List of States in The Holy Roman Empire (F)

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

Name Type Circle Bench Formed Notes
Fagnolle Lordship
1770: HRE County
Low Rhen To House of Ligne
Falkenstein County Upp Rhen 1255: Inherited territories of extinct Hagen-Munzenberg
1418: Line died out; passed to Lords of Eppstein and Counts of Solms
Solms portion passed to Isenburg-Budingen by female inheritance
Feldkirch Lordship
County
1375/1379: To Austria (Leopoldine line)
Finstingen Lordship
County
1458: To Lorraine
Fischbach ?
Flanders 862: County Burg PR 862 1405: To D. of Burgundy; fief of France (except 'Imperial Flanders', mainly the former countship of Aalst)
1512: Burgundian Circle
1529: Ceded to Habsburg
Fleckenstein 1467: HRE Barony 1250:L Division into Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, Fleckenstein-Soultz-sous-Forêts and Fleckenstein-Bickenbach
Franconia Stem Duchy 8th Century 1196: Discontinued
Franconia Duchy 1633: Created for the Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1639: Abolished
Frankfurt 1220: Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 1372 1806: Included in Principality of Regensburg and Aschaffenburg
1810: Grand Duchy
1815: Free City
1866: Annexed to Prussia
Franzenheim Lordship 1813: Prussian occupation
1866: Annexed to Prussia
Frauenalb Abbacy
Frauenchiemsee RA
Fraumünster 853: Imperial Abbacy
Imperial Duchess-Abbey
853: Founded by Emperor Louis the German for his daughter, Hildegard, endowed it with lands and placed under the emperor's direct authority
1045: Emperor Henry III granted it right to hold markets, collect tolls and mint coins
1524: Abolished by Zürich
Freiburg 1218: Imperial Free City 1157: Freiburg town founded 1277: To Habsburgs
1452: To Savoy
1478: Imperial Free City
1481: Joined Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire
Freiburg im Breisgau County 1368: To Austria (Leopoldine Line)
Freising 738: Bishopric
1220: Prince-Bishopric
Bav EC 724: Founded as a monastery 1500: Bavarian Circle
1793: Council of Princes
1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Freudenberg 962: Imperial Abbacy 1801: Annexed to France
;1815: Annexed to Prussia
Freudenberg 1250: HRE Lordship To Counts of Wertheim
1803: To Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Friedberg County
1785: Princely County of Friedberg and Scheer
To Thurn und Taxis
Friedberg Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 1217 1803: Mediatized
Friedrichshafen
Friesland Lordship Burg 1512: Burgundian Circle
Friuli Duchy 1512: Austrian Circle
Fugger
Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
1514/1530: HRE County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn Swab 1507: Owners of non-immediate County of Kirchberg (acquired by pledge)
Acquired (by pledge) Lordship of Weissenhorn
1511: Granted Imperial noble status
1534: Obtained the right to coin money
1536: Immediate Lords of Glott
1538: immediate Lords of Babenhausen
1541: Obtained rights of jurisdiction over Fugger lands
1563: Estate of the Swabian Imperial Circle in the bench of Counts
Mediatised to Bavaria and Wurttemberg
Acquisitions (date) of House of Fugger: Gablingen (1527), Mickhausen (1528), Burgwalden (1529), Oberndorf (1533), Güter in Ungarn (1535), Pflege Donauwörth (1536), Glött (1537), Babenhausen und Brandenburg (1539), Pleß (1546), Rettenbach (1547), Güter im Elsaß (1551), Kirchheim (1551), Duttenstein (1551), Eppishausen (1551), Niederalfingen (1551), Stettenfels (1551), (Ober-)Reichau (1551), Kettershausen und Bebenhausen (1558)
1806: Ceded to Bavaria
Fugger-Babenhausen
HRE Prince Fugger of Babenhausen, Lord of Boos, Heimertingen, Wald, Wellenburg, Burgwalden & Markt, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
1514: HRE County
1803: HRE Principality
Fugger-Glott
Count Fugger of Glött, Lord of Oberndorf, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
Fugger-Kirchheim
Count Fugger, Lord of Kirchheim, Count of Kirchberg & Weissenhorn
Fulda 1156: HRE Prince-Abbacy
1170: Imperial Abbacy
1752: Prince-Bishopric
Upp Rhen EC 744: Founded as the Benefictine Abbey of Fulda 1157: Fulda received its charter
1576-1602: Annexed to the Teutonic Order
1803: Secularized and annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg
1793: Council of Princes
1806: French administration
1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia
1815: To Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
1867: Annexed to Prussia
Area (1902): 40 sq. mi.; Pop.: 100,000
Furstenberg 1660: HRE Barons NOTE: Different from family of Princes of Furstenberg
Fürstenberg
Furstenberg
HRE Prince of Fürstenberg, Landgrave in the Baar & of Stühlingen, Count of Heiligenberg & Werdenberg, Baron of Gundelfingen, Lord of Hausen im Kinzinger Thal, Trochtelfingen, Möskirch, Hohenhöwen, Wildenstein, Jungnau, Waldsberg, Werenwag, Weitra & Püglitz
1250: County 1250 Acquired Landgraviate of Baar
1627: Acquired Lordship of Gundelfingen
Acquired Lordship of Hausen
Acquired Lordship of Heiligenberg
Acquired Lordship of Howen
Acquired Lordship of Messkirch
1639: Acquired Landgraviate of Stuhlingen
Acquired Lordship of Purglitz
Acquired Lordship of Taikowitz
Acquired Lordship of Weitra
1408: Partitioned into Fürstenberg and Dillingen
Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach
1667: HRE Council of Princes
Fürstenberg-Baar 1441-1559: County 1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1483: Inherited Furstenberg-Geisingen
1490: Furstenberg-Wolfach
1559: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Blomberg and Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Fürstenberg-Blomberg 1559-1614: County 1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar 1614: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch and Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1408-1441: County
1704-1716: County
1716-1804: Principality
1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg
1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
1441: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Baar and Fürstenberg-Geisingen
1762: Partitioned into Furstenberg-Furstenberg and Furstenberg-Purglitz
1804: Inherited by Fürstenberg-Pürglitz
Fürstenberg-Geisingen 1441-1483: County 1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1483: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Baar
Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg 1559: County
1664: Principality
1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Baar 1716: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch 1614: County
1716: Principality
1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg 1744: Annexed to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Pürglitz 1614-1704: Principality 1762: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 1614-1704: County
1716: Principality
1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blomberg 1704: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Weitra
Fürstenberg-Weitra Partitioned from Furstenburg-Stuhlingen 1759: Partitioned into Furstenberg-Weitra and Furstenberg-Taikowwitz
1806: Mediatised to Austria
Further Austria Not a single polity 1278 Included numerous counties, lordships, etc., in south-western Germany
1805: Remaining territories annexed by Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg
Füssen Abbacy

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