List of States in The Holy Roman Empire (L)

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

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Type

Circle

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Formed

Notes

Lage Lordship
Landau 1201: Imperial City Upp Rhen 1515: Member of the Décapole
1648: Annexed to France
1815: Annexed to Bavaria
Landsberg Principality
Landsberg-Osterland Margraviate 1032 1291: Annexed to Meißen
Langwies Jurisdiction
Lauenburg
see: Saxe-Lauenburg
Laurenburg County 1093 1197: Annexed to Nassau
Lausanne Bishopric
1270: Prince-Bishopric
1011 1536: Secularized by Bern
Lausanne Imperial City 1434 1536: Conquered by Bern
Lavant (St. Andra) 1228: Bishopric
Prince-Bishopric
Aust c1320 Dietrich, 1st Prince-Bishop, 1318-1332
Since 22nd Bishop, Theobald Schweinbeck, 1446–1463, bishops borne title of Prince
Lebus Prince-Bishopric Diocese acquired from Poland in 1248, effective condominium of Brandenburg and Magdeburg, secularized in 1555, merged into Brandenburg in 1598.
Leiningen
Count of Leiningen & Dagsburg, Lord of Aspremont, Oberstein, Bruch, Bürgel & Reipoltskirchen, etc.
1128: County early 12th Century 1128: 1st mention of "Count of Leiningen"
1220: 1st line of Counts of Leiningen extinct; passed by marriage to Counts of Saarbrücken
1220: Acquired Lordship of Hardenburg from Saarbrücken inheritance
1225/1241: Inherited HRE County of Dagsburg
1310: Partitioned into Leiningen-Dachsburg (extinct 1467) and Leiningen-Leiningen
1312: Acquired Landvogt in Lower Alsace
1444: Secured from Emperor Frederick III rank of Landgrave in Alsace
1467: Passed by female succession to Lords of Westerburg (Leiningen-Westerburg line)
Leiningen-Billigheim
Count of Leiningen, Lord of Billigheim, Allfeld, Mühlbach, Katzenthal, and Neuburg at the Neckar,

Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont

Leiningen-Dachsburg
Leiningen-Dagsburg
1593–1688, 1658-1709: County Upp Rhen 1310: Partitioned from Leiningen
1593: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg
1688: Line extinct
Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
1709: Line extinct
Leiningen-Hartenburg
Leiningen-Hardenburg
Prince of Leiningen, Count-Palatine of Mosbach, Lord of Miltenberg, Amorbach, Düren, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, etc.
County
1779: HRE Principality
Upp Rhen 1343: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dachsburg
1466: Acquired Lords in Lorraine
1467: Inherited Dagsburg and changed its name to Leiningen-Dagsburg
Leiningen-Leiningen County 1310: Partitioned from Leiningen 1467: Annexed to Westerburg
Leiningen-Neuburg
Count of Leiningen, Lord of Herzbolzheim, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont
Leiningen-Westerburg
Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach
1467: County 1705: Division into Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
Lemgo Imperial Free City Low Rhen RH Annexed to Lippe
Leuchtenberg 1196: Landgraviate
1376: HRE Landgraviate
1440: HRE Princely Landgraviate
Bav early 12th Century 1119: Acquired by Lordship of Waldeck through marriage
1158: 1st mention of Count of Leuchtenberg
1209: Division into Waldeck and Leuchtenberg
1366: Territorial division (Vesten zu Leuchtenberg/Pfreimd and Pleystein/Reichenstein/Grafenwohr)
Acquired County of Hals
1476: Division of County of Hals
1486: Hals sold to Counts of Aichberg
1500: Bavarian Circle
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1646: Male line extinct
Sold Leuchtenberg and Waldeck to Bavaria
1707-1708: To B. of Bamberg
1708: To HRE Princes of Lamberg
1770: Annexed to Bavaria
Leutkirch im Allgäu Imperial Free City Swab SW 1803: Annexed to Bavaria
1810: Annexed to Württemberg
Leyen
HRE Prince of and at Leyen & Hohengeroldseck, Baron of Adendorf, Lord of Bliescastel, Burrweiler, Münchweiler,Orterbach, Niewern, Saffig, Ahrenfels, Bongard, Simpelfeld, etc.
Lordship
1653: HRE Barony
1711: HRE County
1806: Prince
c1296 c1420: Partitioned into Neustadt and Saffig
1667 owners of immediate knightly possession of Burrweiler
1705: immediate Lord of Hohengeroldseck
1711: Imperial Estate
Lichtenberg 1458: HRE County 1206: 1st mention of Lichtenberg family
1246: 1st mention of Lichtenberg castle
1249: Secured Imperial Advocacy of Strassburg
1480: Male line extinct; territories passed, through females, to Counts of Hanau and Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
1570: Portion of extinct Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch inherited by Hanau
1817: Became an exclave of Saxe-Coburg
1834: Bought by Prussia
Lichtenthal Abbacy
Liechtenstein
Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau & Jägerndorf, Count of Rietberg, etc
1608: HRE Princely rank for Liechtenstein family
1712: Principality of Liechtenstein
1719: HRE Principality
Swab 1699: Purchased Lordship of Schellenberg
1707: Admission to College of Princes of Swabia
1712: Purchased County of Vaduz
1713: HRE Council of Princes
1719: Establishment of the Principality of Liechtenstein from Hohenems-Vaduz and Schellenberg
1806: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine
1815: Joined the German Confederation
Liège (Lüttich, Liege) Bishopric Low Rhen EC 972 1793: Council of Princes
1795: Annexed to France
Ligne
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 Fagnolle; Lord of Baudour, Wallincourt,& other lands
1544: HRE County
1601: HRE Principality
1503: non-immediate Counts of Faucquenberg
Immediate Lords
1770: Counts of Fagnolle
1786: Estate of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle
Limburg (County) 1242: County of Isenberg-Limburg 1242-1508: To Counts of (Isenberg) Limburg
1508-1542: Inherited by the Counts of Dhaun-Falkenstein
1542-1592: Passed by marriage to the Counts of Neuenahr-Alpen
1592-1610: Inherited by Bentheim
1610-1626: To Bentheim-Limburg
1626-1629: To Bentheim-Alpen
1629-1817: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
1289: Acquired Altenhof and Styrum
1370: Acquired Neu-Isenburg
1422: Acquired Bedburg
1422: Acquired Hackenbroich
16..: Acquired Aichheim
1640: Acquired Gemen
1664: Acquired a portion of Bronchhorst
Area: 118 km²
Limburg-Broich 1439-1508: County 1439: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum 1442; Dukes of Berg gained overlordship from Dukes of Cleves
1449: Counts of Limburg-Broich embroiled in succession dispute with Neuenahr-Alpen over County of Limburg
1449: Shared rule over County of Limburg with Counts of Neuenahr-Alpen
1508: Inherited by Wirich V of Dhaun-Falkenstein who married Amoena of Sayn, adopted heiress of John of Limburg-Broich
Limburg-Hohelimburg 1246-1304: County 1246: Partitioned from Counties of Altena and Isenberg 1304: United with Limburg-Styrum
Limburg 1106: Duchy Burg PR c1100 1155: the Lords of Limburg separated from Lower Lorraine and became independent dukes
1288: Passed to Brabant
1512: Burgundian Circle
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1648: Spain ceded the Counties of Dalhem and Falkenberg and the town of Maastricht to the United Provinces
1714: Southern Limburg passed to the Habsburg dominions of Austrian Netherlands
1794-1814: To France
Area: 118 km²
Limburg-Styrum
Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borkelo and Gemen, Hereditary Banner-Lord of the Principality of Gelderland and the County of Zütphen
1271: County 1271 Mediatised in 1806
Several partitions which did not outlast it
Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö 1766: County
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst 1766: County
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö 1644: County 1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum
1766: Division into Limburg-Styrum-Borkelo and Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst
Limburg-Styrum-Gemen 1644-1782: HRE County 1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum 1657: Division into Limburg-Styrum-Gemen and Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim
Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1782: To Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim
Limpurg County Franc 1500: Franconian Circle
1806: Mediatised to Württemberg
Lindau 810: Abbacy
1466: Princess-Abbess
1802: Secularized
1804: To Austria
1805: To Bavaria
Lindau 1275: Imperial Free City Swab SW 1274 1802: Annexed to Pr. of Bretzenheim
1804: Annexed to Austria
1806: Annexed to Bavaria
Lingen County Low Rhen 1597: Occupied by Nassau-Orange
1605: To Spain
1633: To Nassau-Orange
1702: Inherited by Prussia
Lippe
HRE Prince, Count & Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht
1129: Lordship
1529: Imperial County
Low Rhen WE 1129: Allodium within the older Duchy of Saxony
1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony
Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion
1449: Partly and 1517 completely subjected as fief of Hesse-Cassel
1536: Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and Sternberg and Pyrmont
1614: Division into Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake, Lippe-Schwalenberg and Lippe-Alverdissen
Lippe-Detmold
Prince, Count and Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht
County
1720: Principality of Imperial immediacy
1789: HRE Prince
1815: Sovereign and renamed into Lippe
1918: Free State of Lippe
1947: Merged in North Rhine-Westphalia
1614: Partitioned from Lippe 1709: Lippe-Brake incorporated into Lippe-Detmold
1749: Lippe-Alverdissen line extinct
1763: Purchase of mediatised Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld
1807: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine
1815: Joined the German Confederation
1866: Joined the North German Confederation
1871: Joined Germany (Empire)
Lippe-Detmold line extinct, Lippe-Biesterfeld ascended the throne
Livonia 1201: Prince-Bishopric
Livonian Order 1202: Founded by Albert of Buxhoeveden
Lobkowitz
Prince Lobkowitz, Duke of Roudnice, Princely Counts of Sternstein, etc.
1624: HRE Prince 1300s: Lobkowitz 1st mentioned
Acquired Princely County of Sternstein
1806: Mediatised to Bavaria
1814: Sternstein sold to Bavaria
Lommersum Acquired by Schasberg
Loon
(Looz in French)
Duke and HRE Princely Count of Looz, Hesbaye/Hasbanien/Haspengau, Hoorn/Horne/Hornes, Niel/Nyel, Duke of Corswarem-Looz, Count of Fresing and Nieurlet, Upper-Court-Lord of the City and the Castellany of Cassel, Margrave of Ligny, Tongrinne and Pont-d'Oie, Baron of Longchamps and Cranewyck, Vice-Count of St. Gertrude at Liernu, Lord of the free City of Wavre, the City of Fleurus and the Lordships of Landelis, Bommeree, Denee, St. Marie, Vitry, Grand-Lez, Betisart, Clermont, Veleine, and other places
1000s: County of Loon 944 1366: Annexed to Bp. of Liège
Lorraine 1048: Duchy Upp Rhen 925: Duchy of Lorraine (Lotharingia) part of the Holy Roman Empire
959: Administrative division into Upper Lorraine (present French Lorraine and Luxemburg) and Lower Lorraine (present Belgium, Brabant and the Netherlands)
1048: Emperor Henry III conferred the Duchy of Upper Lorraine upon Count Gerhard of Alsace
1473: Counts of Vaudemont, Rene II of Lorraine inherits Lorraine,thus united his maternal inheritance of Lorraine, Bar, Pont-a-Mousson and Guise with his paternal inheritance of Vaudemont, Joinville, Aumale, Mayenne and Elbeouf
1480: Permanent union of the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar
1552-1559: French occupation
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1633-1659: French occupation
1670-1697: French occupation
1702-1714: French occupation
1736: To France
Lorraine-Nomény Principality (personalist) n/a PR 1736 1803: Reichstag seat revoked
Lorsch RA
Losenstein HRE Lordship 1629: Line died out
Löwenstein
HRE Count of Löwenstein, Wertheim, Rochefort, Montaigu, Limpurg, Virneburg, Gaildorf, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau
1494: HRE County
1712: HRE Principality
1123: Lowenstein founded by the Counts of Calw
?-1281: To a branch of the Counts of Calw
1281: To Habsburgs when German King Rudolph I purchased Lowenstein and gave Lowenstein to his natural son Albert
1441: Sold by Henry, Albert's descendant, to the Elector Palatine of the Rhine Frederick I
Louis II of Lowenstein inherited the County of Wertheim and other lands by marriage and called himself Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim
1806: Mediatized
Area: 53 sq. mi.
Lowenstein-Scharfeneck
Löwenstein-Wertheim
HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen and Kasselburg
County
1803: HRE Principality
Franc 1574: Coalesced from Löwenstein, Stolberg-Rochefort and Wertheim-Breuberg 1500: Franconian Circle
1611: Division into Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg
1806: To the Prince-Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg 1812: Prince
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen & Kasselburg
1712: HRE Principality
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Principality
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1611: Partition of Lowenstein-Wertheim 1721: Division into Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (Volradsche Line) and Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (Karlsche Line)
Lower Alsace Landgraviate 731: Partitioned from Alsace 1358: Annexed to Strasbourg
Lower Austria Duchy 1379: Partitioned from Austria 1493: Re-annexed to Austria
Lower Bavaria Duchy 1255: Partitioned from Bavaria 1353: Partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing
Lower Isenburg HRE County El Rhin 1218: Partitioned from Isenburg-Isenburg 1503: Partitioned into Isenburg-Grenzau and Isenburg-Neumagen
1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle
1664: Line died out
Lower Lotharingia
Lower Lorraine
Duchy 977: Emperor Otto II granted Lower Lorraine as a duchy to Charles, brother of Lothair of France, as a German fief. 1033: United with Upper Lorraine when Gozelo I succeeded
Superseded by Counts of Leuven (the later Dukes of Brabant) in 1106; without authority since 1190; both Brabant and Guelre based their claim of Archducal rank on being its successor
Lower Salm County 1170: Partitioned from Salm 1416: Created as Salm-Reifferscheid
Lower Schönburg County Upp Sax WT 1569: Partitioned from Schönburg Partitioned into Schönburg-Hinterglauchau, Schönburg-Rochsburg and Schönburg-Wechselburg
Lübeck Bishopric
1180: HRE Prince-Bishopric
Low Sax EC 1180: Partitioned from older Duchy of Saxony Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion
1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony
1793: Council of Princes
1803: Secularised as Principality of Lübeck
Lübeck 1226: Imperial Free City Low Sax RH 1188: est.
1226: Gained Imperial immediacy
1810: Annexed to France
1815: Sovereign as Free City
1937: Annexed to Prussia
Lübeck Principality Low Sax 1803: Created by securalisation of Prince-Bishopric 1803: Principality to Oldenburg
1937: Annexed to Prussia
Lucerne Imperial Free City 1415: Split off from Habsburg 1178: City of Lucerne founded
Owned by Murbach Abbey
1291: To Habsburgs
1332: Member of Swiss Condeferation
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Lustenau Imperial Farm 1814: To Austria
Luxembourg
Luxemburg
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein
963: Lord
1059: County
1354: Duchy
1815: Grand Duchy
Burg PR 963 1139-1189: Union with County of Namur
1364: Acquired County of Chiny
1383-1443: Luxemburg pawned by Emperors to Bohemia and Burgundy
1441: Luxemburg sold to Dukes of Burgundy
1443-1482: To Dukes of Burgundy
1482-1815: To Austrian Habsburgs
1512: Burgundian Circle
1582: HRE Council of Princes
1815: Joined the Confederation of the Rhine
1815-1890: Luxemburg and the Netherlands in personal union under King of the Netherlands

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