List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (S)

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

NameType Imperial circle Imperial diet History
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken Countyn/an/a1080: Saargau invested on Sigebert I, founder of the line of Saarbrücken
1118: First use of the title Count of Saarbrücken [1]
1125: Partitioned into Alsace and itself
c. 1182: Partitioned into itself, Saarbrücken-Hardenburg and Zweibrücken
1227: Parts made fief of Metz
1274: Extinct; to Saarbrücken-Commercy
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken-Commercy Countyn/an/a1274: Title assumed by Commercy after inheritance of Saarbrücken
1341: Partitioned into itself and a Lordship (see below)
1381: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken-Commercy Lordshipn/an/a1341: Partitioned as a Lordship from the County above
1459: Acquired Braine
1465: Partitioned into Saarbrücken-Commercy-Rouen and Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine Lordshipn/an/a1465: Partitioned from Saarbrücken-Commercy (Lordship)
1525: Extinct in male line
1526: To Mark-Sedan by marriage
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken-Commercy-Rouen Lordshipn/an/a1465: Partitioned from Saarbrücken-Commercy (Lordship)
1497: Extinct; to Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine
CoA Saarbrucken County.svg Saarbrücken-Hardenburg Countyn/an/ac. 1182: Partitioned from Saarbrücken
1212: Inherited Leiningen and assumed that name
CoA Sarrebourg, Moselle.svg Saarburg
See: Sarrebourg
Imperial City
CoA Saarwerden County.svg Saarwerden Countyn/an/a1125: Partitioned from Blieskastel
1212: Partitioned into itself and Kirkel
1397: Extinct; succession dispute between Moers and Metz
1399: To Moers
1417: To Moers-Saarwerden
1527: Extinct; to Nassau-Saarbrücken
1574: To Nassau-Neuweilnau
1602: Returned to Nassau-Saarbrücken
1629: To Lorraine
1648: Returned to Nassau-Saarbrücken except Bockenheim
1794: To France
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Sachsen
See: Electorate of Saxony
Duchy
1356: Electorate
CoA Sagan Duchy.svg Sagan (Żagań)Duchyn/an/a1278: Partitioned from Silesia-Glogau; part of Poland
1329: Under suzerainty of Bohemia
1478: To Saxony as fief of Bohemia
1549: To Bohemia directly
1628: To Albrecht von Wallenstein as fief of Bohemia
1634: To Bohemia directly
1646: To Lobkowicz as fief of Bohemia
1742: To Lobkowicz as fief of Prussia
1786: To Biron as fief of Prussia
Coats of arms of None.svg Mark an der Sann (AKA Sannmark, Mark an der Sawe, Sann-Gft., Sann-Mgft., Mgft. Soun(e), Gft Soun(e), Sanntal, Saunien)Margraviaten/aBefore 980: Formed
1137 or 1144: Last Margrave dies; margravial title no longer held
1147: Territory of the former march becomes part of Styria; attested as a Styrian Amt from 1182: Formed
1269: Seized by Ottokar II of Bohemia; united with Windischgraz, Carniola and the Windic March to form a single march

c. 1300: Acquired by the Counts of Heunburg as the lordship of Cilli
1323: Territory passes to the Counts of Pfannberg
1341: Rulers now known as the Counts of Cilli (see also County of Cilli)
1460: Territory passes to the Habsburgs. Later integrated into Styria

Coat of arms of None.svg St Ägidien
See: St Giles
Abbacy
CoA St Blasien, BW.svg St Blaise (St Blasien)AbbacySwabSC10th Century?
1609: HRE Counts of Bonndorf; imperial immediacy
1803: To Order of St John
1805: To Württemberg
1806: To Baden
CoA St Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg.svg St Emmeram AbbacyBavRPc. 739: Formed
1295: Imperial immediacy
1731: HRE Prince of the Empire
1803: To Regensburg; buildings to Thurn and Taxis
CoA St Gall's Abbey, St Gall.svg St Gall (St Gallen)AbbacySwabSP613: Formed
1207: HRE Prince of the Empire; imperial immediacy
1270: Acquired Neuravensburg
1401: Lost Appenzell
1415: Lost City of St Gall
1451: Protectorate of the Swiss Confederation
1468: Acquired Toggenburg
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland (except Neuravensburg)
1803: Neuravensburg to Dietrichstein
CHE St. Gallen COA.svg St Gall (St Gallen)Imperial CitySwabSW1415: Free Imperial City
1454: Associate of the Swiss Confederacy
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1798: new Canton of Säntis in the Helvetic Republic
1803: Canton of St. Gallen
CoA Reichenau Abbey.svg St George (St Georg; in Isny)AbbacySwabSP1096: Formed
1781: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Quadt-Isny
CoA Stein am Rhein, Schaffhausen 1951.svg St George (St Georg; in Stein)AbbacySwabSP10th Century: Formed
1007: Relocated to Stein
15th Century: Imperial immediacy
1521: To Zürich
Coat of arms of None.svg St Giles (St Ägidien)AbbacyFRRP1140: Established with imperial immediacy
1525: To Nuremberg
Blason Saint-Hubert.svg St Hubert Abbacyn/an/a687: Formed
1522: Imperial immediacy
1797: To France
1815: To the Netherlands
1830: To Belgium
CoA St John's Abbey, Thurgau.svg St John (St Johann; in the Thurtal)AbbacySwabSPbefore 1152: Formed
1227/8: Imperial immediacy
1555: To St Gall
Croix-de-Malte.svg St John (St Johann)Order of Chivalryn/aRP / PRc. 1099: Formed
In possession of numerous territories across Germany
1546: Bench of Spiritual Princes
1805: All territories annexed by various states
CoA Kornelimunster Abbey, NRW.svg St Kornelimünster
See: Kornelimünster
Abbacy
CoA Werden Abbey, NRW.svg St Ludger (Helmstedt)AbbacyLow RhenRPc. 800: Formed
Always in personal union with Werden Abbey
by 13th Century: Imperial immediacy
1490: Helmstedt sold to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Coats of arms of None.svg St. Mang Abbacyn/an/a748: Formed
1268: Imperial immediacy
1313: To the Bishopric of Augsburg
1803: To Oettingen-Wallerstein
1806: To Bavaria
CoA St Maximin's Abbey, Rhineland-Palatinate.svg St Maximin AbbacyLow RhenRP4th Century: Formed
By 12th Century: Imperial immediacy
1669: To Trier
CoA St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest, BW.svg St Peter AbbacySwabSPBefore 1073: Formed
1093: Imperial immediacy
1526: To Austria
CoA St Ulrich and St Afra's Abbey, Bavaria.svg St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg AbbacySwabSP10th Century: Formed
1577: Imperial immediacy (challenged until 1643)
1802: Divided between Augsburg and Bavaria
CoA Neresheim Abbey, BW.svg St Ulrich and St Afra in Neresheim
See: Neresheim
Abbacy
CoA Cistercian Order Bend.svg Salem (Salmannsweiler)AbbacySwabSP1136: Formed
1138: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Baden
Arms of the house of Salm (1).svg Salm Countyn/an/a1036: First mentioned; to Luxembourg
1059: Partitioned from Luxembourg
1163: Partitioned into Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm) and Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm)
Arms of the house of Salm-Dhaun.svg Salm Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1475: Renamed from Stein after inheritance of Salm in the Vosges
1499: Partitioned into Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller and Salm-Kyrburg
Arms of the house of Salm-Viandel.svg Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm; Niedersalm)Countyn/an/a1163: Partitioned from Salm; to Vianden
1175: Partitioned from Vianden
1416: Extinct; to Altenbaumberg in succession dispute with Reifferscheid-Bedburg
1456: To Reifferscheid-Bedburg
1460: Reifferscheid-Bedburg took the name Salm-Reifferscheid
Arms of the house of Salm (1).svg Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm; Obersalm)Countyn/an/a1163: Partitioned from Salm
1225: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Blâmont
1337: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Püttlingen
1431: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Badonviller
1475: Extinct; to Stein by marriage who took the name Salm
Arms of the house of Salm-Badenweiler.svg Salm-Badonviller (Salm-Badenweiler)Countyn/an/a1431: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges
1528: Side line Salm-Neuburg created
1600: Extinct; divided between Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm and Lorraine
1738: Left the Empire; made part of France
1789: To France directly
Arms of the house of Salm-Blamont.svg Salm-Blâmont (Salm-Blankenberg)Lordshipn/an/a1225: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges
1247: Made fief of Metz
1499: Half sold to Lorraine
1506: Extinct; remainder to Lorraine
Arms of the house of Salm-Dhaun.svg Salm-Dhaun Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1574: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller
1697: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Püttlingen
1748: Extinct; to Salm-Püttlingen
Arms of the house of Salm-Neuweiler.svg Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1499: Partitioned from Salm
1574: Partitioned into Salm-Salm-Neufviller, Salm-Grumbach and Salm-Dhaun
Arms of the house of Salm-Horstmar.svg Salm-Grumbach
Forest and Rhine Count of Salm in Horstmar
Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp RhenWT1574: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller
1668: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Rheingrafenstein and Gaugrehweiler
1793: To France
1803: Compensated with Horstmar; renamed to Salm-Horstmar
1816: To Lichtenberg
Arms of the house of Salm-Horstmar.svg Salm-Horstmar Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp RhenWT1803: Renamed from Salm-Grumbach
1806: To Berg
1810: To France
1815: To Prussia
Arms of the house of Salm-Kyrburg.svg Salm-Kyrburg Wild- and Rhinegraviate
1743: Principality
Upp RhenWE1499: Partitioned from Salm
1607: Partitioned into Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen, Salm-Kyrburg-Kyrburg and Salm-Kyrburg-Dhronecken
1743: Renamed from Salm-Neufviller-Leuze; HRE Prince
1794: To France
1803: Compensated with Ahaus and Bocholt; Bench of Princes
1810: To France
1815: To Prussia
Arms of the house of Salm-Kyrburg.svg Salm-Kyrburg-Dhronecken (Salm-Tronecken)Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1607: Partitioned from Salm
1637: Extinct; divided between Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen and Salm-Kyrburg-Kyrburg
Arms of the house of Salm-Kyrburg.svg Salm-Kyrburg-Kyrburg Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1607: Partitioned from Salm
1681: Extinct; to Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen
Arms of the house of Salm-Kyrburg.svg Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1607: Partitioned from Salm
1688: Extinct; to Salm-Neufviller
Arms of the house of Salm-Neuburg.svg Salm-Neuburg County
1529: County Palatine
n/an/a1528: Created when Nicholas I purchased Neuburg; fief of Austria
1529: HRE Count Palatine
1654: Neuburg sold to Sinzendorf
1784: Extinct
Arms of the house of Salm-Neuweiler.svg Salm-Neufviller (Salm-Neuweiler)Wild- and Rhinegraviaten/an/a1610: Partitioned from Salm-Salm-Neufviller
1696: Partitioned into Salm-Neufviller-Hoogstraten and Salm-Neufviller-Leuze
Arms of the house of Salm-Hoogstraten.svg Salm-Neufviller-Hoogstraten Wild- and Rhinegraviaten/an/a1696: Partitioned from Salm-Neufviller
1709: Acquired Hoogstraten as fief of Brabant
1738: Inherited and renamed to Salm-Salm
Arms of the house of Salm-Neuweiler.svg Salm-Neufviller-Leuze Wild- and Rhinegraviaten/an/a1696: Partitioned from Salm-Neufviller
1743: Renamed to Salm-Kyrburg
Arms of the house of Salm (1).svg Salm-Püttlingen Lordshipn/an/a1337: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges
1368: Extinct; to Salm in the Vosges
Arms of the house of Salm-Dhaun.svg Salm-Püttlingen Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp Rhenn/a1697: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun
1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid (1).svg Salm-Reifferscheid County
1628: Altgraviate
n/an/a1460: Renamed from Reifferscheid-Bedburg
1628: HRE Altgrave
1639: Partitioned into Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg and Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid (2).svg Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg Altgraviaten/an/a1639: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid
1734: Partitioned into itself, Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainspach and Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz
1794: To France
1803: Compensated with Krautheim; renamed to Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck.svg Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck Altgraviaten/an/a1639: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg
1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainspach.svg Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainspach Altgraviaten/an/a1734: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg in fiefs of Austria
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim.svg Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim Altgraviate
1804: Principality
n/an/a1803: Renamed from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg
1804: HRE Prince
1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg
Arms of the house of Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz.svg Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz Altgraviaten/an/a1734: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg in fiefs of Austria
Arms of the house of Salm-Kyrburg.svg Salm-Rheingrafenstein and Gaugrehweiler Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp RhenWT1668: Partitioned from Salm-Grumbach
1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach
Arms of the house of Salm-Salm.svg Salm-Salm Wild- and Rhinegraviate
1623: Principality
Upp RhenWT1610: Partitioned from Salm-Salm-Neufviller
1623: HRE Prince
1654: Bench of Secular Princes
1738: Inherited by Salm-Neufviller-Hoogstaten
1793: To France
1803: Compensated with Ahaus and Bocholt
1810: To France
1815: To Prussia
Arms of the house of Salm-Neuweiler.svg Salm-Salm-Neufviller Wild- and RhinegraviateUpp RhenWT1574: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller
1610: Partitioned into Salm-Salm and Salm-Neufviller
CoA Cistercian Order Bend.svg Salmannsweiler
See: Salem
Abbacy
CoA Salzburg State.svg Salzburg Bishopric
798: Archbishopric
BavECc. 543: Formed
798: Raised to Archbishopric
1278: HRE Prince of the Empire
1803: Secularized as an Electorate for Ferdinand III of Tuscany
CoA Salzburg State.svg Salzburg Electoraten/an/a1803: Salzburg, Eichstätt, Berchtesgaden and 1/2 of Passau secularised as an Electoral Grand Duchy for Ferdinand III of Tuscany
1805: Divided between Austria and Bavaria. Ferdinand III compensated with Würzburg
CoA Sargans County.svg Sargans Countyn/an/a1258: To Werdenberg-Sargans
1342: To Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans
1396: To Austria
1436: To Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans
1483: Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
CoA Sarrebourg, Moselle.svg Sarrebourg Imperial CityUpp RhenRC1171: To Dagsburg as a fief of Metz
1225: To Metz directly
1476: Free Imperial City
1661: To France
Blason duche fr Savoie.svg Savoy DuchyUpp RhenPR1003: Humbert I made count of Savoy
1218: Acquired Zähringen Vaud
1313: Imperial immediacy
1388: Acquired Nice
1401: Acquired Geneva
1416: HRE Duke
1419: Acquired Piedmont
1536: To France
1559: Restored
1713: Acquired the Kingdom of Sicily
1720: Traded Sicily for Sardinia
1792: To France
1815: Restored
1860: To France
Armoiries Raugraf 1.svg Sax Baronyn/an/a1137/9: First mentioned
1248: Partitioned into Sax-Misox and Hohensax
Armoiries Raugraf 1.svg Sax-Misox Barony
1413: County
n/an/a1248: Partitioned from Sax
1413: HRE Count
1424: Joined the Grey League
1483: Most sold to Brandis
1485: Remainder sold to Lucerne
1540: Extinct
CoA Saxony County Palatine.svg Saxony County Palatinen/an/a965: Adalbero appointed Count Palatine of Saxony
1003: To Goseck
1097: To Sommerschenburg
1180: To Thuringia
1247: To Meissen
1291: Northern part sold to Brandenburg; southern part known as County Palatine of Thuringia
1347: Sold to Meissen
CoA Saxon Steed.svg Saxony Margraviate
888: Stem Duchy
n/an/ac. 850: Formed
888: Duchy
1180: Henry the Lion deposed; the old duchy of Saxony was broken up and former fiefs were granted imperial immediacy. Remaining unconnected territory around Hadeln, Lauenburg and Wittenberg to the House of Ascania; see below.
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxony Duchy
1356: Electorate
1806: Kingdom
Upp SaxEL1180: Remainder of the stem duchy to the House of Ascania
1212: Partitioned into Anhalt and itself
1296: Partitioned into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg
1356: Saxe-Wittenberg made Electorate of Saxony
1422: Extinct; succession dispute between Saxe-Lauenburg, Anhalt and Meissen
1423: Sold to Meissen, henceforth Electors of Saxony
1445: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Thuringia
1485: Partitioned into itself (Electorate - Ernestine line) and a Duchy (Albertine Line)
1542: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Coburg
1547: Capitulation of Wittenberg; Electorate to the Ducal (Albertine) line and the Electoral (Ernestine) relegated to a much reduced Duchy; see below
1559: Acquired Vogtland
1580: Acquired Mansfeld
1657: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt, Saxe-Merseburg and Saxe-Zeitz
1806: Kingdom
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxony Duchy
The Electorate of Saxony and Duchy of Saxony were separate entities 1485 - 1572
Upp SaxPR1485: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony
1547: Capitulation of Wittenberg; Electorate to the Ducal (Albertine) line and the Electoral (Ernestine) relegated to a much reduced Duchy; see above
1554: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha
1566: Reunited by Saxe-Weimar
1572: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Altenburg DuchyUpp SaxPR1603: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
1826: Partitioned from Saxe-Hildburghausen
1660: Acquired Themar and Meiningen
1672: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Weimar
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg Duchyn/an/a1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg
1321: Acquired Saxe-Ratzeburg. Ceded Bergedorf to Saxe-Mölln. Renamed to Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln Duchyn/an/a1321: Renamed from Saxe-Mölln
1359: Sold Mölln to Lübeck
1370: Sold remainder of the country to Lübeck
1401: Extinct; to Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Coburg DuchyUpp SaxPR1542: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1553: Extinct; to the Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1554: Partitioned from the Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1566: Under Imperial Ban; country to Saxe-Weimar
1596: Partitioned from Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
1633: Extinct; to Saxe-Eisenach
1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1699: Extinct; to Saxe-Saalfeld
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach DuchyUpp SaxPR1572: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1596: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Eisenach
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld DuchyUpp SaxPR1699: Renamed from Saxe-Saalfeld
1826: Renamed to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Eisenach DuchyUpp SaxPR1596: Partitioned from the Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
1638: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Weimar
1640: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
1644: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar
1662: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
1671: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar
1672: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
1741: Extinct; to Saxe-Weimar in personal union
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Eisenberg DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1707: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Gotha DuchyUpp SaxPR1554: Appanage created from Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1565: Extinct; to Saxe-Coburg
1640: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar
1680: Partitioned into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Eisenberg, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Saalfeld
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1826: Extinct; Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Hildburghausen
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Hildburghausen DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1826: Partitioned into Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Jena DuchyUpp SaxPR1672: Partitioned from the Saxe-Weimar
1690: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Lauenburg Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Wittenberg until 1356Low SaxPR1296: Partitioned from Saxony
1303: Partitioned into Saxe-Mölln, Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg and Saxe-Ratzeburg
1401: Reunited by Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg
1689: Extinct in male line; annexed by Brunswick-Lüneburg after exiling heiress Anna Maria and despite large succession dispute
1803: To France
1806: To Prussia
1807: To Westphalia
1811: To France
1813: To Hanover
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Meiningen DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Merseburg DuchyUpp SaxPR1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony
1668: Acquired Forst
1684: Appanages Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig, Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt and Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg created
1731: Inherited by Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg
1738: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt Duchyn/an/a1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg
1690: Extinct; appanage abolished
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg Duchyn/an/a1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg
1731: Inherited Saxe-Merseburg; appanage abolished
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig Duchyn/an/a1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg
1751: Extinct; appanage abolished
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Mölln Duchyn/an/a1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg
1321: Acquired Bergedorf; renamed to Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Ratzeburg Duchyn/an/a1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg
1308: Extinct in male line; half to Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg
1321: Extinct; rest to Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg Duchyn/an/a1321: Renamed from Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg
1401: Renamed to Saxe-Lauenburg
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Römhild DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1710: Extinct; to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Saalfeld DuchyUpp SaxPR1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha
1699: Acquired Coburg; renamed to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Thuringia Duchyn/an/a1445: Partitioned from Saxony
1482: Extinct; to Saxony
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Weimar DuchyUpp SaxPR1554: Partitioned from Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1566: Renamed to Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1572: Partitioned from Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line)
1603: Partitioned into Saxe-Altenburg and itself
1633: Bernard named Duke of Franconia
1640: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Gotha
1662: Partitioned into itself and Saxe-Eisenach
1672: Partitioned into itself, Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Jena
1741: Renamed to Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Duchy
1815: Grand Duchy
Upp SaxPR1741: Renamed from Saxe-Weimar; led Saxe-Eisenach in personal union
1815: Grand Duke
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Wittenberg Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Lauenburg n/an/a1296: Partitioned from Saxony
1290: Acquired Brehna
1356: Renamed to Electorate of Saxony
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby Duchyn/an/a1680: Appanage created within Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt
1739: Extinct; appanage abolished
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme Duchyn/an/a1711: Appanage created within Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt
1715: Extinct; appanage abolished
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt DuchyUpp SaxPR1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony
1680: Appanage Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby created
1711: Appanage Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme created
1746: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Zeitz DuchyUpp SaxPR1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony
1699: Appanage Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt created
1718: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony
Armoiries Saxe2.svg Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt Duchyn/an/a1699: Appanage created within Saxe-Zeitz
1713: Extinct; appanage abolished
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn Countyn/an/a1139: First mentioned
1247: Extinct in male line
1263: Extinct; to Sponheim-Starkenburg
1266: Partitioned from Sponheim-Starkenburg
1294: Partitioned into Sayn-Sayn and Sayn-Homburg
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Altenkirchen CountyLow RhenWE1652: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
1701: Extinct; to Saxe-Eisenach
1741: To Brandenburg-Ansbach
1791: To Prussia
1803: To Nassau-Usingen
1806: To Duchy of Nassau
1815: To Prussia
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Hachenburg CountyLow RhenWE1652: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
1714: Extinct; to Kirchberg
1799: To Nassau-Weilburg
1806: To Duchy of Nassau
1815: Parts ceded to Prussia
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Homburg Countyn/an/a1294: Partitioned from Sayn
1361: Acquired Wittgenstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Sayn CountyLow RhenWE1294: Partitioned from Sayn
1608: Extinct; succession dispute between Cologne and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Annexed by Cologne
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein CountyUpp RhenWT1361: Renamed from Sayn-Homburg
1605: Partitioned into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg County
1792: Principality
Upp RhenWT1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein
1694: Appanages Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg founded
1792: HRE Prince
1806: To Berg and Hesse-Darmstadt
1815: To Prussia
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein County
1801: Principality
Upp RhenWT1647: Renamed from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
1657: Partitioned into itself and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar
1801: HRE Prince
1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt
1816: To Prussia
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg Countyn/an/a1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
1806: To Grand Duchy of Hesse
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg Countyn/an/a1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn CountyLow RhenWE1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein; William III acquired rights to Sayn-Sayn by marriage, however Sayn-Sayn was annexed by Cologne
1636: Extinct in male line
1648: Acquired Sayn-Sayn
1652: Partitioned into Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Hachenburg
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar Countyn/an/a1657: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
1775: Extinct; to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
CoA Sayn County.svg Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein CountyUpp RhenWT1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein
1647: Acquired Hohnstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
CoA Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen.svg Schaffhausen
See: All Saints
Abbacy
Wappen Schaffhausen matt.svg Schaffhausen Imperial CitySwabSC1190: Free Imperial City
1330: To Austria
1415: Free Imperial City
1454: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
CoA Schaesberg County.svg Schaesberg Lordship
1637: Barony
1706: County
Low RhenWE1239: First mentioned; branch of Wassenberg
1410: Extinct; to Retersbeck who soon adopted the name Schaesberg
1618: Imperial immediacy around Schaesberg Palace
1637: HRE Baron
1706: HRE Count
1712: Acquired Kerpen and Lommersum as fief of the Palatinate
1786: Imperial immediacy in Kerpen and Lommersum; joined the Westphalian Counts
1795: To France
1803: Compensated with Tannheim
1806: To Württemberg
Blason de Holstein.svg Schaumburg Lordship
1295: County
Low RhenWE1110: Formed
1227: Acquired Holstein
1261: To Holstein-Itzehoe
1290: To Holstein-Schaumburg
1640: 1/2 to Hesse-Cassel, 1/2 to Lippe-Alverdissen
CoA Lippe Lordship.svg Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, etc.
CountyLow RhenWE1647: Renamed from Lippe-Alverdissen
CoA Schaunberg Family.svg Schaunberg Lordship
by 1316: County
AustWEc. 1160: First mentioned
By 1316: HRE Count
1367: Acquired Eferding
1390: Made fief of Austria
1548: Lost voting rights and representation in the Diet and Austrian Circle
1559: Extinct; to Austria
CoA Scheer County.svg Scheer (Scheer and Friedberg)Lordship
1463: County
1785: Princely County
Swabn/a1076: First mentioned; to Ruck
1181: To Montfort
1258: To Montfort-Tettnang
1354: To Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang
1414: To Zillenhard
1433: To Waldburg-Sonnenberg
1447: To Stein
1452: To Waldburg-Sonnenberg
1480: To Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg
1511: To Waldburg-Trauchburg
1580: To Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer
1696: Placed under Imperial administration
1717: To Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer
1764: To Waldburg-Trauchburg
1775: To Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
1785: To Thurn and Taxis
1806: To Württemberg
CoA Schellenberg Lordship.svg Schellenberg Lordship (mediate)--1137: First mentioned; vassals of Freising
12th Century: Relocated to modern location
1317: Sold to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
1377/8: To Werdenberg-Bludenz
1412: Sold to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang
1434: Sold to Brandis
1510: Sold to Sulz
1613: To Hohenems
1646: To Hohenems-Vaduz
1699: Sold to Liechtenstein
CoA Weinsberg Lordship.svg Scheuerberg Lordshipn/an/a1325: Partitioned from Weinsberg
1335: Sold to Mainz
1484: To the Teutonic Order
1806: To Württemberg
CoA Reichenau Abbey.svg Schillingen Lordshipn/an/aTo the Cathedral of Trier
1794: To France
1815: To Prussia
CoA Blankenheim, NRW.svg Schleiden Lordshipn/an/a1104: First mentioned
1149: Partitioned into itself and Blankenheim
1445: Extinct; to Manderscheid
1488: To Manderscheid-Schleiden
1560: To Manderscheid-Schleiden-Kerpen
1593: Divided between Manderscheid-Kail and Mark-Schleiden
1774: Mark portion to Arenberg
1794: All to France
1815: To Prussia
Blason ville fr Selestat (Alsace).svg Schlettstadt (Sélestat)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1216: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
1679: Left the Empire; annexed to France
Wappen Bistum Basel.svg Schliengen Lordshipn/an/a1170: To Üsenberg
1238: To Schaler
1337: To Neuenfels
1343: To Basel
1803: To Baden
CoA Schlitz genannt von Gortz.svg Schlitz genannt von Görtz Lordship
1677: Barony
1726: County
FrancWT1116: First mentioned as Schlitz; ministerialis of Fulda
1404: Renamed to Schlitz genannt von Görtz
1563: Acquired Pfarrstellen
1656: Imperial immediacy
1804: Seat in the Counts of the Wetterau
1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt
CoA Hesse State.svg Schmalkalden Lordshipn/an/a874: First mentioned; to Thuringia
1247: To Henneberg-Schleusingen
1360: Half to Hesse
1584: All to Hesse
CoA Kyrburg Wildgraviate.svg Schmidtburg Wildgraviate n/an/a1284: Partitioned from Kyrburg
1330: Extinct; to Trier
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn Lordshipn/an/a1275: First mentioned; ministerialis in the Rheingau, possibly vassals of Schaumburg, Diez and Katzenelnbogen
13th Century?: Partitioned into Schönborn-Burgschwalbach and Schönborn-Westerburg
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Buchheim CountyFrancFR1711: Renamed from Schönborn-Eschbach
1717: Partitioned into Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Schönborn-Heusenstamm
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Burgschwalbach Lordshipn/an/a13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn
c. 1350: Partitioned into itself and Schönborn-Stroß
15th Century: Partitioned into itself and Schönborn-Hahnstetten
?: Extinct; to Schönborn-Hahnstetten
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Eschbach Lordship
1663: Barony
1701: County
FrancFR1571: Partitioned from Schönborn-Westerburg
1650: Acquired Taibach
1661: Acquired Heusenstamm
1663: HRE Baron
1671: Joined the Franconian Counts
1701: HRE County
1710: Acquired Puchheim
1711: Renamed to Schönborn-Buchheim
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Freienfels Lordship
1663: Barony
FrancFR1571: Partitioned from Schönborn-Westerburg
1654: Extinct; to Schönborn-Eschbach
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Hahnstetten Lordshipn/an/a15th Century: Partitioned from Schönborn-Burgschwalbach
1640: Extinct
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Heusenstamm CountyFrancFR1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim
1801: Extinct; to Schönborn-Wiesentheid
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Stroß Lordshipn/an/ac. 1350: Partitioned from Schönborn-Burgschwalbach
c. 1400: Extinct
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Westerburg Lordshipn/an/a13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn
1466: Acquired Freienfels as fief of Katzenelnbogen
1571: Partitioned into Schönborn-Eschbach and Schönborn-Freienfels
CoA Schonborn Family.svg Schönborn-Wiesentheid CountyFrancFR1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim
1806: To Bavaria
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg Lordshipn/an/a1130: First mentioned
1182: Acquired Geringswalde
1256: Acquired Glauchau
1270: Acquired Crimmitschau
1286: Acquired Lichtenstein
c. 1300: Partitioned into Schönburg-Glauchau and Schönburg-Crimmitschau
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Crimmitschau Lordshipn/an/ac. 1300: Partitioned from Schönburg
1307: Made fief of Meissen
1405: Extinct; to Meissen
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Forderglauchau LordshipUpp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
1656: Extinct; to Schönburg-Wechselburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Hartenstein CountyUpp SaxWE1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1786: Extinct; to Schönburg-Stein
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Glauchau LordshipUpp SaxWEc. 1300: Partitioned from Schönburg
1352: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Pürschenstein
1378: Acquired Waldenburg
1406: Acquired Hartenstein
1543: Acquired Penig and Wechselburg as fiefs of Saxony
1548: Acquired Rochsburg as fief of Saxony
1566: Partitioned into itself, Schönburg-Waldenburg and Schönburg-Penig
1610: Extinct; to Schönburg-Penig
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Hinterglauchau Lordship
1700: County
Upp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
1679: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Rochsburg
1700: HRE Count
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1746: Partitioned into Schönburg-Remse, Schönburg-Rochsburg and itself
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Hoyerswerda LordshipUpp SaxWE1437: Renamed from Schönburg-Neuschönburg; fief of Upper Lusatia (in Bohemia)
1448: Annexed by Saxony
1554: Restored
1582: Sold to Promnitz
1584: Extinct
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Lichtenstein Lordship
1701: County
Upp SaxWE1614: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg
1664: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg
1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg
1740: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hartenstein, Schönburg-Stein and Schönburg-Waldenburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Neuschönburg Lordshipn/an/ac. 1400: Partitioned from Schönburg-Pürschenstein
1437: Acquired Hoyerswerda; renamed to Schönburg-Hoyerswerda
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Penig Lordship
1700: County
Upp SaxWE1566: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau
1612: Partitioned into Schönburg-Hinterglauchau, Schönburg-Rochsburg, Schönburg-Remse, Schönburg-Forderglauchau, Schönburg-Zschillen and Schönburg-Wechselburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Pürschenstein LordshipUpp SaxWE1352: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau
c. 1400: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Neuschönburg
1538: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hoyerswerda
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Remse Lordship
1746: County
Upp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
1640: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hinterglauchau
1746: Partitioned from Schönburg-Hinterglauchau; mediate to Saxony
1747: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Rochsburg Lordship
1700: County
Upp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
1636: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hinterglauchau
1679: Partitioned from Schönburg-Hinterglauchau
1700: HRE Count
1729: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hinterglauchau
1746: Partitioned from Schönburg-Hinterglauchau; mediate to Saxony
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Stein (Schönburg-Schwarzenbach)CountyUpp SaxWE1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1790: HRE Prince; renamed to Schönburg-Waldenburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Waldenburg Lordship
1700: County
1790: Principality
Upp SaxWE1566: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau
1614: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Lichtenstein
1700: HRE Count
1701: Partitioned into Schönburg-Hartenstein, Schönburg-Lichtenstein, Schönburg-Stein and itself
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1754: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hartenstein and Schönburg-Stein
1790: Renamed from Schönburg-Stein
1800: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Hartenstein
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Wechselburg Lordship
1764: County
Upp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
c. 1670: Partitioned into Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg and Schönburg-Wechselburg-Penig
1764: Reunited by Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg; mediate to Saxony
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Wechselburg-Penig Lordship
1700: County
Upp SaxWEc. 1670: Partitioned from Schönburg-Wechselburg
1700: HRE Count
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1764: Extinct; to Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg Lordship
1700: County
Upp SaxWEc. 1670: Partitioned from Schönburg-Wechselburg
1700: HRE Count
1740: Mediatised to Saxony
1764: Renamed to Schönburg-Wechselburg
CoA Schonburg County.svg Schönburg-Zschillen LordshipUpp SaxWE1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig
1664: Extinct; to Schönburg-Remsa
Armoiries de Brandenbourg.svg Schönecken Lordshipn/an/a1264: Partitioned from Vianden
1370: Extinct
1384: To Trier
CoA Hatzfeld Principality.svg Schönstein Lordshipn/an/a1250: To Burgdorf
1281: To Cologne
1589: To Hatzfeld-Wildenburg-Werther
1600: To Hatzfeld-Merthen-Schönstein
1681: To Hatzfeld-Wildenburg
1803: To Nassau
1815: To Prussia
CoA Schontal Abbey, BW.svg Schöntal Abbacyn/an/a1153: Formed
1157/63: Imperial immediacy
1418: Imperial abbey
1495: Status revoked
1802: Secularised; to Württemberg
CoA Schussenried Abbey, BW.svg Schussenried AbbacySwabSP1183: Formed
1211: Acquired secular territory
1440: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid
1806: To Württemberg
CoA Schwabegg Lordship.svg Schwabegg (Schwabeck)Lordshipn/an/a1110: First mentioned
1167: Extinct; to Hohenstaufen
1268: To Bavaria
CoA Tengen County.svg Schwäbisch Gmünd Imperial CitySwabSW1162: First mentioned; to Hohenstaufen
1268: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
CoA Schwabisch Hall, BW.svg Schwäbisch Hall Imperial CitySwabSW1063: First mentioned; to Comburg-Rothenburg
c. 1116: To Hohenstaufen
1280: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
CoA Donauworth, Bavaria.svg Schwäbisch Wörth (Donauwörth)Imperial CitySwabSW11th Century: First mentioned; to Bavaria
1308: Free Imperial City
1607: To Bavaria
1705: Free Imperial City
1714: To Bavaria
CoA Schwalenberg County.svg Schwalenberg Countyn/an/a1127: First mentioned
1180: Acquired Pyrmont
1194: Partitioned into itself and Pyrmont
1219: Partitioned into itself and Waldeck
1243: Partitioned into Sternberg and itself
1365: Extinct; to Lippe
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg Countyn/an/a11th Century: First mentioned
1160: Partitioned into itself and Käfernburg
1184: Extinct; to Käfernburg
1236: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Leutenberg and Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1379: Sold Saalfeld to Meissen
1599: Division into Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1754: HRE Council of Princes
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Arnstadt County
1697: Principality
Upp SaxWT1326: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1334: Acquired Rudolstadt
1340: Acquired Frankenhausen
1356: Acquired Sondershausen; partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1374: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Blankenburg and Schwarzburg-Ranis
1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1599: Renamed to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1651: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1669: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1781: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1697: HRE Prince
1718: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Principalityn/an/a1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1762: Extinct; appanage abolished
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Blankenburg CountyUpp SaxWT1236: Partitioned from Schwarzburg
1274: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg and itself
1306: Acquired Arnstadt
1326: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Arnstadt and itself
1357: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1374: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1385: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Ranis
1438: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1503: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1528: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen
1583: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Ebeleben CountyUpp SaxWT1651: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1681: Extinct; divided between Schwarzburg-Arnstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Ebeleben Principalityn/an/a1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen CountyUpp SaxWT1528: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1537: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1598: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1612: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1624: Traded territory with Count of Schwarzburg-Stadtilm
1634: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Keula Principalityn/an/a1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1740: Inherited Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; appanage abolished
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Leutenberg CountyUpp SaxWT1236: Partitioned from Schwarzburg
1259: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1362: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg
1564: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Neustadt Principalityn/an/a1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1749: Extinct; appanage abolished
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Ranis Countyn/an/a1374: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1418: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Prince of Schwarzburg (-Rudolstadt), Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg, Blankenburg, etc.
County
1710: Principality
Upp SaxWT / PR1356: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1438: Renamed to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1503: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1567: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1583: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1612: Partitioned into itself, Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen and Schwarzburg-Stadtilm
1710: HRE Prince
1754: Bench of Secular Princes
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg Countyn/an/a1274: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
1327: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg
1362: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Leutenberg
1399: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Leutenberg
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
HRE Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg
County
1697: Principality
Upp SaxWT / PR1599: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1651: Partitioned into Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, itself and Schwarzburg-Ebeleben
1681: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
1697: HRE Prince
1713: Appanages Schwarzburg-Keula, created
1754: Bench of Secular Princes
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Stadtilm CountyUpp SaxWT1612: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1624: Traded territory with Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen
1630: Inherited and renamed to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
CoA Schwarzburg County.svg Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg Countyn/an/a1327: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg
1360: Sold Spremberg to Bohemia
1369: Sold Wachsenburg to Thuringia
1450: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Leutenberg
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg
HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn)
Barony
1670: Principality
FrancFR / PR1429: Renamed from Seinsheim-Stephansberg
1435: Acquired Hohenlandsberg
1437: Partitioned into Schwarzenberg Franconian Line and Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg
1670: HRE Prince; Renamed from Schwarzenberg Franconian Line
1674: Bench of Secular Princes
1689: Acquired Klettgau
1806: Klettgau to Baden, rest to Bavaria
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line BaronyFrancFR1528: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg
1538: Partitioned into Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line and Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg-Bierset and Champlon Baronyn/an/ac. 1510: Edmund I of Schwarzenberg Franconian Line created side line; fief of Liège
1678: Extinct
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line Barony
1566: County
FrancFR1538: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line
1566: HRE Count
1646: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Franconian Line
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg Franconian Line
HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn)
Barony
1599: County
FrancFR1437: Renamed from Schwarzenberg
c. 1510: Side line Schwarzenberg-Bierset and Champlon created
1550: Acquired Gimborn
1599: HRE Count
1670: HRE Prince; renamed to Schwarzenberg
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg Barony
1566: County
FrancFR1437: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg
1528: Partitioned into Schwarzburg Bavarian Line and itself
1566: HRE Count
1588: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Franconian Line
Armoiries de Schwarzenberg 1.svg Schwarzenberg Younger Bavarian Line Barony
1566: County
FrancFR1538: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line
1566: HRE Count
1618: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line
Arms of the duchy of Swidnica.svg Schweidnitz (Świdnica)Duchyn/an/a1308: Partitioned from Jauer
1346: Inherited Jauer, renamed to Schweidnitz-Jauer
Arms of the duchy of Swidnica.svg Schweidnitz-Jauer Duchyn/an/a1346: Renamed from Schweidnitz after inheritance of Jauer
1368: Extinct in male line; to Agnes of Austria
1392: Extinct; to Bohemia
1742: To Prussia
CoA Schweinfurt, Bavaria.svg Schweinfurt County
941: Margraviate
n/an/a9th Century?: First mentioned
941: HRE Margrave
1003: Lost Nordgau to Bamberg
1057: Extinct in male line
1104: Extinct; sold to Eichstätt
CoA Schweinfurt, Bavaria.svg Schweinfurt Imperial CityFrancSW1233: Imperial Free City
1802: To Bavaria
1810: To Würzburg
1814: To Bavaria
CoA Schwerin Diocese.svg Schwerin BishopricLow SaxEC1053: Diocese established at Mecklenburg
1162: Relocated to Schwerin
1171: Acquired Bützow
1181: HRE Prince of the Empire
1648: Secularised as Principality for Mecklenburg-Schwerin, see below
CoA Schwerin Principality.svg Schwerin PrincipalityLow SaxPR1648: Bishopric secularised as principality for Mecklenburg-Schwerin
CoA Schwerin County.svg Schwerin Countyn/an/a1161: To Saxony
1167: Gunzelin I of Hagen; fief of Saxony
1180: Imperial immediacy
1203: Acquired Wittenburg and Boizenburg
1279: Partitioned into Schwerin-Schwerin and Schwerin-Wittenburg
CoA Schwerin County.svg Schwerin-Boizenburg Countyn/an/a1323: Partitioned from Schwerin-Wittenburg
1349: Extinct; to Schwerin-Wittenburg
CoA Schwerin County.svg Schwerin-Schwerin Countyn/an/a1279: Partitioned from Schwerin
1344: Extinct; to Schwerin-Wittenburg
CoA Schwerin County.svg Schwerin-Wittenburg Countyn/an/a1279: Partitioned from Schwerin
1323: Partitioned into itself and Schwerin-Boizenburg
1356: Side line Tecklenburg established
1357: Extinct; to Tecklenburg
1358: Sold to Mecklenburg-Schwerin
CHE Schwyz SZ COA.svg Schwyz Imperial ValleySwabn/a972: To Lenzburg
1173: To Habsburg
1240: Free Imperial Valley
1291: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
CoA Seckau Diocese.svg Seckau BishopricAustEC1218: Established; HRE Prince of the Empire
16th Century: Removed from the Austrian Circle and Bench of Spiritual Princes as it did not possess immediate territory
CoA Querfurt County.svg Seeburg Countyn/an/ac. 1036: Partitioned from Querfurt
1182: Sold to Magdeburg
1192: Extinct
1287: Sold to Mansfeld Elder Line
CoA Seinsheim Barony.svg Seinsheim Lordship
1580: Barony
FrancFRc. 1200: First mentioned
c. 1260: Partitioned into Seinsheim-Stephansberg and Seinsheim-Erlach
Renamed from Seinsheim-Hohenkottenheim; HRE Baron
c. 1590: Joined the Franconian Counts
1591: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg
CoA Seinsheim Barony.svg Seinsheim-Erlach Lordshipn/an/ac. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim
c. 1360: Partitioned into itself and Seinsheim-Hohenkottenheim
1433: Extinct; to Seinheim-Hohenkottenheim
CoA Seinsheim Barony.svg Seinsheim-Hohenkottenheim Lordshipn/an/ac. 1360: Partitioned from Seinsheim-Erlach
1580: Renamed to Seinsheim
CoA Seinsheim Barony.svg Seinsheim-Stephansberg Lordshipn/an/ac. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim
1420: Acquired Schwarzenberg
1429: Renamed to Schwarzenberg
Blason ville fr Selestat (Alsace).svg Sélestat
See: Schlettstadt
Imperial City
Coats of arms of None.svg Selz (Seltz)AbbacyEl Rhinn/a991: Founded
992: Imperial immediacy
1481: To the Palatinate
1680: To France
1692: Suppressed
Blason ville fr Seltz.svg Selz (Seltz)Imperial Cityn/an/a1358: Free Imperial City
1418: To the Palatinate
1680: To France
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen Lordshipn/an/a1289: First mentioned
1466: Acquired Merxheim
1525: Acquired Schallodenbach
1574: Partitioned into Sickingen-Schallodenbach, Sickingen-Landstuhl, Sickingen-Sickingen, Sickingen-Ebernburg and Sickingen-Hohenburg
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen-Ebernburg Lordshipn/an/a1574: Partitioned from Sickingen
1750: Sold to the Palatinate
1768: Extinct
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen-Hohenburg CountySwabSC1574: Partitioned from Sickingen
1606: HRE Baron
1784: HRE Count
1791: Joined the Swabian Counts
1794: Left-bank territory to France
1806: Remaining territory to Baden
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen-Landstuhl Lordshipn/an/a1574: Partitioned from Sickingen
1680: Extinct; divided between Sickingen-Hohenburg and Sickingen-Sickingen
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen-Schallodenbach Lordshipn/an/a1574: Partitioned from Sickingen
1684: Extinct
CoA Sickingen Family.svg Sickingen-Sickingen Lordshipn/an/a1574: Partitioned from Sickingen
1794: To France
1834: Extinct
CoA Siegberg, NRW.svg Siegburg
See: Michaelsberg
Abbacy
CoA Sigmaringen County.svg Sigmaringen Countyn/an/a1077: First mentioned
1083: Acquired Spitzenberg
1147: To Helfenstein
1200: To Helfenstein-Sigmaringen
1258: To Helfenstein-Helfenstein
1272: To Montfort-Bregenz
1290: Sold to Austria
1325: To Württemberg
1399: To Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen
1445: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
1460: Made fief of Austria
1471: To Werdenberg-Sigmaringen
1508: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
1534: To Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1575: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
CoA Sinzendorf Family.svg Sinzendorf Lordshipn/an/a13th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria
1404: Acquired Feyregg
c. 1450: Partitioned into Sinzendorf-Feyregg and Sinzendorf-Fridau-Neuburg
CoA Sinzendorf Family.svg Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn
HRE Prince of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen, Burgrave of Winterrieden, Baron of Ernstbrunn
Lordship
1610: Barony
1653: County
1803: Principality
El RhinWE1592: Renamed from Sinzendorf-Feyregg
1610: HRE Baron
1653: Acquired Rheineck; HRE Count
1796: Rheineck to France
1803: Compensated with Winterrieden; HRE Prince
1806: To Bavaria
CoA Sinzendorf Family.svg Sinzendorf-Feyregg Lordshipn/an/ac. 1450: Partitioned from Sinzendorf
1566: Sold Feyregg
1592: Acquired Ernstbrunn; renamed to Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn
CoA Sinzendorf Family.svg Sinzendorf-Fridau-Neuburg Lordship
1610: Barony
1654: County
SwabSCc. 1450: Partitioned from Sinzendorf
1497: Acquired Fridau
1610: HRE Baron
1654: Acquired Neuburg; HRE Count
1677: Acquired Thannhausen; Swabian Counts
1680: Lost Neuburg to Austria
1708: Sold Thannhausen to Stadion
1767: Extinct
Wappen Wallis matt.svg Sion (Sitten)Bishopricn/an/a4th Century: Established at Martigny
589: Relocated to Sion
999: Acquired Valais
1648: Left the Empire as an ally of Switzerland
Armoiries de Moncler.svg Soest Imperial CityLow RhenRH1252: Free Imperial City
1609: Awarded to Brandenburg, city refused
1616: To Brandenburg
Coats of arms of None.svg Söflingen (Söfflingen)AbbacySwabSP1258: Formed
1773: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
CoA Solms County.svg Solms Countyn/an/a1212: First mentioned
1258: Partitioned into Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burg-Solms and Solms-Königsberg
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Assenheim CountyUpp RhenWT1699: Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim
1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt)
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Baruth CountyUpp RhenWT1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach
c. 1676: Renamed to Solms-Rödelheim; appanages Solms-Laubach, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Wildenfels created
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Baruth Countyn/an/ac. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim
1696: Appanage Solms-Baruth in Klitschdorf created
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Baruth in Klitschdorf Countyn/an/a1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Baruth
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Braunfels County
1742: Principality
Upp RhenWT / PR1258: Partitioned from Solms
1324: Side line Solms-Ottenstein founded
1418: Acquired Münzenberg, Hungen, Lich and Laubach
1420: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Lich
1607: Partitioned into itself, Solms-Greifenstein and Solms-Hungen
1693: Inherited by Solms-Greifenstein
1696: Acquired Tecklenburg
1707: Sold Tecklenburg to Prussia
1742: HRE Prince
1803: Bench of Princes
1806: Braunfels and Greifenstein to Nassau, share of Limpurg to Württemberg, rest to Hesse-Darmstadt
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Burg-Solms (Solms-Burgsolms)Countyn/an/a1258: Partitioned from Solms
1415: Extinct; to Solms-Braunfels
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Greifenstein CountyUpp RhenWT1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels
1693: Inherited and renamed to Solms-Braunfels
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Hohensolms CountyUpp RhenWT1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich
1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Hohensolms-Lich County
1792: Principality
Upp RhenWT1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich
1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
1792: HRE Prince
1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt)
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Hungen CountyUpp RhenWT1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels
1678: Extinct; to Solms-Greifenstein
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Königsberg Countyn/an/a1258: Partitioned from Solms
1350: Königsberg to Hesse
1364: Extinct; to Solms-Burg-Solms by marriage
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Königstein Countyn/an/a1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels
1792: Extinct; appanage abolished
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Laubach CountyUpp RhenWT1548: Partitioned from Solms-Lich
1581: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Sonnewalde
1627: Partitioned into Solms-Rödelheim, itself, Solms-Sonnewalde and Solms-Baruth
1676: Extinct; to Solms-Baruth
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Laubach Countyn/an/ac. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim
1696: Appanages Solms-Utphe and Solms-Wildenfels created
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Lich CountyUpp RhenWT1420: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels
1461: Acquired Assenheim and Rödelheim
1537: Acquired Sonnewalde as fief of Lusatia
1548: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Laubach
1562: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Hohensolms
1718: Extinct; to Solms-Hohensolms
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Ottenstein Countyn/an/a1324: Established by Henry V of Solms-Braunfels after acquisition of Ottenstein
1408: To Münster
1424: Extinct
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Rödelheim CountyUpp RhenWT1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach
1635: Extinct; to Solms-Baruth
c. 1676: Renamed from Solms-Baruth
1699: Partitioned into itself and Solms-Assenheim
1716: Extinct; to Solms-Assenheim
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sachsenfeld Countyn/an/a1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde Countyn/an/a1581: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach; fief of Saxony
1615: Extinct; to Solms-Laubach
1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach
1688: Partitioned into Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch and Solms-Sonnewalde-Hillmersdorf
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch Countyn/an/a1688: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde
1728: Partitioned into Solms-Sonnewalde-Wendisch Sohland, Solms-Sonnewalde-Kropstädt, itself and Solms-Sonnewalde-Rösa
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde-Hillmersdorf Countyn/an/a1688: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde
1718: Extinct; to Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde-Kropstädt Countyn/an/a1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde-Rösa Countyn/an/a1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Sonnewalde-Wendisch Sohland Countyn/an/a1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Utphe Countyn/an/a1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Laubach
1762: Extinct; appanage abolished
CoA Solms County.svg Solms-Wildenfels Countyn/an/ac. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim
1690: Extinct; appanage abolished
1696: Recreated as appanage within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Laubach
1741: Appanages Solms-Sachsenfeld and Solms-Königstein split off
CoA Solothurn Canton.svg Solothurn Imperial CitySwabSW1127: To Zähringen
1218: Free Imperial City
1353: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
Armoiries de Sombreffe 1.svg Sombreffe (Sombreff, Someruff, Zimerauff)LordshipLow RhenWE13th Century: First mentioned; to Orbais as fief of Brabant
1397: Acquired Reken
1446: To Vernembourg
1501: Rekem to Pirmont
1506: Acquired Reichenstein
1523: Sold Reichenstein to Wied
1543: To Culembourg
CoA Sonnenberg County.svg Sonnenberg Lordship
1463: County
n/an/a1242: First mentioned; to Montfort
1258: To Werdenberg-Sargans
1342: To Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans
1455: Sold to Waldburg-Sonnenberg
1474: Sold to Austria
CoA Speyer Diocese.svg Speyer BishopricUpp RhenEC614: First mentioned
7th Century: Acquired territory in the Speyergau
1086: Acquired remainder of the Speyergau
1792: Left-bank territory to France
1803: Right-bank territory to Baden
1816: Left-bank territory to Bavaria
DEU Speyer COA.svg Speyer Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1294: Free Imperial City
1792: To France
1816: To Bavaria
CoA Spiegelberg County.svg Spiegelberg CountyLow RhenWE1200: First mentioned; to Poppenburg
1217: Renamed from Poppenburg
1225: Lost Spiegelberg to Homburg
1300: Moved to Coppenbrügge
1494: Acquired Pyrmont
1568: To Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont
1583: To Gleichen-Tonna
1631: To Brunswick-Calenberg
Coats of arms of None.svg Spoleto Duchyn/an/a842: Invested on Guy of Nantes
880: Partitioned into itself and Camerino
1201: To the Papal States
CoA Farther Sponheim.svg Sponheim Countyn/an/a1045: First mentioned
c. 1234: Partitioned into Sponheim-Starkenburg, Sponheim-Heinsberg and Sponheim-Kreuznach
CoA Hither Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Bolanden Countyn/an/a1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach
1410: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg by marriage
CoA Hither Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Castellaun (Sponheim-Kastellaun)Countyn/an/a1300: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach
1340: Inherited and renamed to Sponheim-Kreuznach
CoA Farther Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Heinsberg Countyn/an/ac. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim
1269: Partitioned into Heinsberg and Löwenburg
CoA Hither Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Kreuznach (Hither Sponheim; Vordere Sponheim)Countyn/an/ac. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim
1277: Partitioned into itself, Sponheim-Bolanden and Sponheim-Neef
1300: Partitioned into Sponheim-Castellaun and itself
1340: Inherited by Sponheim-Castellaun
1417: Extinct; to Sponheim-Starkenburg
CoA Hither Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Neef Countyn/an/a1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach
1303: Extinct; to Metz-Scharfeneck
CoA Farther Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Sayn
See: Sayn
County
CoA Farther Sponheim.svg Sponheim-Starkenburg (Farther Sponheim; Hintere Sponheim)Countyn/an/ac. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim
1247: Acquired Sayn by marriage
1266: Partitioned into Sayn and itself
1437: Extinct; to Veldenz and Baden in condominium
CoA Stadion Family.svg Stadion Lordship1197: First mentioned; branch of Stain
1392: Partitioned into Stadion Swabian Line and Stadion Alsatian Line
CoA Stadion Family.svg Stadion Alsatian Line Lordship
1686: Barony
1705: County
SwabSC1392: Partitioned from Stadion
1686: HRE Baron
1696: Acquired Warthausen
1705: Acquired Thannhausen; HRE Count
1708: Joined the Swabian Counts
1741: Partitioned into Stadion-Warthausen and Stadion-Thannhausen
CoA Stadion Family.svg Stadion Swabian Line Lordshipn/an/a1392: Partitioned from Stadion
1585: Acquired Alberweiler
1693: Extinct; to Stadion Alsatian Line
CoA Stadion Family.svg Stadion-Thannhausen CountySwabSC1741: Partitioned from Stadion Alsatian Line
1806: To Bavaria
CoA Stadion Family.svg Stadion-Warthausen CountySwabSC1741: Partitioned from Stadion Alsatian Line
1806: To Württemberg
CoA Stain Family.svg StainLordship
1611: Barony
1779: County
n/an/a922: First mentioned
1611: HRE Baron
1779: HRE Count
1806: To Württemberg
Blason Seigneurs de Stargard.svg Stargard Lordshipn/an/a1130: To Pomerania
1236: To Brandenburg
1304: To Mecklenburg as fief of Brandenburg
1347: To Mecklenburg directly
1352: To Mecklenburg-Stargard
1471: To Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1520: To Mecklenburg-Güstrow
1701: To Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Blason fam at Starhemberg.svg Starhemberg 1679: HRE Count (Personalist)
1765: HRE Prince (Personalist)
n/aFR1679: Formed
12th century: Family 1st mentioned
Blason fam at Starhemberg.svg Starhemberg-Schaumburg-Wachsenberg
Prince of Starhemberg, Count of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg, etc.
1705: HRE PrinceAcquired County of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg
CoA Stauffer zu Ehrenfels Family.svg Stauf-Ehrenfels Lordship
1465: Barony
County
BavarianSC1138: First mentioned; ministerialis of Regensburg
1328: Lost Stauf to Nuremberg
1385: Acquired Heimhof
1427: Traded Heimhof for Köfering
1432: Acquired Ehrenfels
1448: Acquired Sünching and Triftlfing
1465: HRE Baron
1500: Acquired Schrotzhofen
1552: First appearance at the Imperial Diet
1568: Sold Ehrenfels to Palatinate-Neuburg
1598: Extinct; remainder to Palatinate-Neuburg
CoA Stauffen Family.svg Staufen Lordship
14th Century: Barony
SwabSC12th Century: First mentioned
13th Century: Imperial immediacy
1346: Acquired Werrach
Late 14th Century: HRE Baron
1602: Extinct; to Austria
Coats of arms of None.svg Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy (Stablo-Malmedy)RALow RhenEC648: Malmedy Abbey established
651: Stavelot Abbey established; ruled in union
747: Acquired territory from Carloman
882: Acquired Blendef
1793: To France
1816: To the Netherlands
1830: To Belgium
CoA Rhinegraviate Stein.svg Stein County
1194: Rhinegraviate
1350: Wild- and Rhinegraviate
n/an/a1126: First mentioned; branch of Petra
1194: Acquired 1/2 of the Rhinegraviate
1220: Partitioned into Stein-Rheingrafenstein and Stein-Rheinberg
1305/6: Reunited by Stein-Rheingrafenstein
1350: Acquired Dhaun
1419: Acquired Kyrburg
1475: Acquired Salm in the Vosges, renamed to Salm
CoA Rhinegraviate Stein.svg Stein-Rheinberg Rhinegraviate n/an/a1220: Partitioned from Stein
1305/6: Extinct; to Stein-Rheingrafenstein
CoA Rhinegraviate Stein.svg Stein-Rheingrafenstein Rhinegraviate n/an/a1220: Partitioned from Stein
1223: Acquired remainder of the Rhinegraviate
1281: Rhinegraviate to Mainz
1305/6: Renamed to Stein
CoA Stein am Rhein, Schaffhausen 1951.svg Stein am Rhein
See: St George in Stein
Abbacy
CoA Stein am Rhein, Schaffhausen 1951.svg Stein am Rhein Imperial Cityn/an/a1457: Free Imperial City
1484: To Zürich
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
CoA Stein zu Nassau Family.svg Stein zu Nassau Lordship
15th Century: Barony
n/an/a1195: First mentioned; fief of Nassau
1361: Acquired Schweighausen
15th Century: HRE Baron
1804: To Nassau
CoA Steinfurt County.svg Steinfurt Lordship
1495: County
Low RhenWE1129: First mentioned
1343: To Bishopric of Münster
1357: Acquired Laer and part of their former territory
1421: To Bentheim
1454: To Bentheim-Steinfurt
1804: To Bentheim and Steinfurt
1806: To Berg
1811: To France
1815: To Prussia
CoA Sternberg County.svg Sternberg Countyn/an/a1243: Partitioned from Schwalenberg
1377: Sold to Schaumburg
1400: Half sold to Lippe
1402: Extinct; rest sold to Lippe
CoA Sternberg-Manderscheid.svg Sternberg-Manderscheid CountyLow RhenWF1780: Franz Joseph of Sternberg acquired Manderscheid-Blankenheim by marriage
1794: To France
1803: Compensated with Schussenried and Weissenau
1806: To Württemberg
CoA Stornstein Princely County.svg Sternstein
See: Störnstein
Princely County
CoA Stetten Family.svg Stetten Lordshipn/an/a1098: First mentioned; ministerialis of Comburg Abbey
1336: Acquired Buchenbach
1387: Acquired Tierburg
1806: To Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg CountyUpp SaxWT1200: First mentioned at Artern
1210: First mentioned at Stolberg
1231: Partitioned into itself and Bockstädt
1429: Acquired Wernigerode
1535: Side line Stolberg-Königstein founded
1544: Partitioned into Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Wernigerode
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Gedern County
1742: Principality
Upp RhenWT1672: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode
1710: Partitioned into itself, Stolberg-Wernigerode and Stolberg-Schwarza
1742: HRE Prince
1804: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Königstein CountyUpp RhenWT1535: Established when Louis of Stolberg acquired Eppstein-Königstein
1544: Acquired Rochefort
1574: Rochefort to Löwenstein-Wertheim
1581: Extinct; Königstein to Mainz; rest to Stolberg-Wernigerode
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Schwarza CountyUpp RhenWT1710: Partitioned from Stolberg-Gedern
1743: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Stolberg CountyUpp RhenWT1544: Partitioned from Stolberg
1549: Acquired Schwarza
1631: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode
1645: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode
1706: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Rossla
1806: To Saxony
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Rossla (Stolberg-Roßla)CountyUpp RhenWT1572: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode
1641: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode
1706: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg
1730: Mediatised to Saxony
CoA Stolberg County.svg Stolberg-Wernigerode CountyUpp RhenWT1544: Partitioned from Stolberg
1572: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Rossla
1581: Acquired Gedern and Baldern
1645: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Stolberg
1672: Partitioned into itself and Stolberg-Gedern
1710: Extinct; to and partitioned from Stolberg-Gedern
1714: Mediatised to Prussia
1804: Inherited Gedern
1806: Gedern to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt)
Armoiries Raugraf 1.svg Stolzenberg Raugraviate n/an/a1172: Partitioned from Baumburg
1358: Extinct; to Bolanden
CoA Strele Family.svg Storkow Lordshipn/an/a1136: First mentioned; to Lusatia / Meissen
1202: To Strele as fief of Landsberg
1384: To Biberstein
1518: To Lebus
1556: To Brandenburg-Küstrin
1575: To Brandenburg
CoA Stornstein Princely County.svg Störnstein (Sternstein)Lordship
1641: Princely County
Bavn/a12th Century: First mentioned; to Stöhr
14th Century: To Pflugk
To Heideck
1355: Made fief of Bohemia
c. 1548: Confiscated by Austria
1562: To Lobkowitz as fief of Bohemia
1641: HRE Princely Count; imperial immediacy; Bavarian Circle
1806: To Bavaria
CoA Strasbourg Diocese.svg Strasbourg BishopricUpp RhenECBefore 343: Diocese established
775: Acquired territory
982: Imperial immediacy
1681: Left bank to France
1803: Right bank to Baden
Coat of Arms of Strasbourg.svg Strasbourg Imperial Cityn/an/a1262: Free Imperial City
(Strassburg; Straßburg)
1681: To France
CoA Lupfen County.svg Stühlingen County
1120: Landgraviate
SwabSC1084: First mentioned
1120: Lenzburg made HRE Landgraves
1127: To Küssenberg
1251: To Lupfen
1584: To Pappenheim-Stühlingen
1639: To Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
1806: To Baden
CoA Styria Duchy.svg Styria (Steiermark)DuchyAustn/a970: First mentioned; Carinthian March under Carinthia
1180: Margraviate to HRE Duke
1192: To Austria
1254: To Hungary
1260: To Bohemia
1276: To Austria
1379: To Inner Austria
1436: To Austria
1564: To Inner Austria
1619: To Austria
CoA Sulz County.svg Sulz CountySwabSC910: First mentioned
1252: Lost Sulz to Gerolseck
1283: Lost Baar to Fürstenberg
1410: Acquired Klettgau
1482: Acquired Tiengen and Küssaburg
1510: Acquired Vaduz, Blumenegg and Schellenberg
1572: Partitioned into Sulz-Klettgau and Sulz-Vaduz
CoA Sulz County.svg Sulz-Klettgau CountySwabSC1572: Partitioned from Sulz
1651: Sold Rafzerfeld to Zürich
1698: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg by marriage
CoA Sulz County.svg Sulz-Vaduz CountySwabSC1572: Partitioned from Sulz
1613: Sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Hohenems
1616: Sold Blumenegg to Weingarten Abbey
1617: Extinct
Wappen Sulzbach (Taunus).svg Sulzbach Imperial Villagen/an/a1035: To Limburg Abbey
1339: Free Imperial Village
1450: Sold to Frankfurt
1613: Free Imperial Village
1804: To Nassau
CoA Wolfstein Family.svg Sulzbürg Lordshipn/an/a1217: First mentioned
1290: Renamed to Wolfstein
CoA Wolfstein Family.svg Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum (Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum)Barony
1673: County
BavFR1522: Lords of Wolfstein raised to barons in their immediate territories of Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum; Bavarian Circle
1673: HRE Count; Bench of Counts of Franconia
1740: Succession dispute between Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Giech, and Bavaria
1768: To Bavaria
Blason departement fr Haut-Rhin.svg Sundgau
See Upper Alsace
Landgraviate
Arms of Swabia.svg Swabia Duchyn/an/ac. 911: Formed from the former Stem Duchy of Alemannia
1079: To Hohenstaufen
1268: Discontinued with the extinction of Hohenstaufen; former fiefs granted immediacy
1289: Reestablished for Habsburgs
1313: Discontinued
Arms of Swabia.svg Swabia Landvogtein/an/a1541: Created from imperial and Austrian fiefs in Upper and Lower Swabia
1740: Renamed to Altdorf
1805: Gebrahofen to Bavaria, rest to Württemberg
1810: Gebrahofen to Württemberg
Austria coat of arms official.svg Swabian Austria
See: Further Austria
Landgraviate
Arms of the duchy of Swidnica.svg Świdnica
See: Schweidnitz
Duchy

References

  1. Hans-Walter Herrmann (2005). "Saarbrücken, Grafen v.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 22. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 318–319.