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The High Nobility and the Imperial Constitution

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The German Ruling Houses

Since the French Revolution of 1789





The English-German Dictionary

Holy Roman Empire = heiliges römisches Reich
Confederation of the Rhine = Rheinbund
German Confederation = Deutsche Bund
Imperial Circle = Reichskreis
Imperial Assembly = Reichstag
Imperial Estate = Reichsstand
Estate = Stand
immediate = unmmitelbar
Emperor = Kaiser
King = König
Grand Duke = Grossherzog
Archduke = Erzherzog
Duke = Herzog
Prince = Fürst, Prinz
Royal Prince = köninglicher Prinz
Prince-Elector/ Elector = Kurfürst
Margrave/Marquess = Markgraf
Landgrave = Landgraf
Burgrave = Burggraf
Count = Graf
Princely Count = gefürsteter Graf
Count-Palatine = Pfalzgraf
Baron = Freiherr
Noble Lord = Edler Herr
Lord = Herr
Knight = Ritter
Voice = Stimme
Overlordship = Hoheit
Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation = Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
Council of the Electors = Kurfürstenrat
Council of the Princes = Fürstenrat
College of the Imperial Counts = Reichsgrafenkollegium



Legend

HRE : the Holy Roman Empire
[Erbach, Breuberg, Wildenstein] : Imperial immediate territories included in Imperial Circles, if not otherwise described.
[Knightly possessions] : immediate territories included in Imperial Knightly Circles.
(Acquired) : a territory was acquired
(Lost) : a territory was lost
(Bought) a territory was bought
(Sold) : a territory was sold
* ------------------ : the changes introduced by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation of 1803

(Lost by Lunéville, 1801) : a territory was lost by the treaty of Lunéville (1801)
(Acquired by Final Recess, 1803) : a territory was acquired by the Final Recess (1803)
(Mediatized) : a territory was mediatized
(Mediatized)[state] : a territory was mediatized by a state.
(Restored 1813-1815) : a territory was restored after the fall of Napoleoic Germany in 1813:
(Extinct) : a branch of a house became extinct in the male line
(Kings of Prussia): major possessions outside the Empire
[1798-1806] : years of sovereign rule in Imperial immediate territories.
[1798-*] : years of sovereign rule that ended with the French occupation of Imperial immediate territories.
(These loses were finally confirmed by the treaty of Lunéville in 1803)
(1760-1823) : years of life
(+1823) : a year of death
~ 1786 : a marriage and its year (shown for all the female rulers; for the male persons shown when their spouses were rulers of their own rights)
// : comments
Prss : Princess
Ctss : Countess




Voices in the Imperial Assembly

(Electors) : voices in the Council of Electors
(Princes) : individual voices in the Council of the Princes
(Swabia) : voices in the College of the Imperial Counts of Swabia
(Franconia) : voices in the College of the Imperial Counts of Franconia
(Wetterau) : voices in the College of the Imperial Counts of Wetterau
(Westphalia) : voices in the College of the Imperial Counts of Westphalia
(Princes:%), (Franconia:%) : shared voices
(Princes:3), (Westphalia:2) : several voices in the same Council or College
* (Electors) : the new voices in the Councils of Electors promised by the Final Recess of 1803
* (Princes) : the new individual voices in the Councils of Princes promised by the Final Recess of 1803


The Families' attributes

* - the Imperial Estate status by 1600
^ - the Imperial Princely rank by 1806 (at the end of the Empire)


The groups based on devision of Almanach de Gotha and Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels

[I] The European houses that reigned in the 19th and 20th centuries (after 1815).
[II] The German high noble houses equal by birth to the reigning houses (Genealogie der deutschen standesherrlichen Häuser).
[III] The non-reigning Ducal and Princely houses of Europe.
[IV] The German comital houses not included in the [II] Group (Genealogisches Handbuch der Gräflichen Häuser).








Reichskrone


The Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany

Joseph II (1741-1790) [1765-1790]
Leopold II (1747-1792) [1790-1792]
Franz II (1768-1835) [1792-1806]







I. The Noble Houses
who by 1789 had voted in the Imperial Assembly (Reichstag) and in Assemblies of the Imperial Circles


1. The brief historical notes show the families' origin, their status in the 16th-19th centuries, years of acquisition the Imperial immiate territories, the status of Imperial Estate, the status of Imperial Circle Estate and the Imperial and other titles of territorial dominion.
2. The apanage branches, which had neither Territoris Supremacy (Landeshoheit ) nor repersentation in the Imperial Assembly, were not included in the list: e.g. Hesse-Philippsthal, Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lippe-Weissenfels, Reuss-Köstritz, Holstein-Sonderburg, etc.




- Abensberg-Traun [IV]



- Anhalt [I] * ^



Coat of Arms of the House of Arenberg
- Arenberg [II] * ^ More ...



- Aspremont-Lynden



Coat of Arms of the House of Auersperg

- Auersperg [II]



- Austria (Österreich) [I] * ^




Coat of Arms of the House of Baden

- Baden [I] * ^



- Bassenheim see Waldbott of Bassenheim



Coat of Arms of the House of Bavaria

- Bavaria (Bayern) & the Palatinate (Pfalz) [I] * ^




Coat of Arms

- Bentheim [II] *



- Brandenburg [I] * ^



- Brunswick (Braunschweig) [I] * ^




- Castell [II] *



Coat of Arms of the House of Denmark-Holstein

- Denmark see Holstein [I] * ^




Coat of Arms of the House of Dietrichstein

-Dietrichstein [II] ^ 1880 (Extinct)




- Erbach



- Fürstenberg [II] * ^



- Fugger [II] *



- Hanover (Hannover) [I] * ^



- Hesse (Hessen) [I] * ^ More ...




Coat of Arms of the House of Hohenlohe

- Hohenlohe [II] * ^




Coat of Arms of the House of Hohenzollern
- Hohenzollern [I] * ^




Coat of Arms of the House of Holstein
- Holstein [I] * ^




Coat of Arms of the House of Isenburg

- Isenburg / Ysenburg [II] *





Coat of Arms
- Kaunitz [II] ^



- Kirchberg-Farnroda 1799 (Extinct)
(A noble family. Non-immediate Burgraves of Kirchberg.
1675/1715 immediate Counts of Sayn)
(Westphalia)
(Burgrave of Kirchberg,
Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein,
Lord of Farnroda)
[Sayn-Hachenburg]
Johann-August (1714-1799) [1777-1799]
Louise (1772-1827) [1799-]
~ 1788 Friedrich-Wilheln Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768-1816)



- Königsegg / Koenigseck [II] *



- Leiningen [II] *



- Leiningen-Westerburg [II] *



- Leyen-Hohengeroldseck [II]



- Liechtenstein [I] ^



- Ligne [III] ^
(A noble family.
Lords, 1492 Barons of Ligne)

{Ligne}
(1503 non-immediate Counts of Faucquenberg.
1544 HRE Counts.
1601 HRE Princes.
Immediate Lords, 1770 Counts of Fagnolles.
1786 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle.
? 1788 (or 1786) Imperial Estate)
(Westphalia)
* ------------------
* (Princes)
(HRE Prince of Ligne & Amblise/Amblia ,
Margrave of Roubaix/Roubais & Dormans,
Count of Fauquemberghe,
Baron of Werchin, Beloeil, Antoing, Cisoing, Villiers, Silly, Herzelles;
Sovereign of Fagnolles;
Lord of Baudour,Wallincourt, & other lands )
[Fagnolles (1789 Ligne)] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Edelstetten] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1804 (Sold)(Esterházy of Galántha)
Karl-Joseph (1735-1814) [1766-1804]

{Arenberg} see Arenberg



- Limburg-Styrum [IV] *



- Lobkowitz [II] ^
(A Bohemian noble family.
1459 HRE Barons.
.. non-imeddiate Lords of Neustadt.
1624 HRE Princes.
1641 immediate Princely Counts of Sternstein (Neustadt).
1646-1785 non-immediate Dukes in Silesia of Sagan.
1653 Imperial Estate.
1786 non-immediate Dukes of Raudnitz)
1653 (Princes)
(HRE Prince of Lobkowitz,
Duke in Silesia of Sagan,
Princely Count of Sternstein,
Lord of Raudnitz)
1786 (HRE Prince of Lobkowitz,
Duke of Raudnitz,
Princely Count of Sternstein)
[Sternstein] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Franz-Joseph (1772-1816) [1784-1806]



- Löwenstein-Wertheim [II] * More ...



- Manderscheid * 1780 (Extinct)
(An ancient immediate family.
Non-immediate Lords of Manderscheid.
1457 HRE Counts.
1468 immediate Lords of Blankenheim)
(HRE Count of Sternberg,
Ruling Count of Manderscheid, Blankenheim and Gerolstein,
Baron of Jünkerath, Dollendorf, Meerfeld, Kronenburg, Bettingen, Heistart and Schüller,
Lord of Erp, Daun, Monzel, Osann, Kail, Neuerburg and Betting etc.)
(Westphalia)
[Blankenheim, Gerolstein/Geroltstein] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Schussenried,Weissenau] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Augusta (1744-1811) [1780-1806]
~ 1762 Philipp-Christian Count of Sternberg (1732-1798)



- The Mark / Marck *
(An ancient immediate comital family (Altena))

{Mark-Lummen/Lumain} 1773 (Extinct)
(Non-immediate Barons of Lummen.
1580/1594 immediate Lords of Schleiden.
1713 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle)
(Westphalia)
[Schleiden, Saffenburg] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Ludwig-Peter (1701-1773) [1750-1773]
Louise-Marguerite (1730-1820) [1773-*]
~ 1748 Karl-Maria-Raymund(1721-1778) Duke of Arenberg (see Aremberg)



- Mecklenburg [I] * ^





Coat of Arms of the House of Metternich
- Metternich [II] ^
(A noble family.
1616 immediate Lords of Winneburg & Beilstein.
1635 HRE Barons.
1679 HRE Counts.
March 1803 HRE Princes)
1679 (Westphalia)
March 1803 (Princes)
(HRE Count of Metternich Winneburg & Beilstein,
Lord of Konigswert, Spurcenburg, Naunheim, Reinardstein, and Pousseur)
[Winneburg/Winnenburg, Beilstein] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Ochsenhausen] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Franz-Georg-Karl-Joseph (1746-1818) [1750-1806]



- Nassau [I] * ^ More ...



- Nesselrode [IV]
(A noble family.
1652 HRE Barons.
1698 immediate Lords of Reichenstein.
1702/1710 HRE Counts.
1702 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle (for Reichenstein).
1702 Imperial Estate: the College of the Counts of Westphalia (for Reichenstein))
(Westphalia)
[Reichenstein, Landskron, Rhade] (?)1806 (Mediatized)
[Mechernich] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Johann-Franz-Joseph (1755-1824) [1776-(?)1806]



- Nostitz [IV]
(A noble family.
1646 Counts in Bohemia.
1651 HRE Counts.
1673-1803 immediate Counts of Rieneck.
1674 Imperial Estate: the College of the Counts of Franconia (for Rieneck))
(HRE Count of Nostitz and Rieneck)
(Franconia)
[Rieneck] 1803 (Sold)(Colloredo-Mansfeld)
Franz-Anton (1725-1794) [1765-1794]
Friedrich-Johann-Chrysogen (1762-1819) [1794-1803]



Coat of Arms of the House of Oettingen

- Oettingen [II] *



- Oldenburg see Holstein [I] * ^



- Ortenburg [II] *
(An ancient immediate comital family. Counts of Ortenburg.
1573 confirmed HRE Imperial immediat status)
1805 (Count of Ortenburg,
Count and Lord of Tambach)
(Wetterau)
[Ortenburg] 1805 (Lost)(Bavaria)
[Tambach] (Acquired)1805(Bavaria), 1806 (Mediatized) [Würzburg]
Joseph-Karl(1780-1831) [1787-1806]



- Ostein 1809 (Extinct)
(A noble family.
1712 HRE Counts.
1733/37 immediate Lords of Mylendonk.
1766 Imperial Estate : the College of Westphalia (for Mylendonk)
(HRE Count of Ostein)
(Westphalia)
[Mylendonk] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Buxheim] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Johann-Friedrich-Karl-Maximilian (1735-1809) [1737/42-1806]



- The Palatinate (Pfalz) [I] * ^



- Platen-Hallermund [II]
(A noble family.
1670 HRE Barons.
1689 HRE Counts.
1706 Counts of Hallermund.
1708 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle (for Hallermund).
1709 Imperial Estate : the College of the Counts of Westphalia)
1709 (Westphalia)
(HRE Count & Noble Lord[Edler Herr] of Platen-Hallermund)
[Hallermund : under control of Brunswick-Hanover]
Ernst-Franz (1739-1818)



- Plettenberg 1813 (Extinct)
(A noble family.
1722 immediate Lords of Wittem & Eyss.
1724 HRE Counts.
1732 Imperial Estate)
(Westphalia)
(HRE Count of Plettenberg & Wittem)
[Wittem, Eyss] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
[Slenaken/ Schlenacken] 1771 (Sold)(Goltstein)
* ------------------
[Mietingen, Sullmingen/Sulmingen] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Maximilian-Friedrich (1771-1813) [1779-1806]



- Prussia (Preussen) see Brandenburg [I] * ^



- Pückler [II]
(A noble family.
1690 HRE Counts.
1740 (? 1748) Imperial Estate.
...immediate Counts of Limpurg-Speckfeld)
(Franconia:personalist,Franconia:%)
(HRE Count of Pückler,
Count and Lord of Limpurg)
[Limpurg-Speckfeld] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Friedrich (-Philipp-Karl) (1740-1811) [1793-1806]
~ 1764 (Juliane-Maria-)Friederike-Amoene (1739-1765) Ctss of Weltz, Ctss of Limpurg-Speckfeld in 1757-1765

Wilhelmine-Henriette-Karoline (1746-1800) [1793-1800]
~ 1772 Johann-Ludwig(1740-1796) Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein



- Quadt [II] *
(A noble family.
1493 immediate Lords of Wykradt.
1682 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle.
1752 HRE Counts)
(Westphalia)
1803 (HRE Count of[von] Quadt at[zu] Wykradt and Isny,
Count and Lord of the City and of the County of Isny)
[Wykradt/Wickerath/Wickerad]
* ------------------
[Isny] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Otto-Wilhelm (1758-1829)[1785-1806]



- Rechteren [II]
(A Dutch noble family (Hekeren).
1711 immediate Lords of Limpurg-Speckfeld.
1711 Imperial Estate)
(Franconia)
(Count of Rechteren;
Lord of Limpurg)
[Limpurg-Speckfeld] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Friedrich-Ludwig-Christian (1748-1814) [1754/75-1806]
Josine-Elisabeth (1738-1804) [1754-1804]
~1754 August-Wilhelm (1720-1769) Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen



- Reuss [I] *




- Salm [II] *



- Saxony (Sachsen) [I] * ^




- Sayn-Wittgenstein



- Schäsberg [II]
(A noble family.
1637 HRE Barons.
1706 HRE Counts.
1710 immediate Lords of Kerpen & Lommersum.
1712 Estate of the Low Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle.
1712 immediate Counts of Kerpen & Lommersum.
1715 Imperial Estate)
(Westphalia)
[Kerpen, Lommersum] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Tannheim] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
August-Joseph-Maria-Karl-Anton (1730-1801) [1768-1801]
Martin-Richard (1778-1856)[1801-1806]




- Schaumburg-Lippe




- Schönborn [II]
(A noble family.
1663 HRE Barons.
1671 immediate Lords of Reichelsberg.
1671 Estate of the Franconian Imperial Circle in the bench of Counts.
1701 Imperial Estate.
1701(? 1704) immediate Lords of Wiesentheid.
1701 HRE Counts)
(Franconia:2)
[Wiesentheid] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
[Reichelsberg] 1806 (Mediatized)
Hugo-Damian-Erwein (-Franz) (1738-1817) [1772-1806]



- Schönburg [II] *
(An ancient immediate family (Schönburg).
Immediate Lords of Glauchau, Lichtenstein and Waldenburg.
14o6 owners of the county of Hartenstein.
1417/1442 enfeoffed with the county of Hartenstein.
1700 HRE Counts.
1740 the Schönburg lands under overlordship of the Electoral Saxony)

{Schönburg-Waldenburg} ^
(1790 HRE Princes)
(Wetterau:%)
(HRE Prince,
Count & Lord of Schönburg,
Count & Lord of Glauchau and Waldenburg and of the Lower County of Hartenstein,
the Lordships of Liechtenstein & Stein)
[Hartenstein, Lichtenstein, Stein, Waldenburg: under overlordship of the Electoral Saxony]
(1790 HRE Princes)
Otto-Karl-Friedrich (1758-1800)
Otto-Victor (1785-1859)
// 1806 in Waldenburg
Friedrich-Alfred (1786-1840)
// 1806 in Hartenstein


{Schönburg-Rochsburg-Hinterglauchau}
(Wetterau:%)
[Glauchau : under overlordship of the Electoral Saxony]
Ludwig-Ernst(1750-1815)
//1778 in Rochsburg

Albrecht-Christian-Ernst (1720-1799)
// 1746 in Hinterglauchau
Gottlieb (1762-1842)
// 1799 in Hinterglauchau


{Schönburg-Penig-Forderglauchau-Wechselburg}
(Wetterau:%)
[Glauchau : under overlordship of the Electoral Saxony]
Karl-Heinrich (1729-1800)
// 1746 in Penig, 1763 in Forderglauchau/Vorderglauchau
Johann-Karl-Heinrich (1757-1815)
// 1800 in Remse and Wechselburg
Wilhelm-Albrecht-Heinrich (1762-1815)
// 1800 in Penig and Forderglauchau/Vorderglauchau



- Schwarzburg [I] * ^




- Schwarzenberg [II] * ^
(An ancient immediate family.
Immediate Lords of Seinsheim and Schwarzenberg.
1429 HRE Barons.
1599 HRE Counts.
1631-1782 immediate Lords of Neustadt and Gimborn.
1671 HRE Princes.
1674 Estate of the Franconian Imperial Circle in the bench of Princes.
1682 Estate of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle (for Neustadt and Gimborn).
1702 the College of the Counts of Swabia (for Neustadt and Gimborn).
1723 non-immediate Dukes of Krummau (in Moravia)
1674 (Princes),(Franconia:2),(Swabia)
* ------------------
*(Princes:2)
(HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg,
Princely Landgrave of Klettgau,
Count of Sulz,
Duke of Krummau,
Lord of Gimborn)
1782 (HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg,
Princely Landgrave of Klettgau,
Count of Sulz,
Duke of Krummau)
[Schwarzenberg] 1806 (Mediatized)
[Seinsheim] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
[Klettgau/ Kleggau] 1806 (Mediatized) [Baden]
[Neustadt, Gimborn] 1782 (Sold) (Wallmoden)
Johann-Nepomuk-Anton-Joseph-Joachim-Prokop (1742-1789) [1782-1789]
Joseph-Johann (1769-1833) [1789-1806]




- Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn ^ 1822 (Extinct)
(A noble family.
1610 HRE Baron of Ernstbrunn.
1648 HRE Counts.
1653 immediate Burgraves of Rheineck.
1803 immediate Burgraves of Winterrieden.
Dec 1803 HRE Princes)
(Westphalia)
(HRE Count of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen,
Burgrave of Rheineck,
Baron of Ernstbrunn)
Dec 1803 (HRE Prince of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen,
Burgrave of Winterrieden,
Baron of Ernstbrunn)
[Rheineck] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Winterrieden] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Prosper (+1822) [1773-1806]




- Solms [II] *



- Stadion [II] 1906 (Extinct)
(A noble family.
1686 HRE Barons.
1705 HRE Counts.
1708 immediate Lords of Thannhausen.
1708 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia)
[Thannhausen/Tannhausen] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
[Knightly possessions (Ober-Stadion)]
Johann-Georg (1749-1814) [1785-1806]



- Stolberg [II] *




Coat of Arms of the House of Sweden-Holstein
- Sweden see Holstein




- Thurn & Taxis [II] More ...
(A noble family (Tasso/Tassis) )

{Branch of Leonhard (+1612) -- Eugen-Karl (+1714)} ^
(1608 HRE Barons of Taxis.
1624 HRE Counts of Taxis.
1681 Princes of Thurn & Taxis in the Spanish Low Countries.
1695 HRE Princes of Thurn & Taxis.
1704 Estate of the Electoral Rhine Imperial Circle (personal).
1723 immediate Lords of Eglingen.
1726 Estate of the Swabian Imperial Circle in the bench of Counts (for Eglingen).
1728 Imperial Estate: the College of the Counts of Swabia (for Eglingen)
1785 immediate Lords of Friedberg & Sheer.
1786 Princely Counts of Friedberg & Sheer.
1786 Estate of the Swabia Imperial Circle in the bench of Princes)
1754 (Princes),(Swabia)
* ------------------
* (Princes:2)
(HRE Prince of Thurn & Taxis,
Count of Valsassina/Valle-Sassina,
Baron of Impden,
Lord of the free Imperial Lordships of Eglingen & Osterhofen,
of Lordships of Denningen, Dischingen, Trugenhofen,
Ballmertshofen, Duttenstein, Wolfertheim, Rossum & Meusseghem)
1787 + (Princely Count of Friedberg & Sheer)
1803 (HRE Prince of Thurn & Taxis,
Prince of Buchau,
Princely Count of Friedberg & Sheer,
Count of Valsassina, Marchtal and Neresheim,
Lord of the Free Imperial Lordship of Eglingen,
Lord of Ostrach, Schemerberg,
Lord of the Free Lordships of Denningen, Dischingen, Ballmertshofen, Bussen)
[Scheer, Friedberg, Dürmentingen] (Bought)1785, 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
[Eglingen, Denningen, Trugenhofen, Duttenstein, Dischingen] 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
[Knightly possessions (Ballmertshofen)] (+ $)1749
* ------------------
[Buchau, Marchtal, Schremmerberg] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
[Neresheim] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Karl-Anselm (1733-1805) [1773-1805]
Karl-Alexander (1770-1827) [1805-1806]
// 1819 Prince of Krotoszyn in Prussia



Coat of Arms of the House of Toerring

- Törring [II]
(A noble family)

{Törring-Jettenbach} 1860 (Extinct)
(1566 HRE Barons.
1630 HRE Counts.
1754 immediate Counts of Gronsfeld.
1754 Imperial Estate)
(Westphalia)
(HRE Count and Lord of the Free Imperial County of Gronsfeld,
Count of Törring and Tengling at Ittenbach)
[Gronsfeld] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Guttenzell] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
August-Joseph-Klemens (1728- Aug1802) [1773-1802]
Joseph-August (1753-1826) [1802-1806]



- Traun see Abensberg-Traun [IV]



Coat of Arms of the House of Waldpott of Bassenheim
- Waldbott / Wallpott of Bassenheim [II] *
(A noble family.
circa 1480 immediate Lords of Ollbrück)

{Waldbott-Bassenheim}
(1638 HRE Barons.
1652 immediate Lords of Pirmont.
1720 HRE Counts.
1788 Imperial Estate)
(Westphalia)
[Ollbrück, Pirmont/Pyrmont] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Hegbach/Heppbach] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
(Johann-Maria-)Rudolf (1731-1805) [1731-1805]
Friedrich-Karl(-Franz-Rudolf)(1779-1830) [1805-1806]


{Waldbot-Bornheim}
(1828 Barons of Waldbott of Bassenheim in Prussia)
[Ollbrück] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Klemens-August (1731-1792) [1755-1792]
Maximilian-Friedrich (1764-1823) [1792-*]



- Waldburg [II] *





Coat of Arms of the 
House of Waldeck
- Waldeck [I] *



- Wallmoden [II]



- Wartenberg 1818 (Extinct)
(A noble family (Kolb of Wartenberg).
1699 HRE Counts.
1705 Imperial Estate : the College of the Counts of Wetterau (for Wartenberg).
170. immediate Counts of Wartenberg)
(Wetterau)
(HRE Count of Wartenberg,
Lord of Curl and Ostermannshofen)
[Wartenberg] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Roth] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Ludwig (1750-1818) [1784-1806]



- Wied [II] *



- Wild- & Rheingrafen see Salm [II] ^



- Württemberg [I] * ^






II. The Noble Houses

who by 1789 had voted the Assemblies of the Imperial Circles without representation in in the Imperial Assembly


- Bretzenheim [III]



Coat of Arms

- Hatzfeld [III] ^
(A noble family)

{Hatzfeld-Crottorf in Gleichen} 1794 (Extinct)
(1635 HRE Counts.
1639 owners of the County of Gleichen.
1640 Imperial Estate.
1640 immediate HRE Counts of Gleichen.
1741 non-immediate Princes of Trachenberg in Prussia.
1748 HRE Princes)
(Wetterau)
1748 (HRE Prince of Hatzfeld-Gleichen-Trachenberg,
Baron of Wildenburg,
Lord of Crottorf, Schönstein, Kranichfeld, Blankenhain,...)
[Gleichen, Blankenhayn/Blankenhain, Kranichfeld: under overlordship of Mainz]
Friedrich-Karl-Franz-Cajetan (1776-1794) [1779-1794]



- Hillesheim
(A noble family (Meerscheid named (genannt) Hillesheim))
Barons of Hillesheim.
1712 HRE Counts.
1722 immediate lords of Reipoltskirchen.
.. the Upper Rhine Imperial Circle Estate)
(HRE Count of Hillesheim,
(?)Lord of Reipoltskirchen)
[Reipoltskirchen / Reipoltzkirchen] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Wilhelm-Ernst-Gottfried (1732-1785) [1776-1785]
Charlotte-Elisabeth-Regina (1728-Aug 1807) [1785-*]



- Parkstein
(A bastard branch of An ancient immediate princely family(Bavaria & Palatine).
1776 HRE Counts of Parkstein.
1777 immediate Lords of Reipoltskirchen)
[Reipoltskirchen / Reipoltzkirchen] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Karolina-Franziska-Dorothea (1762-1816) [1777-*]
// a natural daughter of Karl-Theodor, Elector & Count-Palatine
~ 1776 Friedrich-Wilhelm (1730-1804) Prince of Isenburg-Birstein




III. Other Houses that ruled in German lands



- Aldenburg 1738 (Extinct)
(A illegitimate branch of the ancient immediate family of Oldenburg.
1646 HRE Nobility.
1651 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel.
1651 HRE Baron.
1653 HRE Counts)
(HRE Count of Aldenburg,
Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen,
Noble Lord of Varel)
[Knyphausen/Kniphausen, Varel]
Charlotte-Sophie Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800) [1738-1800]
~ 1733 Wilhelm (1704-1774), 1732 Count of Bentinck (see Bentinck)



Coat of Arms of the House of Bömelberg

- Bömelberg / Bemelberg 1826 (Extinct)



- Bentinck [II]
(A noble family.
1732 HRE Counts.
1733/1800 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel.
Aug 1806-1807 sovereign Lords of Knyphausen & Varel.
1814/15 Lords of Knyphausen & Varel under the overlordship of Oldenburg)
(HRE Count of Bentinck and Aldenburg,
Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen,
Noble Lord of Varel)
[Knyphausen/Kniphausen, Varel] 1806/1807(Acquired), (+ ^)
Christian-Friedrich (1734-1768) [1774-1768]
Wilhelm-Gustav-Friedrich (1762-1835) [1768-1806/7; 1814-1835]



- Bonaparte [I]
(A Corsican noble family.
1804 Emperors of the French)

{Branch of Jérôme/Hieronimus}
(1804 French Princes.
Dec 1807-1813 Kings of Westphalia)
1807 (King of Westphalia [Westfalen],
French Prince [Französischer Prinz])
[Hesse, Brunswick, Wernigerode, Hanau, Rietberg, Magdeburg, Schaumburg] 1807(Acquired), 1813 (Lost)
[Osnabrück, Halberstadt, Minden, Paderborn, Ravensberg, Herford, Corvey] 1807(Acquired), 1813 (Lost)
Hieronymus(Jérôme) (1784-1860) [1807-1813]


{Branch of Louis/Ludwig} 1879 (Extinct)
(1804 French Princes.
1806-1810 Kings of Holland.
1809-1813 Grand Dukes of Berg and Dukes of Kleve.
1852-1870 Emperors of the French)
1809 (Grand Duke of Berg ...)
[Berg, Kleve/Cleve, Mark, Münster] 1809(Acquired), 1813 (Lost)
[Lingen, Tecklenburg] 1809(Acquired), 1810(- )
[Elten, Essen, Werden] 1809(Acquired), 1813(- )
Napoleon-Ludwig(1804-1837) [1809-1813]
// July 1810- July 1810 King of Holland



- Croy / Croÿ [II] ^
(A Franch noble family)

{Croÿ-Solre}
1590 non-immediate Counts of Solre in the Spanish Low Countries.
1677 Prince of Solre in the Spanish Low Countries.
1767 non-immediate Dukes of Croÿ in France.
1767 HRE Princes.
1803 immediate Lords of Dülmen)
(Dukes of Croÿ,
HRE Prince)
* ------------------
[Dülmen] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Arenberg]
Anne-Emmanuel (1743-Dec 1803) [Feb 1803- Dec 1803]
// Prince of Solre
August (1765-1822) [1803-1806]




- Este ^
(An ancient Italian immediate family (Este)

{Modena} 1803 (Extinct)
(Immediate Margraves of Este.
1452-1796 Dukes of Modena (in Italy).
1803 Imperial Estate.
1803 immediate rulers of Breisgau and Ortenau
* ------------------
* (Princes:2)
(Dukes of Modena and Reggio)
(Duke of Modena, Reggio & Mirandola)
* ------------------
[Breisgau, Ortenau] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803)
Hercules (Ercole III Rinaldo) (1727-Oct 1803) [Feb 1803-March 1803]
// 1780-1796 Duke of Modena
~1741 Maria-Teresa of Cibo-Malaspina (1721-1790) Duchess of Massa,Prss of Carrara.


{Brunswick} see Brunswick




- Esterházy of Galántha [II] ^
(A Hungarian noble family.
1613 Barons (in Hungary).
1626 non-immediate Counts of Forchtenstein (in Hungary).
1687(personal)/1712 HRE Princes,
May 1804 immediate rulers of Edelstetten (Dec 1804 Princely County)
Dec 1804 (HRE Prince Esterházy of Galántha,
Princely Count of Edelstetten,
Count of Forchtenstein [Frakno])
[Edelstetten] (Bought)1804 , 1806 (Mediatized) [Bavaria]
Nikolaus (Miklós) (1765-1833) [1804-1806]



- Goltstein

(1694 HRE Counts.
1771 immediate Lords of Slenaken)
[Slenaken/ Schlenacken] (Bought)1771, (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
Joseph-Ludwig-Franz (+1811) [1776-*]



- Hohenems/Hohen-Embs 1759 (Extinct)
(An ancient immediate family (Ems).
Immediate Lords of Hohenems.
1560 HRE Counts.
1603 Imperial Estates. Lost this status in 1712
1613-1712 immediate Counts of Vaduz.
Immediate Lords of Lustenau)
(HRE Count of Hohenems,
Lord of Lustenau)
[Hohenems/ Hohen-Embs] 1765(Acquired)(Austria)
[Lustenau] (?)1806(Acquired)(Bavaria)
Maria-Rebekka (1742-1806) [1798-(?)1806]
~1761 Franz-Xavier (1732-1782), Count of Harrach, Lord of Kunewald



- Looz-Corswarem [II] ^
(A noble family in Belgique (Corswarem)).
Non-immediate Counts of Looz.
Circa 1300 owners of the County of Niel.
Claimed the Imperial immediate status for Niel.
1734 non-immediate (in the Austrian Low Countries and the hereditary lands) Dukes of Looz.
1803 immediate Princes of Rheina-Wolbeck)

* ------------------
* (Princes)
1803 (Duke of Looz & Corswarem;
HRE Prince in Rheina-Wolbeck)
[Rheina-Wolbeck (Wolbeck, Beverghern)] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Berg]
Wilhelm-Joseph (1732-1803) [1803-1803]
//1764 Count of Niel
Joseph-Arnold (1770-1827) [1803-1806]



- Murat [III] ^
(A burger family.
March 1804 French Princes.
March 1806 Dukes, July 1806-1808 Grand Dukes of Berg
March 1806-1808 Dukes of Kleve.
1808-1815 Kings of Neapel)
March 1806 (Duke of Kleve & Berg,
Prince of France)
July 1806-1808: (Grand Duke of Berg,
Prince of France)
[Berg, Kleve/Cleve] March 1806(Acquired), 1808 (Lost)
[Mark, Münster, Lingen, Elten, Essen, Werden, Tecklenburg] Jan 1808(Acquired), 1808 (Lost)
Joachim(1767-1815) [1806-1808]
// July 1808- March 1815 King of Neapel



- Pappenheim [II] *
(A knightly family.
1628 (verbal) /1740 & 1742 (confirmed) HRE Counts)
(HRE Count & Lord of Pappenheim)
[Knightly possessions (Pappenheim)] 1806 (Mediatized)
Johann-Friedrich-Ferdinand (1727-1792) [1773-1792]
Friedrich-Wilhelm (1737-1822) [1792-1797]
Karl-Friedrich-Theodor (1771-1853) [1797-1806]




- Salm-Reifferscheidt [II] *
(An ancient immediate family (Reifferscheidt).
Immediate lords of Dyck.
1456 owners of the non-immediate County of Lower Salm (under overlordship of Luxembourg).
1460 Counts of Salm)

{Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedbur /
1804 Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim} ^
(1804 HRE Princes)
(HRE Ancient Count of Salm & Reifferscheid,
Lord of Dyck, Alfter, Hackenbruck, Bedbur/Bedburg, Frislal, Raitz, Jedownitz and Blanco)
1804 (HRE Prince and Ancient Count of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
Lord of Grünsfeld and Gerlachsheim)
[Reifferscheidt] (Lost by Lunéville, 1801)
* ------------------
[Krautheim, Grünsfeld, Gerlachsheim] (Acquired by Final Recess, 1803), 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Siegmund (1735-1798) [1755-1798]
Franz-Wilhelm (1772-1831) [1798-1806]

{Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck}
(1816 (Prussian) Princes)
(Westphalia)
[Dyck: included in no Imperial Circle ] *(-)
Joseph-Franz(1773-1861) [1775-*]



- Schlitz named (genannt) Görtz [II] *
(A knightly family.
1677 HRE Barons.
1726/1739 HRE Counts.
1804 Imperial Estate)
1804 (Wetterau)
(HRE Count & Lord of Schlitz named of Görtz,
Lord of Schlitz, Wegfurth & Rechberg)
[Knightly possesions (Schlitz)] 1806 (Mediatized) [Hesse-Darmstadt]
Georg (1724-1794) [1747-1794]
Karl-Heinrich-Johann-Wilhelm (1752-1826) [1794-1806]



- Sickingen [IV] *
(A knightly family.
1792 Estate of the Swabian Imperial Circle in the bench of Counts.
1793 Imperial Estate)
1793 (Swabia)

{Sickingen-Sickingen} 1834 (Extinct)
(1623 HRE Barons, 1773/1784 HRE Counts)
[Knightly possessions (Sickingen) : 1793 in the Swabian Imperial Circle]
Franz-Anton-Joseph (1760-1834)

{Sickingen-Hohenburg} 1932 (Extinct)
(1706 HRE Barons.
1790 HRE Counts)
Kasimir-Ferdinand (1745-1795)
Wilhelm (1777-1855)






IV. Personalists,

the Noble Houses who by 1789 had voted ad personam in the Imperial Assembly without representation in the Assemblies of the Imperial Circles



- Colloredo-Mansfeld [II] ^




- Giech [II]
(A noble family.
1680 HRE Barons.
1695 HRE Counts.
1720-1723 immediate Lords of Wittem.
1726 Imperial Estate)
(Franconia:personalist:1,%)
(Count of Giech,
Lord of Thurnau, Buchau)
[Knightly possessions (Thurnau): 1796 under overlordship of the Electoral Brandenburg ]
Christian-Friedrich-Karl (1729-1797)
Karl-Christian (-Ernst-Heinrich) (1763-1818)



- Grävenitz [II]
(A noble family.
1707 HRE Counts.
1718-1731 immediate Lords of Welzheim.
1726 Imperial Estate)
(Franconia:personalist)
(HRE Count of Grävenitz)
Karl-Wilhelm(1741-1792)
Victor-Ernst(1744-1795)
Ludwig-Wilhelm(1791-1841)



- Harrach of Thannhausen [II]
(A noble family.
1552 HRE Barons.
1627 HRE Counts.
1752 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia:personalist)
(HRE Count of Harrach at[zu] Rohrau & Thannhausen,
Lord of the County of Rohrau,
Baron of Prugg & Pürrheinstein)
Johann-Nepomuk-Ernst(1756-1829)



- Khevenhüller-Metsch [II] ^
(A noble family.
1566 HRE Barons of Landskron & Wernberg,
1725 HRE Counts.
1737 Imperial Estate.
1751 HRE Princes)
(Swabia:personalist)
(HRE Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch & Aichelberg,
Count of Hohen-Ostrowitz/Hochosterwitz,
Baron of Landskron & Wernberg,
Hereditary Lord of Riegersburg, ...)
Johann-Sigismand-Friedrich (1732-1801)
Karl-Maria-Joseph-Johann-Baptist-Clemens (1756-1823)



- Küfstein of Greillenstein [II]
(A noble family.
1602 HRE Barons.
1709 HRE Counts.
1737 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia:personalist)
(HRE Count of Küfstein,
Baron of Greillenstein & Spitz,...)
Johann-Ferdinand III (1752-1818)



- Neipperg [II] *
(A knightly family.
1726 HRE Counts.
1766 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia:personalist)
(HRE Count & Lord of Neipperg)
[Knightly possessions (Schwaigern, Klingenberg, Massenbachhausen, Adelshofen)]
Adam-Adalbert (1775-1829) [1792-1806]
~1821 Marie-Louise (1791-1847), Duchess of Parma, Archduchess of Austria



- Orsini/Ursin-Rosenberg [II] ^
(A noble family (Rosenberg).
1633 HRE Barons of Lechrenau.
1648 (in the Austrian hereditary lands) Counts.
1681 HRE Counts.
1683 Imperial Estate.
1790 HRE Princes)
(Franconia:personalist)
(HRE Prince of Orsini & Rosenberg,
Baron of Lerchenau & Grafenstein)
Wolfgang-Ernst (+1796)
Franz(1761-1832)



- Rechberg-Rothenlöwen [II] *
(A knightly family.
1601 HRE Barons.
? 1613 Imperial Estate.
1810 Bavarian Couns)
(Swabia:personalist)
(Baron of Rechberg at[zu] Hochenrechberg)
[Knightly possessions (Hohenrechberg)] 1806 (Mediatized)
Maximilian-Emmanuel(1736-1819) [1745-1806]



- Rosenberg see Orsini/Ursin-Rosenberg



- Starhemberg [II] ^
(A noble family.
1643 HRE Counts.
1719 Imperial Estate.
1765 HRE Princes)
(Franconia:personalist)
(HRE Prince of Starhemberg)
Georg(1724-1807)



- Sternberg 1847 (Extinct)
(A Bohemian noble family.
.. HRE Counts.
1752 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia: personalist)
Philipp-Christian (1732-1798)
~ 1762 Augusta (1744-1811) Ctss of Manderscheid (see Manderscheid)
Franz-Joseph(1763-1830)



- Trauttmansdorff [II] ^
(A noble family.
1598 (in the Austrian hereditary lands) Barons.
1623 /(confirmed)1625 HRE Counts.
1635-1648 immediate Lords of Weinsberg and Neustadt.
1639 Imperial Estate (personalist in the Swabian College).
1778 (re-introduction) Imperial Estate (personalist in the Swabian College).
Jan 6 1805 immediate Lords of Umpfenbach.
Jan 12 1805 Princely Counts of Umpfenbach.
Jan 12 1805 HRE Princes)
1631 (Swabia:personalist)
(HRE Count of Trauttmansdorff & Weinsberg,
Baron of Gleichenberg, Neustadt-on-the-Kosher, Negau, Burgau & Totzenbach)
1805 (HRE Prince of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg & Neustadt-on-the-Kosher,
Princely Count of Umpfenbach,
Baron of Gleichenberg, Negau, Burgau & Totzenbach)
[Umpfenbach] 1805 (Acquired), 1806 (Mediatized)
Franz-Ferdinand (1749-1827) [1805-1806]



- Waldstein/Valdštejn/Wallenstein [IV]
(A Bohemian noble family(Markwartinger).

{Waldstein-Münchengrätz)
(1628 HRE Counts.
1654/ (re-introduced) 1774 Imperial Estate)
(Swabia: personalist)
Johann-Vincenz-Ferrerius (1731-1797)
Ernst-Philipp (1772-1813)



Coat of Arms of the 
House of Windisch-Graetz
- Windisch-Graetz / Windischgrätz [II] ^
(A noble family.
1551 HRE Baron of Waldstein and in Thale,
1658 HRE Counts.
1684 Imperial Estate.
1804 immediate Lords of Egloffs.
May 1804 HRE Princes)
(Franconia : personalist)
(HRE Count and Lord of Windisch-Graetz,
Baron of Waldstein & in Thale)
May 1805 (HRE Prince of Windisch-Graetz,
Baron of Waldstein & in Thale)
[Egloff / Eggloff / Egloffs/ Eglofs / Egglofs] (Bought)1804 , 1806 (Mediatized) [Württemberg]
Alfred (1787-1876) [1804-1806]



- Wurmbrand-Stuppach [II]
(A noble family.
1607 HRE Barons.
1701 HRE Counts.
1726 Imperial Estate)
(Franconia: personalist)
(HRE Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach,
Baron of Steyersberg, Reittenau, ...)
Gandakkar-Thomas (+1791)
Gandakkar (1762-1847)









Appendix

The Co-rulers of the Immediate County of Limpurg

(Limpurg was an Imperial immediate Lordship. There were two major branches of the ruling family : Limpurg-Gaildorf and Limpurg-Speckfeld.
Both branches received the Imperial comital title. After the Limpurg family became extinct its possessions were inherited by several families, which jointly ruled the Lordship. Heirs to the Limpurg family had two voices in the College of Franconia in the Imperial Assembly.
By 1806 Württemberg had acquired some parts of Limpurg. In July 1806 Limpurg was mediatized by Württemberg).

A. Limpurg-Gaildorf

1.Solms-Assenheim
Ernst(Johann-Ernst-Karl) (1714-1790) [1757-1790]
Vollrath (+1818) [1790-1806]

Christiane-Wilhelmina-Louise (+1803) [1756-1803]
~ Karl-Friedrich-Wilhelm Prince of Leiningen(+1807)


2.Leiningen
Karoline-Sophie (+1832) [1803-1806]
~ 1773 Friedrich-Magnus I (1743-1801) Count of Solms-Wildenfels


3.Salm-Grumbach
Augusta (1771-1810) [1803-1806]
~ 1792 Wilhelm-Christian-Karl(1759-1837) Prince of Solms-Braunfels


4.Isenburg-Meerholz
Johann-Friedrich-Wilhelm (+1802) [1762-1802]
Karl-Wilhelm-Ludwig (+1832) [1802-1806]
Joseph (+1822) [1802-1803]
Luise (+1826) [1802-1806]
~ Alexander Count of Pückler(+1820)
Christine (1742-1808) [1762-1802]
~ Friedrich(+1771) Count of Waldeck



5.Waldeck
Karl (+1849) [1788-1806]
Georg (+1826)[1788-1806]
Karoline (+1820) [1788-1806]

Karoline (+1801) [1774-1801]


B. Limpurg-Speckfeld

1.Hohenlohe-Bartenstein 1804(- $)(Colloredo)
Ludwig-Leopold (1731-1799) [1777-1798]
Ludwig-Alois (1765-1827) [1798-1804]


2.Colloredo (Bought)1804
Franz-Gandakkar (+1807) [1804-1806]


3.Löwenstein-Wertheim
Johann-Ludwig-Vollrath (1705-1790) [1746-1790]
Friedrich-Ludwig (1706-1796) [1746-1796]

Johann-Karl-Ludwig (1740-1816) [1786-1806]

Karoline-Christine (+1793) [1746-1793]
~ Count Christian of Pückler (+1786)


4.Pückler
Friedrich-Philipp-Karl (1740-1811) [1793-1806]
Wilhelmine-Henriette-Karoline (+1800) [1793-1800]
~ Johann-Ludwig Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein(+1796)


5.Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Friedrich-Karl (+1837) [1800-1806]
// Count,1801 Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Karoline (+1833) [1800-1806]
~ Karl-Wilhelm-Ludwig Count of Isenburg-Meerholz(+1832)

Friederike-Wilhelmine (+1849) [1800-1806]
~ Karl-Ludwig-Theodor Count of Salm-Grumbach(+1799)

Louise (+1828) [1800-1806]
~ Emil Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg(+1837)


6.Isenburg-Wächtersbach
Ludwig-Maximilian (II) (+1821) [1800-1806]


7.Rechteren
Friedrich-Ludwig (1748-1814) [1754/75-1806]
Josine-Elisabeth (1738-1804) [1754-1804]
~1754 August-Wilhelm (1720-1769) Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen