List of sovereign states in 1500

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a highly decentralized collection of polities. [1] A comprehensive list of all of its anachronistic components has been made at List of states in the Holy Roman Empire, and would be much too large to fit here.

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Crowns and Unions

Crowns were composite monarchies composed of multiple countries under one ruler.

  • Kingdom of Denmark
  • Norway
  • Kingdom of Sweden
  • Kingdom of Poland
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Kingdom of Castile
  • Kingdom of Leon

Non-Sovereign Territories

England

Gujarat

Imereti

Ottoman Empire

Poland

Portugal

Spain (Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon)

Sunda

Vijayanagara

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References

  1. ↑ Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends (1996), Oxford University Press, p. 23.
  2. ↑ Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1908–1931). Imperial gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 405. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Sewell, Robert (1900). A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India. Asian Educational Services. p. 122. ISBN   9788120601253 . Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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