Low Rhen, Upp Rhen	WF, PR	1739	Renamed from Salm-Hoogstraten
Salm-Tronecken	Wild- and Rhinegraviate	Upp Rhen		1607	Partitioned from Salm-Kyrburg 1637: Annexed to Salm-Mörchingen
Salmannsweiler	Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
Salzburg	c543: Bishopric 798: Archbishopric 1278: Prince-Archbishopric 1803: Duchy of Salzburg 1803: HRE Elector of Salzburg	Bav	EC	c543	1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized as a duchy for the former Grand Duke of Tuscany 1805: To Austria
Sargans	HRE County			11th century?	1458–1798: Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy 1798: Annexed to Helvetic Republic's canton of Linth 1803: Joined canton of St. Gallen
Sarrebourg	Imperial City	Upp Rhen			1641: Annexed to France
Sassenburg					To Counts of Mark
Saussenberg	Landgraviate
Savoy (County of Savoy, Duchy of Savoy)	1031/32: County 1313: HRE Prince 1416: Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1032	1401: Purchased County of Geneva 1419: Acquired Piedmont 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1792: Annexed to France 1860: Ceded to France
Sax	Barony
Duchy of Saxony	850: Margraviate 888: Duchy, and an Electorate 1180: After imperial overthrowing of Henry the Lion territorially severely belittled successor duchy to the Ascanians	n/a		8th century	c850: Ludolf appointed Margrave of Saxony by Emperor Louis the German 961-1106: To House of Billung 1106: To Henry the Proud 1180: Henry the Lion (House of Welf) deprived of his Duchy of Saxony 1180: Separation of the counties of Blankenburg, Cloppenburg, Hohenstein, Lippe, Oldenburg, Ravensberg, Tecklenburg, Duchy of Westphalia, the prince-bishoprics of Bremen, Halberstadt, Hildesheim, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Minden, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Ratzeburg, Schwerin, and Verden 1260: Partitioned into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg, both claiming the electoral dignity
Electorate of Saxony	1423-1547: Duchy and Electorate 1547-1806: Electorate 1806-1918: Kingdom of Saxony	Upp Sax	EL	1423	Created from merger of Margraviate of Meissen and Saxe-Wittenberg 1485: Partitioned into Ernestine (Electorate, including Thuringia) and Albertine (Duchy of Saxe-Meissen) branches 1547: imperial overthrowing of Ernestine Elector John Frederick I, replacing him by the Albertine Maurice of Saxe-Meissen, thus Albertine Saxe-Meissen merged in Saxony, while the Ernestine line seceded with Thuringia and then partitioned into Saxe-Gotha (1553-1572) and Saxe-Weimar in 1553 1582: HRE Council of Princes
Saxe-Altenburg	1602-1672: Duchy 1826-1918: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1602	Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1672-1825: In personal union with Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Coburg Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, of Julich, Cleve and Berg, of Engern and Westphalia, Landgrave in Thuringen, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna, etc.	1596-1633: Duchy 1681-1699: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1572	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1553-1572) 1633: Annexed to Saxe-Eisenach 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1699: United to form Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	Upp Sax	PR	1699	Created from union of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Saalfeld
Saxe-Eisenach	1596-1638: Duchy 1640-1644: Duchy 1672-1806: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1572	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1553-1572) 1638: Partitioned into Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Altenburg 1640: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1644: Partitioned into Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha 1662: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1741: United to form Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Eisenberg	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1680	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680) 1707: Annexed to Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Gotha (1553-1572)	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1553	Partitioned from Saxe-Thuringia 1572: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680)	1640-1680: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1640	Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1680: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Eisenburg, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild and Saxe-Saalfeld
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1680	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680)
Saxe-Hildburghausen	1680: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1680	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680)
Saxe-Jena	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1662	1600: Division between Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach 1662: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Lauenburg	Duchy, and an Electorate rivalling Saxe-Wittenberg 1356: finally deprived of the electoral dignity	Low Sax	n/a	1260	Partitioned from the Duchy of Saxony 1305-1401: Partitioned into Saxe-Mölln-Bergedorf and Saxe-Ratzeburg 1689: in personal union (p.u.) to Brunswick and Lunenburg-Celle through inheritance 1714: in p.u. to the Electorate of Hanover through inheritance 1803: in p.u. to Brandenburg-Prussia 1815: in p.u. to Duchy of Holstein and King of Denmark 1864: in p.u. to Kingdom of Prussia 1876: incorporated in real union into Prussia
Saxe-Meiningen	1681-1918: Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1680	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680)
Saxe-Meissen	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1485	Partitioned from Saxe-Wittenberg 1547: Merged in the Electorate of Saxony
Saxe-Merseburg	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1656	Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony 1738: Annexed to Electorate of Saxony
Saxe-Saalfeld	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1680	Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha (1640-1680) 1699: United to form Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Saxe-Weimar Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Misnia (Meissen), Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt und Tautenburg	1572-1806 Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1553	Partitioned from Saxe-Thuringia 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1602: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Altenburg 1640: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Gotha 1672: Division into itself, Saxe-Eisenach, Saxe-Marksuhl, and Saxe-Jena 1741: Personal union of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach 1809: Merger to form Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Duke of Saxony, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt, Tautenburg, etc.	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1741	Created from union of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weissenfels	Duchy	Upp Sax	PR	1656	Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony 1746: Annexed to Electorate of Saxony
Saxe-Wittenberg	Duchy, and an Electorate rivalling Saxe-Lauenburg 1356: undisputed HRE Prince-Elector	Upp Sax	EL	1260	Created on partition of the Duchy of Saxony 1423: United with Margraviate of Meissen to form Electorate of Saxony
Saxe-Zeitz	Duchy	Upp Sax
Saxe-Zeitz-Naumburg	Duchy	Upp Sax		1657	Created on partition of the Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz
Sayn	County	Low Rhen			1247: To Counts of Sponheim 1294: Division into Sayn-Sayn and Sayn-Vallendar 1606: Sayn, Hachenburg and Altenkirchen lines died out 1345: Marriage of Salentin of Sayn-Vallendar and Adelhei, heiress of County of Wittgenstein 1605: Division into Sayn-Berlebrug, Sayn-Sayn and Sayn-Wittgenstein.
Sayn-Altenkirchen	County				To Saxe-Eisenach To Brandenburg-Ansbach To Prussia
Sayn-Hachenburg	County				To Manderscheid-Blankenheim To Kirchberg To Nassau-Weilburg
Sayn-Sayn					1648: Division into Sayn-Hachenburg and Sayn-Altenkirchen
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Lord of Vallendar and Neumagen	1361: County 1792: Principality				1605: Division into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1806: Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt 1806: Annexed to Prussia
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg	1648: County				1623: Occupied by Archbishopric of Cologne 1715: To Burgraves of Kirchberg 1799: To Counts of Nassau-Weilburg 1803: To Sayn-Wittenstein-Berleburg To Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein	1605: County 1801: Principality				1806: Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt 1816: Annexed to Prussia
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn					1846: Line extinct
Schaffhausen	HRE Abbey			1080	1049: Consecrated 1080: Gained territory from Lgrv Nellenburg 1122–1389: Gained Hiltensweiler lands 1529: Disestablished in Protestant Reformation
Schaffhausen	1190: Imperial Free City	n/a		1190	1045: 1st mention of Schaffhausen with right to mint 1049: To Abbey of Allerheiligen 1330: Emperor pledges town to Habsburgs 1415: Schaffhausen buys its independence from Habsburg 1454: Alliance with the Swiss Confederacy 1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire
Schaesberg
Schaumburg Schauenburg	1110: County 1619: HRE County	Low Rhen	WE	1110	Division into Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe Partitioned in 1640, with most of its territory being annexed to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel); the remainder continued as Schaumburg-Lippe 1646: Schaumburg divided into--Holstein-Pinneberg was transferred to Holstein-Glückstadt; Lordship of Bergen in Holland was sold; Lordship of Gemen in Westphalia passed to Count of Limburg; and County of Sternberg fell to Lippe.
Schaumburg-Lippe Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, etc.	1647: HRE County 1807: Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 1918: Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe	Low Rhen	WE	1647: Previously part of Schaumburg	Area: 340 km²; Pop. (1800): c20,000 1946: Merged in Lower Saxony
Schaumburg and Holstein-Rendsburg	County			1290	1474: Merged into Duchy of Holstein
Schaunberg	HRE Lordship HRE County				1559: Line died out
Scheer	Lordship 1785: Princely County of Friedberg and Scheer				To Thurn und Taxis
Schellenberg	Lordship				1510: Last Baron of Brandis sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Counts of Sulz 1699:Sold to Liechtenstein
Schiers	High Jurisdiction
Schillingen	Lordship
Schlettstadt Sélestat	Imperial Free City	Upp Rhen			1648: Annexed to France
Schliengen	Lordship
Schlitz genannt von Görtz	1116: Lordship 1677: HRE Barony 1726: HRE County	Franc	WT	1804: Seat in the Counts of the Wetterau	1116: To Abbey of Fulda 1408: Renamed to Schlitz genannt von Görtz 1563: Acquired Lordshiop of Pfarrstellen 1656: Gained independence from Fulda 1806: Mediatised to Hesse-Darmstadt
Schmalkalden	Lordship	None			To Abbey of Fulda To Bishopric of Wurzburg To Thuringia To Counts of Henneberg To joint rule of Henneberg and Hesse 1583: To Landgrave of Hesse
Schönborn (Schonborn)					Acquired Reichelsberg
Schönburg (Schonburg)	1700: HRE County 1790: HRE Principality	Upp Sax			12th century; 1st mention of Schonburg 1569: Division into Lower Schonburg and Upper Schonburg 1700: Head of Upper Schonburg became Imperial Count 1740: Under partial overlordship of the Electorate of Saxony<1790: Upper Schonburg divided into Schonburg-Hartenstein and Schonburg-Waldenburg
Schönburg-Hartenstein	Principality	Upp Sax		1800: Partitioned from Upper Schönburg
Schönburg-Hinterglauchau	County	Upp Sax		Partitioned from Lower Schönburg
Schönburg-Rochsburg	County	Upp Sax		Partitioned from Lower Schönburg
Schönburg-Waldenburg Prince, Count and Lord of Schönburg, Count and Lord of Glauchau and Waldenburg, etc.	Principality	Upp Sax		1800: Partitioned from Upper Schönburg
Schönburg-Wechselburg	County	Upp Sax		Partitioned from Lower Schönburg
Schönstein (Schonstein)	Lordship
Schöntal (Schonthal)	HRE Abbacy
Schussenried	HRE Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
Schwabegg	HRE Lordship				To Mindelheim
Schwäbisch Gmünd	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c. 1250	1803: Mediatized to Württemberg
Schwäbisch Hall	1280: Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1280	1156: 1st mention of Schwabisch Hall in a treaty To Counts of Comburg-Rothenburg c1116: Passed to Hohenstaufen 1204: Schwabisch Hall called a town 1802: Lost its territory and political independence 1803: Mediatized to Württemberg
Schwäbisch Wörth	Imperial Free City				1607/08: To Bavaria 1705-1714: Imperial Free City
Schwalenberg	County			10th century	1137: Partitioned into Pyrmont and Waldeck
Schwalenberg-Sternberg	County			1613: Partitioned from Lippe-Detmold	1620: Re-annexed to Lippe-Detmold
Schwarzburg HRE Prince of Schwarzburg, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg, Lohra & Klettenberg	County<nr>1695: HRE Principality			1195: Partitioned from Käfernburg	1160: Division into Schwarzburg and Kafernburg By 1184: Owned Schwarzburg, Blankenburg and Konigsee 1248: Acquired Sondershausen 1302: Annexed to Schwarzburg-Käfernburg 1306 and 1332: Purchased Lordship of Arnstadt 1340: Acquired Rudolstadt and Frankenhausen 1599: Division into Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1754: HRE Council of Princes
Schwarzburg-Arenstadt	Principality			1721: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	1651-1669 and 1681-1716: Separate lines of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt existed 1762: Re-annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Arnstadt	County			1326: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1642: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sonderhsausen	Partitioned several times 1583 and 1669: Annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Blankenburg	County			1231: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt	Extinct in 1357
Schwarzburg-Ebeleben	County 1681: Principality			1642: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	1681-1721: Re-annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen	County			1552: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt	1597: Annexed to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Käfernburg	County			1195: Partitioned from Käfernburg	1385: Extinct
Schwarzburg-Keula	Principality			1721: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	1740: Re-annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Leutenberg	County			1324: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg	1564: Annexed to Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
Schwarzburg-Neustadt	Principality			1721: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	1749: Re-annexed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Rabenwald	County			1231: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt	1312: Annexed to Schwarzburg-Käfernburg
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince of Schwarzburg (-Rudolstadt), Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg, Blankenburg, etc	County 1697: Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1552: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg	County			1274: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg	1316: Divided into Schwarzburg-Leutenberg and Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen HRE Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg	County 1697: Principality	Upp Sax	PR	1552: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt	Partitioned several times though it continued
Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg	County			1324: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg	1368: Annexed to Meissen
Schwarzen	Lordship
Schwarzenbach	Lordship
Schwarzenberg HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn)	Lordship 1429: Barony 1566: County 1599: Imperial County 1670: Imperial Prince 1671: Princely Landgraviate	Franc		1347	1500: Franconian Circle 1624: Extinct 1674: HRE Council of Princes
The Schwarzgraviate	County			1333: Partitioned from Hohenzollern	1412: Re-annexed to Hohenzollern
Schweidnitz	Principality
Schweinfurt	1254: Free Imperial Town	Franc	SW	1282	791: 1st mention of Schweinfurt 13th century: Obtained status of a town 1386: Joined Swabian League of Cities 1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria
Schweppenhausen	Lordship
Schwerin	Bishopric 1180: HRE Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	1165: est. as diocese 1180: Partitioned - as estate of Imperial immediacy - from the older Duchy of Saxony	1648: Secularised as a principality to Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Schwerin	Principality	Low Sax		1648: Secularized from Bp. of Schwerin	Held by Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Schwerin	1167: County			1161	1167: Gunzel of Hagen enfeoffed with Schwerin by Henry the Lion of Saxony 1279: Division into Schwerin-Schwerin and Schwerin-Wittenburg 1323: Schwerin-Boizenburg line 1328: Inherited County of Tecklenburg by female succession 1343: Mecklenburg obtained hereditary rights 1344: Schwerin-Schwerin line died out 1349: Schwerin-Wittenburg-Boizenburg line died out 1358: Line of Counts of Schwerin died out; sold to Mecklenburg
Schwyz	Imperial valley			1309: Split off from Habsburg	972: "Community of Free Peasant of Schwyz" 1173: To Habsburgs 1240: Schwyz declared directly dependent of the Emperor 1315: Original member of the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation 1798-1803: To Helvetic Republic
Sélestat (Schlettstadt)
Seckau	1218: Bishopric 1218: HRE Prince-Bishopric	Aust		1218
Segenberg	Lordship 1628: HRE County				To Waldstein/Wallenstein house
Seinsheim	HRE Lordship	Franc	FR	Barony of the House of Schwarzenberg	1803: Gained seat in Bench of Counts of Franconia
Selz	Imperial Abbey	—	—	991: Founded; 992: Reichsunmittelbar	1481: Mediatised to the Electorate of the Palatinate; 1803: Secularised
Sickingen	County	Swab
Siebenbürgen (Transylvania)	Principality
Siegburg	RA
Sigmaringen				1250	900s: Sigmaringen castle built 1077: 1st mention of Sigimaringin ?-1253: To Counts of Peutengau-Hirschberg 1270: To Counts of Montfort 1290: Sold to Austria 1325: To Counts of Wurttemberg 1362: To Counts of Werdenberg 1534: To Counts of Hohenzollern
Sinzendorf HRE Prince of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen, Burgrave of Winterrieden, Baron of Ernstbrunn	1648: HRE Counts 1803: HRE Princes				1610: HRE Baron of Ernstbrunn 1653: immediate Burgraves of Rheineck 1803: immediate Burgraves of Winterrieden
Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn					Acquired Rheineck
Sion(Sitten)	Bishopric			c775	999: Bishops were also Counts of Valais 1798: Annexed to Valais then Switzerland
Soest	Imperial City	Low Rhen	RH		1609: Annexed to Cleves
Söflingen	HRE Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
Solms Count of Solms, Lord of Münzenberg, Wildenfels & Sonnenwalde	County	n/a	n/a	1129	1258: Partitioned into Solms-Braunfels and Solms-Burg-Solms
Solms-Alt-Puch	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1688	Partitioned from Solms-Sonnenwalde 1711: Partitioned into itself, Solms-Kurzwitz, Solms-Rösa and Solms-Sonnenwalde in 1711 1769: Annexed to Solms-Kurwitz
Solms-Assenheim	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1632	Partitioned from Solms-Baruth 1699, 1728: Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim 1635, 1722, 1778: Annexed Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
Solms-Baruth	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1600	Partitioned from Solms-Laubach 1622: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Assenheim 1696: Partitioned into itself, Solms-Baruth upon Klitschdorf and Wehrau, Solms-Laubach, Solms-Utphe and Solms-Wildenfels
Solms-Baruth upon Klitschdorf and Wehrau	County	n/a	n/a	1696	Partitioned from Solms-Baruth
Solms-Braunfels HRE Prince of Solms, Lord of Braunfels, Grafenstein, Münzenberg, Wildenfels & Sonnenwalde Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Count of Greifenstein, Lichtenstein and Hungen, Tecklenburg, Crichingen, Lingen, Lord of Münzenberg, Rheda, Wildenfels, Sonnenwalde, Püttlingen, Dortweiler und Beaucourt	County 1742: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1258: Partitioned from Solms	1235: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Ottenstein 1409: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Lich 1592: Partitioned into itself, Solms-Greifenstein and Solms-Hungen
Solms-Burg-Solms	County	n/a	n/a	1258	Partitioned from Solms 1415: Annexed to Solms-Braunfels
Solms-Greifenstein	County	Upp Rhen		1592	Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1693: Annexed to Solms-Braunfels
Solms-Hohensolms	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1562	Partitioned from Solms-Lich 1718: Annexed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich	County 1792: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1718	Union of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich
Solms-Hungen	County			1592	Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1678: Annexed to Solms-Greifenstein
Solms-Kotiz	County			1747	Partitioned from Solms-Kurwitz
Solms-Kurwitz	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1711	Partitioned from Solms-Alt-Puch 1747: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Kotiz
Solms-Laubach	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1544	Partitioned from Solms-Lich 1561: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 1607: Partitioned into itself, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Rödelheim 1627: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 1676: Annexed to Solms-Baruth 1696: Partitioned from Solms-Baruth
Solms-Lich	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1409	Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1544: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Laubach 1579: Partitioned into itself (extinct 1718) and Solms-Hohensolms 1718: United to form Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Solms-Ottenstein	County	n/a	n/a	1325	Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1424: Annexed to Solms-Braunfels
Solms-Rödelheim	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1607: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach 1699, 1728: Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim	1635, 1722, 1778: Annexed to Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1635, 1722, 1778: Created from a union of Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim	1699, 1728: Partitioned back into Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim
Solms-Rösa	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1711	Partitioned from Solms-Alt-Puch
Solms-Sachsenfeld	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1741	Partitioned from Solms-Wildenfels
Solms-Sonnenwalde	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1561	Partitioned from Solms-Laubach 1615: Annexed to Solms-Laubach 1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach 1688:Partitioned into itself and Solms-Alt-Puch 1803: Annexed to Solms-Rösa
Solms-Utphe	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1696	Partitioned from Solms-Baruth 1762: Extinct
Solms-Wildenfels	County	Upp Rhen	n/a	1696	Partitioned from Solms-Baruth 1741: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Sachsenfeld
Solothurn	1218: Imperial Free City			1218	1355: Associate member of Swiss Confedearation; annexed to Bern 1481: Full member of Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire
Sonnenberg	1463: HRE County				1474: Purchased by Austria
Speyer	Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	888	1793: Council of Princes 1803: Annexed to Baden
Speyer	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1294	1792: Annexed to France 1816: Annexed to Bavaria
Spoleto	Duchy in Italy			6th century	1201: To Papal States
Sponheim	HRE County			9th/10th Century	1227: Partitioned into Sponheim-Eberstein, Sponheim-Heinsberg, Sponheim-Kreuznach and Sponheim-Starkenburg
Sponheim-Bolanden	County			1314	Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach 1393: Annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg
Sponheim-Kastellaun	County			1291	Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach 1340: Re-annexed to Sponheim-Kreuznach
Sponheim-Eberstein	County			1227	Partitioned from Sponheim 1263: Divided between Sponheim-Kreuznach and Sponheim-Starkenburg
Sponheim-Heinsberg	County			1227	Partitioned from Sponheim 1258: Annexed to Sponheim-Eberstein
Sponheim-Kreuznach	County			1227	Partitioned from Sponheim Partitioned several times 1416: Divided between Baden and the Electorate of the Palatinate 1707: All to Palatinate
Sponheim-Sayn	County			1261	Partitioned from Sponheim-Eberstein 1283: Partitioned into Sayn and Sayn-Homburg
Sponheim-Starkenburg	County			1227	Partitioned from Sponheim 1444: Divided between Baden and the Electorate of the Palatinate 1776: All to Palatinate
Stadion HRE Count of Stadion-Stadion & Thannhausen	13th century: Local Lordship 1686: HRE Barony 1705: HRE County			12th/13th Century	12th century: Family 1st mentioned 1392: Division of Stadion family into the Swabian and Alsatian lines Acquired Thannhausen Acquired Lordship of Waldhausen 1700: Stadion lines reunited 1708: Division into Stadion-Warthausen (extinct 1890) and Stadion-Thannhausen (extinct 1908) 1741: Partitioned into Stadion-Thannhausen and Stadion-Warthausen Inherited by Counts of Schonborn-Buchheim
Stadion-Thannhausen Count of Stadion-Stadion-Thannhausen	1705: HRE County			1741	Partitioned from Stadion 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria
Stadion-Warthausen Stadion-Waldhausen Counts of Stadion-Waldhausen and Thannhausen	1705: HRE County			1741	Partitioned from Stadion 1806: Mediatised to Austria and Wurttemberg
Stargard	Duchy				1130: To Dukes of Pomerania 1236: To Margraves of Brandenburg 1304: To Princes of Mecklenburg 1352-1471: To Mecklenburg-Stargard 1348: HRE Estate
Starhemberg	1679: HRE Count (Personalist) 1765: HRE Prince (Personalist)	n/a	FR	1679	12th century: Family 1st mentioned
Starhemberg-Schaumburg-Wachsenberg Prince of Starhemberg, Count of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg, etc.	1705: HRE Prince				Acquired County of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg
Starkenburg	HRE Lordship				1237: To Sponheim
Starkenstein	Lordship
Stauf Ehrenfels	HRE Lordship HRE Couty
Staufenberg	Lordship
Staufeneck	Lordship			1432: Partitioned from Staufeneck-Babenhausen	1599: Annexed to Donzdorf
Staufeneck-Babenhausen	Lordship			1351: Partitioned from Aichen	1432: Partitioned into Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Cellmünz and Staufeneck
Stauffen	Lordship	Swab
Stavelot (Stablo)	RA	Low Rhen			650: The double monastery, Stablo-Malmedy, was built 1793: Council of Princes
Stein	County 1194: Rhinegraviate			1072	1268: Annexed to Rhine
Stein am Rhein	HRE Abbey
Stein zu Nassau	HRE Lordship
Steinfurt	c. 1129: Lordship 1495: HRE County	Low Rhen		c. 1129	1421: Annexed to Bentheim-Bentheim 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia
Sternberg-Manderscheid	County (personalist)	n/a	WF
Sternberg and Pyrmont	County			1536: Partitioned from Lippe	1583: Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and Pyrmont
Sternberg-Schwalenberg	County			1627: Partitioned from Lippe-Detmold	1736: Partitioned into Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Weissenfeld
Sternstein HRE Prince of Lobkowitz, Duke in Silesia at Sagan, Princely Count of Sternstein, Lord of Raudnitz	1641: HRE Princely County	Bav			1500: Bavarian Circle To Lobkowitz
Stetten	Lordship
Stettenfels	Lordship
Stettin	Duchy
Stolberg Count of Stolberg, Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohenstein, Lord of Eppstein/Epstein, Munzenberg, Breuberg, Agimont, Lohra & Klettenberg	County	Upp Sax		1210	1231: Partitioned into Stolberg-Bockstädt and Stolberg-Stolberg 1429: Acquired County of Wernigerode 1538: Division into Count of Stolberg-Stolberg, Count of Stolberg-Königstein, Count of Stolberg-Rochefort, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Count of Stolberg-Schwarza 1738: Under partial overlordship of the Electorate of Saxony
Stolberg-Bockstädt	County			1231: Partitioned from Stolberg	1346: Annexed to Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Gedern	1710: County 1742: Principality			1710: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode	1804: Re-annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode
Stolberg-Hohenstein	1571: County			1571: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg	1615: Reunited with Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Islenburg	County			1672: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode	1710: Re-annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode
Stolberg-Königstein	1538-1581: County			1538: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg	1581: Line extinct; annexed back to Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Ortenberg	County			1572: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode	1641: Divided between Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Wernigerode
Stolberg-Ortenberg	County			1572: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode 1669: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg	1641: Division into Stolberg-Wernigerode and Stolberg-Stolberg 1684: To Stolerg-Stolberg 1704: Partitioned into Stolberg-Rossla and Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Rochefort	1538-1574: County			1538: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg	1574: Line extinct; annexed to Löwenstein-Wertheim
Stolberg-Rossla	1704: County of Stolberg-Rossla 1893: Prince of Stolberg-Rossla			1704: Partitioned from Stolberg-Ortenberg 1730-1738: Under partial overlordshi of Saxony 1803: To Kingdom of Saxony 1815: To Prussia
Stolberg-Schwarza	1538: County			1538: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg ?1677: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode	1638: Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode 1748: Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode
Stolberg-Stolberg	1538: County 1893: Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg			1231: Partitioned from Stolberg	Partitioned several times 1631: Annexed to Stolberg-Wernigerode 1638: Recreated on partition 1684: Annexed to Stolberg-Ortenburg 1704: Recreated on partition 1730-1738: Under partial overlordshi of Saxony
Stolberg-Wernigerode	1538: County of Stolberg-Wernigerode			1538: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg	1714: Under partial overlordship of Prussia Partitioned several times, although countship continued.
Storkow	Lordship				1518: To Lebus Abbey 1556: Margrave of Brandenburg-Kustrin 1575: To Elector of Brandenburg
Strasbourg	Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	982 Autonomous from 775	1681: Annexed to France 1793: Council of Princes
Strasbourg (Strassburg)	1262: Imperial City	Upp Rhen			1681: Annexed to France
Stühlingen (Stuhlingen)	Landgraviate	Swab		1582: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1084: 1st mention of "comes de Stulingen" 1120: Rudolf of Lenzburg as 1st Landgrave of Stuhlingen (extinct 1172) 1172: To Lords of Kussenberg (extinct 1250) 1251: To Counts of Lupfen through female inheritance 1251: Counts of Lupfen and Stuhlingen (extinct 1582) 1582: Lords of Pappenheim (extinct 1639) purchased Stuhlingen from Emperor for 80,000 guldens 1603: Pappenheims took possession of Stuhlingen after settling inheritance issues 1605: Acquired Lordship of Hewen 1639: Stuhlingen, Hewen and city of Engen to Fürstenberg by female inheritance 1806: To Grand Duchy of Baden
Styria (Steiermark)	c. 970: Margraviate 1180: Duchy	Aust	PR		till 1180 "Carantanian March" and six counties as fief of the Duchy of Carinthia; 1180: Duchy; 1192: Inherited by the Babenbergs, Dukes of Austria 1254: Under control of Hungary 1260: Under control of Ottokar II. of Bohemia 1276: Became a Habsburg possession 1379-1436 and 1564-1619: Separate Habsburg line ruled in Styria 1512: Austrian Circle 1582: HRE Council of Princes
Sulz	1139: Lordship County			1071	1252: Acquired by Lords of Geroldseck 1270-1472: To Lords of Geroldseck Rudolf of Sulz acquired Lordships of Rotenberg and Kriechingen and County of Klettgau 1473: Acquired by Wurttemberg 1510: Last Baron of Brandis sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Counts of Sulz 1519-1534: Sulz belonged to Lords of Geroldseck 1534: To Wurttemberg 1572: Partitioned into Klettgau and Sulz-Vaduz 1613: Counts of Sulz sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Counts of Hohenems
Sulz-Vaduz	County			1572: Partitioned from Sulz	1616: Annexed to Weingarten
Sulzbach (Taunus)	HRE Village
Sulzbürg	Lordship 1522: Barony 1673: County			1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein	1500: Bavarian Circle 1740: Annexed to Bavaria
Sundgau -See under Upper Alsace	c900's: County Landgraviate				900: 1st mention of County of Sundgau 1135: Landgraviate of Sundgau to Habsburgs 1648: Sold to France
Swabia	Duchy			c911: From the former Stem Duchy of Alemannia	1079-1268: To Hohenstaufens 1268: Discontinued 1289-1313: Reestablished for the House of Habsburg
Swabia	Landvogtei
Swabian Austria	Landgraviate				Consisted of the Danube cities of Mengen, Munderkingen, Riedlingen, Saulgau and Waldsee (acquired between 1282 and 1331), the Margraviate of Burgau (1302 - 1304), the County of Berg with Ehingen and Schelklingen (1346), the County of Hohenburg with Rottenburg (1381), the County of Nellenburg (1465) and the provincial Prefecture of Swabia (1386 - 1541), Vorarlberg (14th century), the Breisgau (1478) with Freiburg (1368; seat of government since 1651), the provincial Prefecture of Ortenau (1551 - 1556) and the County of Tettnang (1780). 1512: Austrian Circle

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