# List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (S)
## List of states in the Holy Roman Empire

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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter S:
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | History |
| Saarbrücken | County | n/a | n/a | 1080: Saargau invested on Sigebert I, founder of the line of Saarbrücken 1118: First use of the title Count of Saarbrücken 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 |
| Saarbrücken-Commercy | County | n/a | n/a | 1274: Title assumed by Commercy after inheritance of Saarbrücken 1341: Partitioned into itself and a Lordship (see below) 1381: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg |
| Saarbrücken-Commercy | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1341: Partitioned as a Lordship from the County above 1459: Acquired Braine 1465: Partitioned into Saarbrücken-Commercy-Rouen and Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine |
| Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1465: Partitioned from Saarbrücken-Commercy (Lordship) 1525: Extinct in male line 1526: To Mark-Sedan by marriage |
| Saarbrücken-Commercy-Rouen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1465: Partitioned from Saarbrücken-Commercy (Lordship) 1497: Extinct; to Saarbrücken-Commercy-Braine |
| Saarbrücken-Hardenburg | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1182: Partitioned from Saarbrücken 1212: Inherited Leiningen and assumed that name |
| Saarburg See: Sarrebourg | Imperial City | | | |
| Saarwerden | County | n/a | n/a | 1125: 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 |
| Sachsen See: Saxony | Duchy 1356: Electorate | | | |
| Sagan (Żagań) | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1278: 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 |
| Mark an der Sann (AKA Sannmark, Mark an der Sawe, Sann-Gft., Sann-Mgft., Mgft. Soun(e), Gft Soun(e), Sanntal, Saunien) | Margraviate | — | | Before 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 |
| St Ägidien See: St Giles | Abbacy | | | |
| St Blaise (St Blasien) | Abbacy | Swab | SC | 10th Century? 1609: HRE Counts of Bonndorf; imperial immediacy 1803: To Order of St John 1805: To Württemberg 1806: To Baden |
| St Emmeram | Abbacy | Bav | RP | c. 739: Formed 1295: Imperial immediacy 1731: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: To Regensburg; buildings to Thurn and Taxis |
| St Gall (St Gallen) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 613: 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 |
| St Gall (St Gallen) | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1415: 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 |
| St George (St Georg; in Isny) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1096: Formed 1781: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Quadt-Isny |
| St George (St Georg; in Stein) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 10th Century: Formed 1007: Relocated to Stein 15th Century: Imperial immediacy 1521: To Zürich |
| St Giles (St Ägidien) | Abbacy | FR | RP | 1140: Established with imperial immediacy 1525: To Nuremberg |
| St Hubert | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 687: Formed 1522: Imperial immediacy 1797: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
| St John (St Johann; in the Thurtal) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | before 1152: Formed 1227/8: Imperial immediacy 1555: To St Gall |
| St John (St Johann) | Order of Chivalry | n/a | RP / PR | c. 1099: Formed In possession of numerous territories across Germany 1546: Bench of Spiritual Princes 1805: All territories annexed by various states |
| St Kornelimünster See: Kornelimünster | Abbacy | | | |
| St Ludger (Helmstedt) | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | c. 800: Formed Always in personal union with Werden Abbey by 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1490: Helmstedt sold to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| St. Mang | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 748: Formed 1268: Imperial immediacy 1313: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To Oettingen-Wallerstein 1806: To Bavaria |
| St Maximin | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 4th Century: Formed By 12th Century: Imperial immediacy 1669: To Trier |
| St Peter | Abbacy | Swab | SP | Before 1073: Formed 1093: Imperial immediacy 1526: To Austria |
| St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 10th Century: Formed 1577: Imperial immediacy (challenged until 1643) 1802: Divided between Augsburg and Bavaria |
| St Ulrich and St Afra in Neresheim See: Neresheim | Abbacy | | | |
| Salem (Salmannsweiler) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1136: Formed 1138: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Baden |
| Salm | County | n/a | n/a | 1036: First mentioned; to Luxembourg 1059: Partitioned from Luxembourg 1163: Partitioned into Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm) and Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm) |
| Salm | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1475: Renamed from Stein after inheritance of Salm in the Vosges 1499: Partitioned into Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller and Salm-Kyrburg |
| Salm in the Ardennes (Lower Salm; Niedersalm) | County | n/a | n/a | 1163: 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 |
| Salm in the Vosges (Upper Salm; Obersalm) | County | n/a | n/a | 1163: 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 |
| Salm-Badonviller (Salm-Badenweiler) | County | n/a | n/a | 1431: 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 |
| Salm-Blâmont (Salm-Blankenberg) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1225: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges 1247: Made fief of Metz 1499: Half sold to Lorraine 1506: Extinct; remainder to Lorraine |
| Salm-Dhaun | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller 1697: Partitioned into itself and Salm-Püttlingen 1748: Extinct; to Salm-Püttlingen |
| Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1499: Partitioned from Salm 1574: Partitioned into Salm-Salm-Neufviller, Salm-Grumbach and Salm-Dhaun |
| Salm-Grumbach Forest and Rhine Count of Salm in Horstmar | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1574: 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 |
| Salm-Horstmar | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1803: Renamed from Salm-Grumbach 1806: To Berg 1810: To France 1815: To Prussia |
| Salm-Kyrburg | Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1743: Principality | Upp Rhen | WE | 1499: 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 |
| Salm-Kyrburg-Dhronecken (Salm-Tronecken) | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1607: Partitioned from Salm 1637: Extinct; divided between Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen and Salm-Kyrburg-Kyrburg |
| Salm-Kyrburg-Kyrburg | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1607: Partitioned from Salm 1681: Extinct; to Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen |
| Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1607: Partitioned from Salm 1688: Extinct; to Salm-Neufviller |
| Salm-Neuburg | County 1529: County Palatine | n/a | n/a | 1528: Created when Nicholas I purchased Neuburg; fief of Austria 1529: HRE Count Palatine 1654: Neuburg sold to Sinzendorf 1784: Extinct |
| Salm-Neufviller (Salm-Neuweiler) | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1610: Partitioned from Salm-Salm-Neufviller 1696: Partitioned into Salm-Neufviller-Hoogstraten and Salm-Neufviller-Leuze |
| Salm-Neufviller-Hoogstraten | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1696: Partitioned from Salm-Neufviller 1709: Acquired Hoogstraten as fief of Brabant 1738: Inherited and renamed to Salm-Salm |
| Salm-Neufviller-Leuze | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1696: Partitioned from Salm-Neufviller 1743: Renamed to Salm-Kyrburg |
| Salm-Püttlingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1337: Partitioned from Salm in the Vosges 1368: Extinct; to Salm in the Vosges |
| Salm-Püttlingen | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1697: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun 1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach |
| Salm-Reifferscheid | County 1628: Altgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1460: Renamed from Reifferscheid-Bedburg 1628: HRE Altgrave 1639: Partitioned into Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg and Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck |
| Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg | Altgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1639: 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 |
| Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck | Altgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1639: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg 1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
| Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainspach | Altgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1734: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg in fiefs of Austria |
| Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim | Altgraviate 1804: Principality | n/a | n/a | 1803: Renamed from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg 1804: HRE Prince 1806: Divided between Baden and Württemberg |
| Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz | Altgraviate | n/a | n/a 1734: Partitioned from Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg in fiefs of Austria |
| Salm-Rheingrafenstein and Gaugrehweiler | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1668: Partitioned from Salm-Grumbach 1750: Extinct; to Salm-Grumbach |
| Salm-Salm | Wild- and Rhinegraviate 1623: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1610: 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 |
| Salm-Salm-Neufviller | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1574: Partitioned from Salm-Dhaun-Neufviller 1610: Partitioned into Salm-Salm and Salm-Neufviller |
| Salmannsweiler See: Salem | Abbacy | | | |
| Salzburg | Bishopric 798: Archbishopric | Bav | EC | c. 543: Formed 798: Raised to Archbishopric 1278: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: Secularized as an Electorate for Ferdinand III of Tuscany |
| Salzburg | Electorate | n/a | n/a | 1803: 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 |
| Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: 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 |
| Sarrebourg | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RC | 1171: To Dagsburg as a fief of Metz 1225: To Metz directly 1476: Free Imperial City 1661: To France |
| Savoy | Duchy | Upp Rhen | PR | 1003: 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 |
| Sax | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1137/9: First mentioned 1248: Partitioned into Sax-Misox and Hohensax |
| Sax-Misox | Barony 1413: County | n/a | n/a | 1248: Partitioned from Sax 1413: HRE Count 1424: Joined the Grey League 1483: Most sold to Brandis 1485: Remainder sold to Lucerne 1540: Extinct |
| Saxony | County Palatine | n/a | n/a | 965: 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 |
| Saxony | Margraviate 888: Stem Duchy | n/a | n/a | c. 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. |
| Saxony | Duchy 1356: Electorate 1806: Kingdom | Upp Sax | EL | 1180: 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 |
| Saxony | Duchy The Electorate of Saxony and Duchy of Saxony were separate entities 1485 - 1572 | Upp Sax | PR | 1485: 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 |
| Saxe-Altenburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1603: Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar 1826: Partitioned from Saxe-Hildburghausen 1660: Acquired Themar and Meiningen 1672: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Weimar |
| Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg 1321: Acquired Saxe-Ratzeburg. Ceded Bergedorf to Saxe-Mölln. Renamed to Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg |
| Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1321: Renamed from Saxe-Mölln 1359: Sold Mölln to Lübeck 1370: Sold remainder of the country to Lübeck 1401: Extinct; to Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg |
| Saxe-Coburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1542: 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 |
| Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1572: Partitioned from the Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line) 1596: Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Eisenach |
| Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1699: Renamed from Saxe-Saalfeld 1826: Renamed to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Saxe-Eisenach | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1596: 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 |
| Saxe-Eisenberg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1707: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Saxe-Gotha | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1554: 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 |
| Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1826: Extinct; Partitioned into Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Hildburghausen |
| Saxe-Hildburghausen | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1826: Partitioned into Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen |
| Saxe-Jena | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1672: Partitioned from the Saxe-Weimar 1690: Extinct; divided between Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach |
| Saxe-Lauenburg | Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Wittenberg until 1356 | Low Sax | PR | 1296: 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 |
| Saxe-Meiningen | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha |
| Saxe-Merseburg | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: 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 |
| Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg 1690: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg 1731: Inherited Saxe-Merseburg; appanage abolished |
| Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1684: Appanage created within Saxe-Merseburg 1751: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Saxe-Mölln | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg 1321: Acquired Bergedorf; renamed to Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln |
| Saxe-Ratzeburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1303: Partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg 1308: Extinct in male line; half to Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg 1321: Extinct; rest to Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg |
| Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1321: Renamed from Saxe-Bergedorf-Lauenburg 1401: Renamed to Saxe-Lauenburg |
| Saxe-Römhild | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1710: Extinct; to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Saxe-Saalfeld | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1680: Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha 1699: Acquired Coburg; renamed to Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Saxe-Thuringia | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1445: Partitioned from Saxony 1482: Extinct; to Saxony |
| Saxe-Weimar | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1554: 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 |
| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1741: Renamed from Saxe-Weimar; led Saxe-Eisenach in personal union 1815: Grand Duke |
| Saxe-Wittenberg | Duchy, Electorate in opposition to Saxe-Lauenburg | n/a | n/a | 1296: Partitioned from Saxony 1290: Acquired Brehna 1356: Renamed to Electorate of Saxony |
| Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1680: Appanage created within Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt 1739: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1711: Appanage created within Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt 1715: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony 1680: Appanage Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby created 1711: Appanage Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme created 1746: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony |
| Saxe-Zeitz | Duchy | Upp Sax | PR | 1657: Partitioned from Electorate of Saxony 1699: Appanage Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt created 1718: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony |
| Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1699: Appanage created within Saxe-Zeitz 1713: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Sayn | County | n/a | n/a | 1139: 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 |
| Sayn-Altenkirchen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1652: 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 |
| Sayn-Hachenburg | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1652: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 1714: Extinct; to Kirchberg 1799: To Nassau-Weilburg 1806: To Duchy of Nassau 1815: Parts ceded to Prussia |
| Sayn-Homburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Sayn 1361: Acquired Wittgenstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein |
| Sayn-Sayn | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1294: Partitioned from Sayn 1608: Extinct; succession dispute between Cologne and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Annexed by Cologne |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1361: Renamed from Sayn-Homburg 1605: Partitioned into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | County 1792: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1605: 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 |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein | County 1801: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1647: Renamed from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein 1657: Partitioned into itself and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar 1801: HRE Prince 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1816: To Prussia |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1806: To Grand Duchy of Hesse |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1694: Appanage created within Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1605: 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 |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar | County | n/a | n/a | 1657: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1775: Extinct; to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1605: Partitioned from Sayn-Wittgenstein 1647: Acquired Hohnstein; renamed to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein |
| Schaffhausen See: All Saints | Abbacy | | | |
| Schaffhausen | Imperial City | Swab | SC | 1190: 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 |
| Schaesberg | Lordship 1637: Barony 1706: County | Low Rhen | WE | 1239: 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 |
| Schaumburg | Lordship 1295: County | Low Rhen | WE | 1110: Formed 1227: Acquired Holstein 1261: To Holstein-Itzehoe 1290: To Holstein-Schaumburg 1640: 1/2 to Hesse-Cassel, 1/2 to Lippe-Alverdissen |
| Schaumburg-Lippe Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, etc. | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1647: Renamed from Lippe-Alverdissen |
| Schaunberg | Lordship by 1316: County | Aust | WE | c. 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 |
| Scheer (Scheer and Friedberg) | Lordship 1463: County 1785: Princely County | Swab | n/a | 1076: 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 |
| 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 |
| Scheuerberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1325: Partitioned from Weinsberg 1335: Sold to Mainz 1484: To the Teutonic Order 1806: To Württemberg |
| Schillingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | To the Cathedral of Trier 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia |
| Schleiden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1104: 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 |
| Schlettstadt (Sélestat) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1216: Free Imperial City 1648: To France 1679: Left the Empire; annexed to France |
| Schliengen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1170: To Üsenberg 1238: To Schaler 1337: To Neuenfels 1343: To Basel 1803: To Baden |
| Schlitz genannt von Görtz | Lordship 1677: Barony 1726: County | Franc | WT | 1116: 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 |
| Schmalkalden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 874: First mentioned; to Thuringia 1247: To Henneberg-Schleusingen 1360: Half to Hesse 1584: All to Hesse |
| Schmidtburg | Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1284: Partitioned from Kyrburg 1330: Extinct; to Trier |
| Schönborn | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1275: First mentioned; ministerialis in the Rheingau, possibly vassals of Schaumburg, Diez and Katzenelnbogen 13th Century?: Partitioned into Schönborn-Burgschwalbach and Schönborn-Westerburg |
| Schönborn-Buchheim | County | Franc | FR | 1711: Renamed from Schönborn-Eschbach 1717: Partitioned into Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Schönborn-Heusenstamm |
| Schönborn-Burgschwalbach | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn c. 1350: Partitioned into itself and Schönborn-Stroß 15th Century: Partitioned into itself and Schönborn-Hahnstetten ?: Extinct; to Schönborn-Hahnstetten |
| Schönborn-Eschbach | Lordship 1663: Barony 1701: County | Franc | FR | 1571: 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 |
| Schönborn-Freienfels | Lordship 1663: Barony | Franc | FR | 1571: Partitioned from Schönborn-Westerburg 1654: Extinct; to Schönborn-Eschbach |
| Schönborn-Hahnstetten | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 15th Century: Partitioned from Schönborn-Burgschwalbach 1640: Extinct |
| Schönborn-Heusenstamm | County | Franc | FR | 1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim 1801: Extinct; to Schönborn-Wiesentheid |
| Schönborn-Stroß | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1350: Partitioned from Schönborn-Burgschwalbach c. 1400: Extinct |
| Schönborn-Westerburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century?: Partitioned from Schönborn 1466: Acquired Freienfels as fief of Katzenelnbogen 1571: Partitioned into Schönborn-Eschbach and Schönborn-Freienfels |
| Schönborn-Wiesentheid | County | Franc | FR | 1717: Partitioned from Schönborn-Buchheim 1806: To Bavaria |
| Schönburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1130: First mentioned 1182: Acquired Geringswalde 1256: Acquired Glauchau 1270: Acquired Crimmitschau 1286: Acquired Lichtenstein c. 1300: Partitioned into Schönburg-Glauchau and Schönburg-Crimmitschau |
| Schönburg-Crimmitschau | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1300: Partitioned from Schönburg 1307: Made fief of Meissen 1405: Extinct; to Meissen |
| Schönburg-Forderglauchau | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig 1656: Extinct; to Schönburg-Wechselburg |
| Schönburg-Hartenstein | County | Upp Sax | WE | 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1786: Extinct; to Schönburg-Stein |
| Schönburg-Glauchau | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | c. 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 |
| Schönburg-Hinterglauchau | Lordship 1700: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: 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 |
| Schönburg-Hoyerswerda | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1437: Renamed from Schönburg-Neuschönburg; fief of Upper Lusatia (in Bohemia) 1448: Annexed by Saxony 1554: Restored 1582: Sold to Promnitz 1584: Extinct |
| Schönburg-Lichtenstein | Lordship 1701: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1614: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg 1664: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg 1740: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hartenstein, Schönburg-Stein and Schönburg-Waldenburg |
| Schönburg-Neuschönburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1400: Partitioned from Schönburg-Pürschenstein 1437: Acquired Hoyerswerda; renamed to Schönburg-Hoyerswerda |
| Schönburg-Penig | Lordship 1700: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1566: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau 1612: Partitioned into Schönburg-Hinterglauchau, Schönburg-Rochsburg, Schönburg-Remse, Schönburg-Forderglauchau, Schönburg-Zschillen and Schönburg-Wechselburg |
| Schönburg-Pürschenstein | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1352: Partitioned from Schönburg-Glauchau c. 1400: Partitioned into itself and Schönburg-Neuschönburg 1538: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hoyerswerda |
| Schönburg-Remse | Lordship 1746: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig 1640: Extinct; to Schönburg-Hinterglauchau 1746: Partitioned from Schönburg-Hinterglauchau; mediate to Saxony 1747: Extinct; to Schönburg-Waldenburg |
| Schönburg-Rochsburg | Lordship 1700: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: 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 |
| Schönburg-Stein (Schönburg-Schwarzenbach) | County | Upp Sax | WE | 1701: Partitioned from Schönburg-Waldenburg 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1790: HRE Prince; renamed to Schönburg-Waldenburg |
| Schönburg-Waldenburg | Lordship 1700: County 1790: Principality | Upp Sax | WE | 1566: 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 |
| Schönburg-Wechselburg | Lordship 1764: County | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig c. 1670: Partitioned into Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg and Schönburg-Wechselburg-Penig 1764: Reunited by Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg; mediate to Saxony |
| Schönburg-Wechselburg-Penig | Lordship 1700: County | Upp Sax | WE | c. 1670: Partitioned from Schönburg-Wechselburg 1700: HRE Count 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1764: Extinct; to Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg |
| Schönburg-Wechselburg-Wechselburg | Lordship 1700: County | Upp Sax | WE | c. 1670: Partitioned from Schönburg-Wechselburg 1700: HRE Count 1740: Mediatised to Saxony 1764: Renamed to Schönburg-Wechselburg |
| Schönburg-Zschillen | Lordship | Upp Sax | WE | 1612: Partitioned from Schönburg-Penig 1664: Extinct; to Schönburg-Remsa |
| Schönecken | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1264: Partitioned from Vianden 1370: Extinct 1384: To Trier |
| Schönstein | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1250: 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 |
| Schöntal | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1153: Formed 1157/63: Imperial immediacy 1418: Imperial abbey 1495: Status revoked 1802: Secularised; to Württemberg |
| Schussenried | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1183: Formed 1211: Acquired secular territory 1440: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid 1806: To Württemberg |
| Schwabegg (Schwabeck) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1110: First mentioned 1167: Extinct; to Hohenstaufen 1268: To Bavaria |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1162: First mentioned; to Hohenstaufen 1268: Free Imperial City 1802: To Württemberg |
| Schwäbisch Hall | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1063: First mentioned; to Comburg-Rothenburg c. 1116: To Hohenstaufen 1280: Free Imperial City 1802: To Württemberg |
| Schwäbisch Wörth (Donauwörth) | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 11th Century: First mentioned; to Bavaria 1308: Free Imperial City 1607: To Bavaria 1705: Free Imperial City 1714: To Bavaria |
| Schwalenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1127: 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 |
| Schwarzburg | County | n/a | n/a | 11th 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Arnstadt | County 1697: Principality | Upp Sax | WT | 1326: 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Arnstadt | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1762: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1236: 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Ebeleben | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1651: Renamed from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1681: Extinct; divided between Schwarzburg-Arnstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
| Schwarzburg-Ebeleben | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
| Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1528: 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Keula | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1740: Inherited Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; appanage abolished |
| Schwarzburg-Leutenberg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1236: Partitioned from Schwarzburg 1259: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1362: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg 1564: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Schwarzburg-Neustadt | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1713: Appanage created within Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1749: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Schwarzburg-Ranis | County | n/a | n/a | 1374: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Arnstadt 1418: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince of Schwarzburg (-Rudolstadt), Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg, Blankenburg, etc. | County 1710: Principality | Upp Sax | WT / PR | 1356: 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1274: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1327: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg 1362: Partitioned into itself and Schwarzburg-Leutenberg 1399: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Leutenberg |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen HRE Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Leutenberg | County 1697: Principality | Upp Sax | WT / PR | 1599: 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 |
| Schwarzburg-Stadtilm | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1612: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1624: Traded territory with Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen 1630: Inherited and renamed to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Schwarzburg-Wachsenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1327: Partitioned from Schwarzburg-Schwarzburg 1360: Sold Spremberg to Bohemia 1369: Sold Wachsenburg to Thuringia 1450: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Leutenberg |
| Schwarzenberg HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn) | Barony 1670: Principality | Franc | FR / PR | 1429: 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 |
| Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line | Barony | Franc | FR | 1528: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg 1538: Partitioned into Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line and Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line |
| Schwarzenberg-Bierset and Champlon | Barony | n/a | n/a | c. 1510: Edmund I of Schwarzenberg Franconian Line created side line; fief of Liège 1678: Extinct |
| Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line | Barony 1566: County | Franc | FR | 1538: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line 1566: HRE Count 1646: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Franconian Line |
| Schwarzenberg Franconian Line HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn) | Barony 1599: County | Franc | FR | 1437: Renamed from Schwarzenberg c. 1510: Side line Schwarzenberg-Bierset and Champlon created 1550: Acquired Gimborn 1599: HRE Count 1670: HRE Prince; renamed to Schwarzenberg |
| Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg | Barony 1566: County | Franc | FR | 1437: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg 1528: Partitioned into Schwarzburg Bavarian Line and itself 1566: HRE Count 1588: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Franconian Line |
| Schwarzenberg Younger Bavarian Line | Barony 1566: County | Franc | FR | 1538: Partitioned from Schwarzenberg Bavarian Line 1566: HRE Count 1618: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg Elder Bavarian Line |
| Schweidnitz (Świdnica) | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1308: Partitioned from Jauer 1346: Inherited Jauer, renamed to Schweidnitz-Jauer |
| Schweidnitz-Jauer | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1346: Renamed from Schweidnitz after inheritance of Jauer 1368: Extinct in male line; to Agnes of Austria 1392: Extinct; to Bohemia 1742: To Prussia |
| Schweinfurt | County 941: Margraviate | n/a | n/a | 9th Century?: First mentioned 941: HRE Margrave 1003: Lost Nordgau to Bamberg 1057: Extinct in male line 1104: Extinct; sold to Eichstätt |
| Schweinfurt | Imperial City | Franc | SW | 1233: Imperial Free City 1802: To Bavaria 1810: To Würzburg 1814: To Bavaria |
| Schwerin | Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 1053: 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 |
| Schwerin | Principality | Low Sax | PR | 1648: Bishopric secularised as principality for Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Schwerin | County | n/a | n/a | 1161: 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 |
| Schwerin-Boizenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1323: Partitioned from Schwerin-Wittenburg 1349: Extinct; to Schwerin-Wittenburg |
| Schwerin-Schwerin | County | n/a | n/a | 1279: Partitioned from Schwerin 1344: Extinct; to Schwerin-Wittenburg |
| Schwerin-Wittenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1279: Partitioned from Schwerin 1323: Partitioned into itself and Schwerin-Boizenburg 1356: Side line Tecklenburg established 1357: Extinct; to Tecklenburg 1358: Sold to Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Schwyz | Imperial Valley | Swab | n/a | 972: To Lenzburg 1173: To Habsburg 1240: Free Imperial Valley 1291: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Seckau | Bishopric | Aust | EC | 1218: 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 |
| Seeburg | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1036: Partitioned from Querfurt 1182: Sold to Magdeburg 1192: Extinct 1287: Sold to Mansfeld Elder Line |
| Seinsheim | Lordship 1580: Barony | Franc | FR | c. 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 |
| Seinsheim-Erlach | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim c. 1360: Partitioned into itself and Seinsheim-Hohenkottenheim 1433: Extinct; to Seinheim-Hohenkottenheim |
| Seinsheim-Hohenkottenheim | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1360: Partitioned from Seinsheim-Erlach 1580: Renamed to Seinsheim |
| Seinsheim-Stephansberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1260: Partitioned from Seinsheim 1420: Acquired Schwarzenberg 1429: Renamed to Schwarzenberg |
| Sélestat See: Schlettstadt | Imperial City | | | |
| Selz (Seltz) | Abbacy | El Rhin | n/a | 991: Founded 992: Imperial immediacy 1481: To the Palatinate 1680: To France 1692: Suppressed |
| Selz (Seltz) | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1358: Free Imperial City 1418: To the Palatinate 1680: To France |
| Sickingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1289: First mentioned 1466: Acquired Merxheim 1525: Acquired Schallodenbach 1574: Partitioned into Sickingen-Schallodenbach, Sickingen-Landstuhl, Sickingen-Sickingen, Sickingen-Ebernburg and Sickingen-Hohenburg |
| Sickingen-Ebernburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen 1750: Sold to the Palatinate 1768: Extinct |
| Sickingen-Hohenburg | County | Swab | SC | 1574: 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 |
| Sickingen-Landstuhl | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen 1680: Extinct; divided between Sickingen-Hohenburg and Sickingen-Sickingen |
| Sickingen-Schallodenbach | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen 1684: Extinct |
| Sickingen-Sickingen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1574: Partitioned from Sickingen 1794: To France 1834: Extinct |
| Siegburg See: Michaelsberg | Abbacy | | | |
| Sigmaringen | County | n/a | n/a | 1077: 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 |
| Sinzendorf | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria 1404: Acquired Feyregg c. 1450: Partitioned into Sinzendorf-Feyregg and Sinzendorf-Fridau-Neuburg |
| Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn HRE Prince of Sinzendorf & Thannhausen, Burgrave of Winterrieden, Baron of Ernstbrunn | Lordship 1610: Barony 1653: County 1803: Principality | El Rhin | WE | 1592: 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 |
| Sinzendorf-Feyregg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1450: Partitioned from Sinzendorf 1566: Sold Feyregg 1592: Acquired Ernstbrunn; renamed to Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn |
| Sinzendorf-Fridau-Neuburg | Lordship 1610: Barony 1654: County | Swab | SC | c. 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 |
| Sion (Sitten) | Bishopric | n/a | n/a | 4th Century: Established at Martigny 589: Relocated to Sion 999: Acquired Valais 1648: Left the Empire as an ally of Switzerland |
| Soest | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1252: Free Imperial City 1609: Awarded to Brandenburg, city refused 1616: To Brandenburg |
| Söflingen (Söfflingen) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1258: Formed 1773: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg |
| Solms | County | n/a | n/a | 1212: First mentioned 1258: Partitioned into Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burg-Solms and Solms-Königsberg |
| Solms-Assenheim | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1699: Partitioned from Solms-Rödelheim 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
| Solms-Baruth | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1627: Partitioned from Solms-Laubach c. 1676: Renamed to Solms-Rödelheim; appanages Solms-Laubach, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Wildenfels created |
| Solms-Baruth | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim 1696: Appanage Solms-Baruth in Klitschdorf created |
| Solms-Baruth in Klitschdorf | County | n/a | n/a | 1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Baruth |
| Solms-Braunfels | County 1742: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT / PR | 1258: 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 |
| Solms-Burg-Solms (Solms-Burgsolms) | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Solms 1415: Extinct; to Solms-Braunfels |
| Solms-Greifenstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1693: Inherited and renamed to Solms-Braunfels |
| Solms-Hohensolms | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich 1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich |
| Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | County 1792: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1562: Partitioned from Solms-Lich 1718: Renamed to Solms-Hohensolms-Lich 1792: HRE Prince 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
| Solms-Hungen | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1607: Partitioned from Solms-Braunfels 1678: Extinct; to Solms-Greifenstein |
| Solms-Königsberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Solms 1350: Königsberg to Hesse 1364: Extinct; to Solms-Burg-Solms by marriage |
| Solms-Königstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels 1792: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Solms-Laubach | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1548: 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 |
| Solms-Laubach | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1676: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim 1696: Appanages Solms-Utphe and Solms-Wildenfels created |
| Solms-Lich | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1420: 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 |
| Solms-Ottenstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1324: Established by Henry V of Solms-Braunfels after acquisition of Ottenstein 1408: To Münster 1424: Extinct |
| Solms-Rödelheim | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1627: 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 |
| Solms-Sachsenfeld | County | n/a | n/a | 1741: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Wildenfels |
| Solms-Sonnewalde | County | n/a | n/a | 1581: 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 |
| Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch | County | n/a | n/a | 1688: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde 1728: Partitioned into Solms-Sonnewalde-Wendisch Sohland, Solms-Sonnewalde-Kropstädt, itself and Solms-Sonnewalde-Rösa |
| Solms-Sonnewalde-Hillmersdorf | County | n/a | n/a | 1688: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde 1718: Extinct; to Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch |
| Solms-Sonnewalde-Kropstädt | County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch |
| Solms-Sonnewalde-Rösa | County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch |
| Solms-Sonnewalde-Wendisch Sohland | County | n/a | n/a | 1728: Partitioned from Solms-Sonnewalde-Pouch |
| Solms-Utphe | County | n/a | n/a | 1696: Appanage created within Solms-Rödelheim from Solms-Laubach 1762: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Solms-Wildenfels | County | n/a | n/a | c. 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 |
| Solothurn | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1127: 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 |
| Sombreffe (Sombreff, Someruff, Zimerauff) | Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 13th 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 |
| Sonnenberg | Lordship 1463: County | n/a | n/a | 1242: First mentioned; to Montfort 1258: To Werdenberg-Sargans 1342: To Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans 1455: Sold to Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1474: Sold to Austria |
| Speyer | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 614: 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 |
| Speyer | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1294: Free Imperial City 1792: To France 1816: To Bavaria |
| Spiegelberg | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1200: 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 |
| Spoleto | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 842: Invested on Guy of Nantes 880: Partitioned into itself and Camerino 1201: To the Papal States |
| Sponheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1045: First mentioned c. 1234: Partitioned into Sponheim-Starkenburg, Sponheim-Heinsberg and Sponheim-Kreuznach |
| Sponheim-Bolanden | County | n/a | n/a | 1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach 1410: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg by marriage |
| Sponheim-Castellaun (Sponheim-Kastellaun) | County | n/a | n/a | 1300: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach 1340: Inherited and renamed to Sponheim-Kreuznach |
| Sponheim-Heinsberg | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim 1269: Partitioned into Heinsberg and Löwenburg |
| Sponheim-Kreuznach (Hither Sponheim; Vordere Sponheim) | County | n/a | n/a | c. 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 |
| Sponheim-Neef | County | n/a | n/a | 1277: Partitioned from Sponheim-Kreuznach 1303: Extinct; to Metz-Scharfeneck |
| Sponheim-Sayn See: Sayn | County | | | |
| Sponheim-Starkenburg (Farther Sponheim; Hintere Sponheim) | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1234: Partitioned from Sponheim 1247: Acquired Sayn by marriage 1266: Partitioned into Sayn and itself 1437: Extinct; to Veldenz and Baden in condominium |
| Stadion | Lordship | | | 1197: First mentioned; branch of Stain 1392: Partitioned into Stadion Swabian Line and Stadion Alsatian Line |
| Stadion Alsatian Line | Lordship 1686: Barony 1705: County | Swab | SC | 1392: 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 |
| Stadion Swabian Line | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1392: Partitioned from Stadion 1585: Acquired Alberweiler 1693: Extinct; to Stadion Alsatian Line |
| Stadion-Thannhausen | County | Swab | SC | 1741: Partitioned from Stadion Alsatian Line 1806: To Bavaria |
| Stadion-Warthausen | County | Swab | SC | 1741: Partitioned from Stadion Alsatian Line 1806: To Württemberg |
| Stain | Lordship 1611: Barony 1779: County | n/a | n/a | 922: First mentioned 1611: HRE Baron 1779: HRE Count 1806: To Württemberg |
| Stargard | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1130: 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 |
| Starhemberg | 1679: HRE Count (Personalist) 1765: HRE Prince (Personalist) | n/a | FR | 1679: Formed 12th century: Family 1st mentioned |
| Starhemberg-Schaumburg-Wachsenberg Prince of Starhemberg, Count of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg, etc. | 1705: HRE Prince | | | Acquired County of Schaumburg-Wachsenberg |
| Stauf-Ehrenfels | Lordship 1465: Barony County | Bavarian | SC | 1138: 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 |
| Staufen | Lordship 14th Century: Barony | Swab | SC | 12th Century: First mentioned 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1346: Acquired Werrach Late 14th Century: HRE Baron 1602: Extinct; to Austria |
| Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy (Stablo-Malmedy) | RA | Low Rhen | EC | 648: 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 |
| Stein | County 1194: Rhinegraviate 1350: Wild- and Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1126: 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 |
| Stein-Rheinberg | Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from Stein 1305/6: Extinct; to Stein-Rheingrafenstein |
| Stein-Rheingrafenstein | Rhinegraviate | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from Stein 1223: Acquired remainder of the Rhinegraviate 1281: Rhinegraviate to Mainz 1305/6: Renamed to Stein |
| Stein am Rhein See: St George in Stein | Abbacy | | | |
| Stein am Rhein | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1457: Free Imperial City 1484: To Zürich 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Stein zu Nassau | Lordship 15th Century: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1195: First mentioned; fief of Nassau 1361: Acquired Schweighausen 15th Century: HRE Baron 1804: To Nassau |
| Steinfurt | Lordship 1495: County | Low Rhen | WE | 1129: 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 |
| Sternberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1243: Partitioned from Schwalenberg 1377: Sold to Schaumburg 1400: Half sold to Lippe 1402: Extinct; rest sold to Lippe |
| Sternberg-Manderscheid | County | Low Rhen | WF | 1780: Franz Joseph of Sternberg acquired Manderscheid-Blankenheim by marriage 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Schussenried and Weissenau 1806: To Württemberg |
| Sternstein See: Störnstein | Princely County | | | |
| Stetten | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1098: First mentioned; ministerialis of Comburg Abbey 1336: Acquired Buchenbach 1387: Acquired Tierburg 1806: To Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria |
| Stolberg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1200: 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 |
| Stolberg-Gedern | County 1742: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1672: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode 1710: Partitioned into itself, Stolberg-Wernigerode and Stolberg-Schwarza 1742: HRE Prince 1804: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode |
| Stolberg-Königstein | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1535: 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 |
| Stolberg-Schwarza | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1710: Partitioned from Stolberg-Gedern 1743: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode |
| Stolberg-Stolberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1544: 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 |
| Stolberg-Rossla (Stolberg-Roßla) | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1572: Partitioned from Stolberg-Wernigerode 1641: Extinct; to Stolberg-Wernigerode 1706: Partitioned from Stolberg-Stolberg 1730: Mediatised to Saxony |
| Stolberg-Wernigerode | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1544: 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) |
| Stolzenberg | Raugraviate | n/a | n/a | 1172: Partitioned from Baumburg 1358: Extinct; to Bolanden |
| Storkow | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1136: 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 |
| Störnstein (Sternstein) | Lordship 1641: Princely County | Bav | n/a | 12th 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 |
| Strasbourg | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | Before 343: Diocese established 775: Acquired territory 982: Imperial immediacy 1681: Left bank to France 1803: Right bank to Baden |
| Strasbourg | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1262: Free Imperial City (Strassburg; Straßburg) 1681: To France |
| Stühlingen | County 1120: Landgraviate | Swab | SC | 1084: First mentioned 1120: Lenzburg made HRE Landgraves 1127: To Küssenberg 1251: To Lupfen 1584: To Pappenheim-Stühlingen 1639: To Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 1806: To Baden |
| Styria (Steiermark) | Duchy | Aust | n/a | 970: 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 |
| Sulz | County | Swab | SC | 910: 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 |
| Sulz-Klettgau | County | Swab | SC | 1572: Partitioned from Sulz 1651: Sold Rafzerfeld to Zürich 1698: Extinct; to Schwarzenberg by marriage |
| Sulz-Vaduz | County | Swab | SC | 1572: Partitioned from Sulz 1613: Sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Hohenems 1616: Sold Blumenegg to Weingarten Abbey 1617: Extinct |
| Sulzbach | Imperial Village | n/a | n/a | 1035: To Limburg Abbey 1339: Free Imperial Village 1450: Sold to Frankfurt 1613: Free Imperial Village 1804: To Nassau |
| Sulzbürg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1217: First mentioned 1290: Renamed to Wolfstein |
| Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum (Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum) | Barony 1673: County | Bav | FR | 1522: 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 |
| Sundgau See Upper Alsace | Landgraviate | | | |
| Swabia | Duchy | n/a | n/a | c. 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 |
| Swabia | Landvogtei | n/a | n/a | 1541: 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 |
| Swabian Austria See: Further Austria | Landgraviate | | | |
| Świdnica See: Schweidnitz | Duchy | | | |