# List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (H)
## 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 H.
* The "Imperial Circle" column shows to which circle (Reichskreis) the state belonged;
* the "Imperial Diet" column shows where the state was represented in the Imperial Diet or "Bench" (Reichstag).
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | History |
| Haag | HRE County | Bav | SC | 10th Century: Formed980: First mentioned, to Lords of Gurren von Haag1245: Gurren von Haag extinct; to Fraunberg1276: To Fraunberg-Haag1465: HRE Barony1509: HRE County1566: Extinct; to Bavaria1588: To Bavaria-Haag1608: To Wartenberg1777: Extinct; to Bavaria1804: Abolished |
| Habsburg | County | — | — | 1040: Formed1232: Partitioned into itself and Habsburg-Laufenburg1305: United to Austria1414: To Bern |
| Habsburg-Laufenburg | County | — | — | 1232: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg1274: Partitioned into itself and Kyburg1282: Acquired Landgraviate of Klettgau1353: Partitioned into Habsburg-Laufenburg-Neu-Rapperswil Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg and Habsburg-Laufenburg-Alt-Rapperswil |
| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Alt-Rapperswil | County | — | — | 1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg1375: Extinct; to Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg |
| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg | County | — | — | 1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg1408: Extinct; to Austria1410: Klettgau passed to Sulz |
| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Neu-Rapperswil | County | — | — | 1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg1354: Sold Neu-Rapperswil to Austria1356: Fief of Austria1358: Remaining territory sold to Austria1392: Extinct |
| Hadeln | "Farmer Republic" 1210 - 1852 | — | — | 1210: FormedBefore 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony1180: To Archbishopric of Bremen1210: To Duchy of Saxony, as a Farmer Republic1260: To Saxe-Lauenburg1305–1402: Joint overlordship of the lines of Saxe-Lauenburg1402: To Hamburg1481: To Saxe-Lauenburg1689–1731: Imperial custody1731: To Electorate of Hanover1810: To France1813: To Kingdom of Hanover1852: Autonomy cancelled1866: To Prussia1884: Distinct Estates dissolved |
| Hagenau | "Landvogtei" | — | — | Formation date unknown1423: To the Electorate of the Palatinate1553: To Austria1648: To France1686: Abolished |
| Haguenau (Hagenau) | Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | RH | 12th Century: Formed1257: Free Imperial City1648: To France |
| Hainaut | County | Burg | — | 900: Formed1071: Unified1299: United with the County of Holland1436: To Burgundy1516: To Spanish Netherlands1713: To Austria1794: To France1815: To Netherlands1830: To Belgium |
| Halberstadt | BishopricPrince-Bishopric | Low Sax | see below | 804: Formed1180: Imperial immediacy1648: Secularized as a principality to Brandenburg |
| Halberstadt | Principality | Low Sax | PR | 1648: Formed: Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt for Brandenburg1807: To Westphalia1813: To Prussia |
| Haldenstein | Barony | — | — | 1260: Formed: First mentionedOriginally to Knights of Haldenstein as fief to Vaz1300: Inherited Lichtenstain; immediate lordship14th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Chur1388: Extinct; to Greifensee1424: Imperial immediacy1469: To Friedingen1494: To Grüningen1509: To Rhäzüns1542: To Castion1567: To Neu-Aspermont1608: To Schauenstein1695: To Salis-Maienfeld1803: To Graubünden |
| Hallsee: Schwäbisch Hall | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hallermund | County | Low Rhen | WE | 12th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Minden1191: Extinct; to Käfernburg as fief of Bishopric of Minden1197: Partitioned from Käfernburg1298: Half to Lüneburg1411: Extinct; succession dispute between Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Bishopric of Minden1436: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1707: To Platen-Hallermund1807: To Westphalia1813: To Hanover |
| Hals | 1280: County | [data missing] | [data missing] | 11th century: Formed1189: Lords of Hals extinct; to Lords of Kamm1280: HRE Count1375: Counts of Kamm extinct; succession dispute between Leuchtenberg and Ortenburg1485: To Aichberg1511: Aichberg extinct; succession dispute between Degenberg and Ortenburg1517: To BavariaTo CronensteinTo Sinzendorf1715: To Bavaria |
| Hamburg | Imperial City | Low Sax | RH | 1189: Formed1241: Founding member of the Hansa1510: Imperial city1810: Annexed to France1815: Free City |
| HanauFrom 1642: Count of Hanau, Rieneck and Zweibrücken, Lord of Münzenberg, Lichtenberg and Ochsenhausen | 1429: HRE County | Upp Rhen | WT | 13th century: Formed1243: 1st mention of Hanau castle1458: Partitioned into Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Babenhausen1642: Reunited by Hanau-Lichtenberg1736: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Hanau-Babenhausen | County | — | — | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau1480: Acquired Lichtenberg, renamed to Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Hanau-Lichtenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1480: Formed: Renamed from Hanau-Babenhausen 1642: Renamed to Hanau1736: Hanau extinct; to Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Hanau-Münzenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau 1642: Extinct; to Hanau-Lichtenberg1736: Hanau extinct; to Hesse-Cassel |
| HanoverElectorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg | HRE Prince-Elector | Low Sax | EL | 1692: Formed: Brunswick-Calenberg raised to Electorate 1714: In personal union with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1807: To Westphalia1813: Kingdom of Hanover1866: To Prussia |
| Harburg | Lordship | — | — | c. 1100: First mentioned 13th Century: Extinct1299: To Oettingen1522: To Oettingen-Oettingen1806: To Bavaria |
| Hardegg | 1383: HRE County | — | — | 12th Century: To the Counts of Plain 1188: Plain assumes the name "Plain and Hardegg"1260: Extinct in male line1262: To Devin by marriage1276: To Rabenswalde by marriage1278: HRE County1314: Extinct; to Magdeburg (Maydburg)1481: To Austria1493: To Barons of Prüschenk who assumed the name "Hardegg", as fief of Austria1499: HRE County Hardegg und im Machlande |
| Harmersbach | Imperial Valley | — | — | 1718: Formed: Free Imperial Valley Harmersbach was attached to the Free City of Zell. However the legal basis for doing so was shaky, and a bailiwick was established in the valley1689: Legally attached to Zell1718: Free Imperial Valley1803: To Baden |
| HarrachCount of Harrach in Rohrau and Thannhausen, etc. | 1628: HRE County (Personalist) | — | SW | 1628: Formed Acquired non-immediate County of RohrauAcquired non-immediate County of Thannhausen |
| HatzfeldHRE Prince of Hatzfeld-Gleichen-Trachenberg, Baron of Wildenburg, Lord of Crottorf, Schönstein, Kranichfeld, Blankenhain, etc. | Lordship 1635: HRE County1748: HRE Principality | Upp Sax | FR | 12th Century: Fiefs of Thuringia 1311: Fiefs of Hesse1331: Partitioned into several lines1635: Hatzfeld-Wildenburg-Crottorf line invested with Gleichen and other territories; HRE Count1640: Imperial estate; immediate HRE Counts of Gleichen1741: non-immediate Princes of Trachenberg in Prussia1794: Princely line extinct; immediate territories to Mainz; rest to other lines |
| Hauenstein | County | — | — | Formation date unknown Between 1111 and 1408, the House of Habsburgs obtained possession of numerous territories and titles in the region surrounding Hauenstein1806: To Baden |
| Hausen | Lordship | ?? | [data missing] | Formation date unknown1500: Franconian Circle |
| Havelberg | Bishopric | Upp Sax | EC | 948: Formed 983: Havelberg lost; titular see1144: Diocese regained1571: To Brandenburg |
| Heggbach | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1231: Formed 1429: Imperial immediacy1803: To Waldbott von Bassenheim1806: To Württemberg |
| Heideck(Heydeck) | HRE Lordship | Upp Rhen | WE | 1192: Formed: Originally named Erlingshofen; built Heideck and assumed that name 1445: Fief of Bavaria-Landshut1472: Extinct; to Bavaria-Landshut1505: To Palatinate-Neuburg1769: Bestowed as title to Josepha von Heydeck and her children1789: Purchased HRE County of Bretzenheim; Prince1795: Bretzenheim to France1803: Acquired Lindau1804: Sold to Austria |
| Heilbronn | Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1371: Formed: Free Imperial City1802: To Württemberg |
| Heiligenberg | County | — | — | 1135: Counts of Linzgau assumed name Heiligenberg: Formed 1277: Extinct; to Werdenberg1308: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg1535: To Fürstenberg (Swabia)1559: To Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg1716: To Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg1744: To Fürstenberg (state)1806: To Grand Duchy of Baden |
| Heiligkreuztal | Abbacy | — | — | 1227: Formed: Founded as Wasserschapfen Abbey 1231: Renamed to Heiligkreuztal1234: Imperial immediacy1803: To Württemberg |
| Heinsberg | County | — | — | 1085: Formed: Branch of the Counts of Wassenberg1479: Annexed to Jülich |
| Helfenstein(Helffenstein) | County | Swab | SC | 1113: Formed 1200: Partitioned into Helfenstein-Sigmaringen and Helfenstein-Helfenstein1296: Reunited by Helfenstein-Helfenstein1351: HRE County1356: Partitioned into Helfenstein-Blaubeuren and Helfenstein-Wiesensteig |
| Helfenstein-Blaubeuren | Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1447: Blaubeuren sold to Württemberg1448: Heidenheim sold to Württemberg1517: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig |
| Helfenstein-Gundelfingen | Lordship | Swab | — | 1548: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Wiesensteig1626: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig |
| Helfenstein-Helfenstein | Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1241: Partitioned into itself and Helfenstein-Spitzenberg1296: Renamed to Helfenstein |
| Helfenstein-Sigmaringen | Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 12??: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Helfenstein |
| Helfenstein-Spitzenberg | Lordship | — | — | 1241: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Helfenstein1296: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Helfenstein |
| Helfenstein-Wellheim | Lordship | Swab | — | 1548: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Wiesensteig1564: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig |
| Helfenstein-Wiesensteig | Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1396: Geislingen and Helfenstein sold to Ulm1450: To Württemberg1457: Restored1548: Partitioned into itself, Helfenstein-Gundelfingen and Helfenstein-Wellheim1627: Extinct; To Fürstenberg-Messkirch, Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen-Baldern1646: Leuchtenberg and Oettingen share of Wiesensteig sold to Bavaria |
| Helmarshausen | Abbacy | — | — | 997: Formed 997: Imperial immediacy1160: To the Bishopric of Paderborn1191: Imperial immediacy1479: Fief of Hesse-Cassel1538: Secularised and abolished |
| HelmstedtSee: St Ludger | Abbacy | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Henneberg | County1471: HRE Princely Count of Henneberg | Franc | PR | 1037: Counts then known as Babenburg: Formed 1096: 1st mention of Henneberg as adopted name1190: Partitioned into Henneberg-Henneberg, Henneberg-Strauf and Henneberg-Bodenlauben |
| Henneberg-Aschach | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen1535: Partitioned into Henneberg-Römhild and Henneberg-Schwarza |
| Henneberg-Bodenlauben (Botenlauben) | County | — | — | 1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg 1234: Sold to the Bishopric of Würzburg1242: Extinct |
| Henneberg-Coburg | County | — | — | 1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf1312: Extinct; to Henneberg-Schleusingen |
| Henneberg-Coburg | Princely County | — | — | 1340: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1347: Extinct; succession dispute though held by Jutta of Brandenburg1353: To Meissen |
| Henneberg-Hartenberg | County | — | — | 1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1371: Sold to Henneberg-Aschach1378: Extinct |
| Henneberg-Henneberg | County | — | — | 1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg1218: Extinct; to Henneberg-Strauf |
| Henneberg-Römhild | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach 1548: Sold to Mansfeld-Bornstedt1549: Extinct1555: To Electorate of Saxony |
| Henneberg-Schleusingen | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf 1262: Partitioned into Henneberg-Hartenberg, Henneberg-Aschach and itself1310: HRE Princely Count1340: Partitioned into Henneberg-Coburg and itself1583: Extinct; to Electorate of Saxony |
| Henneberg-Schwarza | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach 1549: To Katherine of Stolberg1577: To Stolberg-Stolberg |
| Henneberg-Strauf | County | — | — | 1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg1245: Partitioned into Henneberg-Coburg and Henneberg-Schleusingen |
| Herford Abbey | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 800: Formed: Moved from Müdehorst to Herford 832: Imperial abbey1147: Imperial immediacy1523: HRE Princess1803: Secularized to Prussia |
| Herford | 1631: Free City | Low Rhen | RH | 1147: Formed: Imperial Free City1652: Annexed to Brandenburg |
| Héricourt | Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: To Duchy of Burgundy 1397: To County of Montbéliard1748: To France |
| Herrenzimmern | Lordship1530: County | Swab | SC | 1495: Formed: Partitioned from Zimmern1570: Annexed to Mötzkirch |
| Herrstein | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hersfeld | Abbacy | Upp Rhen | EC | 769: Formed 775: Imperial immediacy1606: Under administration by Hesse-Cassel1648: To Hesse-Cassel |
| Hesse | County 1265: Landgraviate1292: Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1247: Formed: Partitioned from Thuringia 1458: Partitioned into Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Marburg1500: Reunited by Hesse-Cassel1567: Partitioned into itself, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Hesse-Bingenheim | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1648: Formed: Appanage created from Hesse-Homburg1681: Extinct; to Hesse-Homburg |
| Hesse-CasselPrince-Elector of Hesse, Grand Duke of Fulda, Prince of Hersfeld, Hanau, Fritzlar & Isenburg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda & Schaumburg | Princely Landgraviate1803: Electorate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1500: Renamed to Hesse1567: Partitioned from Hesse1627: Appanages Hesse-Rotenburg, Hesse-Wanfried and Hesse-Rheinfels created1730 - 1751: In personal union with Sweden1803: HRE Elector1806: To France1807: To Westphalia1813: Restored1866: To Prussia |
| Hesse-DarmstadtGrand Duke of Hesse and of the Rhine | Princely Landgraviate1806: Grand Duchy | Upp Rhen | PR | 1567: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse1596: Appanage Hesse-Homburg created1806: Grand Duchy |
| Hesse-Homburg Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg, Isenburg & Büdingen | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1596: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Darmstadt 1648: Appanage Hesse-Bingenheim split off1768: Imperial immediacy though represented by Hesse-Darmstadt1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt1815: Reestablished as sovereign state1866: To Prussia |
| Hesse-Marburg | Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1500: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel1567: Partitioned from Hesse1604: Extinct; divided between Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt though all soon seized by Hesse-Cassel1627: All to Hesse-Darmstadt1648: Divided between Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Hesse-Rheinfels | Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1567: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse1583: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel |
| Hesse-Rheinfels | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel1658: Renamed to Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg |
| Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1658: Formed: Renamed from Hesse-Rheinfels; appanage of Hesse-Cassel1676: Appanage Hesse-Wanfried split off |
| Hesse-Rotenburg | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel1658: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels |
| Hesse-Wanfried | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel 1655: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels1676: Appanage recreated from Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg1755: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg |
| Hildesheim | Prince-Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 815: Formed 1235: HRE Prince of the Empire1802: To Prussia1807: To Westphalia1813: To Prussia |
| Hildesheim | Free City | Low Sax | EC | 1300: Formed1803: Annexed to Brandenburg |
| Hillesheim | Barony1712: HRE County | Upp Rhen | — | Originally Knights in Jülich 1712: HRE Count1722: Acquired part of Reipoltskirchen in the Upper Rhenish Circle1731: Acquired another part of Reipoltskirchen1785: Extinct; to Spee |
| Höchbergsee: Baden-Hachberg | Margraviate | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hochstaden | County | — | — | 1074: Formed: First mentioned 1149: Extinct; to Are-Hochstaden by marriage1261: To the Archbishopric of Cologne1265: Extinct |
| Hohenberg (Pfinzgau) – not to be confused with Hohenberg, below | County | — | — | 11th Century; branch of Calw Also counts of Lindenfels and advocates of Lorsch and Gottesaue Abbeys1123: Extinct |
| Hohenberg | HRE County | — | — | Originally a title of the Counts of Zollern c. 1144: Partitioned from Zollern1237: Acquired Nagold and Wildberg1260: Partitioned into Hohenberg-Rottenburg and Hohenberg-Nagold |
| Hohenberg-Altensteig | County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg 1387/97: Extinct; to Hohenburg-Nagold1398: To Margraviate of Baden1603: To Württemberg |
| Hohenberg-Bulach | County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg 1363: Sold half of Wildberg to the Palatinate1364: Sold Bülach [de] (see: Beiertheim-Bulach) to the Palatinate1374: Sold Horb to Hohenberg-Rottenburg1377: Sold remaining half of Wildberg to the Palatinate1419: Extinct |
| Hohenberg-Nagold | County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg 1280: Acquired Altensteig1306: Acquired Horb1318: Partitioned into itself and Hohenberg-Wildberg1363: Nagold sold to Württemberg1398: Sold Altensteig to Margraviate of Baden1477: Extinct |
| Hohenberg-Rottenburg | County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg 1374: Acquired Horb and Oberndorf1381: Sold to Austria1389: Extinct |
| Hohenberg-Wildberg | County | — | — | 1318: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg-Nagold1355: Partitioned into Hohenberg-Bulach and Hohenberg-Altensteig |
| HohenemsHRE Count of Hohenems, Lord of Lustenau | Lordship1560: HRE County | Swab | SW | 1453: Formed: Renamed from Ems 1560: HRE Counts1613: Acquired Vaduz and Schellenberg1646: Partitioned into Hohenems-Hohenems and Hohenems-Vaduz1718: Reunited by Hohenems-Vaduz1759: Extinct; to Austria1790: Lustenau ceded to Harrach-Hohenems / Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems; see: Lustenau |
| Hohenems-Hohenems | County | Swab | SW | 1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems1718: Extinct; to Hohenems-Vaduz |
| Hohenems-Vaduz | County | Swab | SW | 1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems 1712: Sold to Liechtenstein1718: Renamed to Hohenems |
| Hohenfels | HRE Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: Formed 1396: Extinct; to Jungingen1506: To the Teutonic Order1806: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
| Hohengeroldseck | Lordship1705: County | Swab | SC | 1277: Formed: Partitioned from Geroldseck 1298: Partitioned into itself and Veldenz1333: Partitioned into itself and Geroldseck-Sulz1634: Extinct; to Austria1636: To Kronberg1692: To Baden-Durlach1697: To Leyen1815: To Austria1819: To Baden |
| Hohenlohe | Lordship | Franc | FR | 12th Century: Title held and later assumed by the lords of Weikersheim1219: Mergentheim to the Teutonic Order1230: Partitioned into itself and Brauneck1266: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Uffenheim and Hohenlohe-Röltingen |
| Hohenlohe-Braunecksee: Brauneck | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hohenlohe-Möckmühl | Lordship | — | — | 1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim 1340: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Wernsberg1445: To the Palatinate |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | County | Franc | FR | 1551: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim1610: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-IngelfingenHohenlohe-Ingelfingen | County1764: Principality | Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg 1764: HRE Prince1806: To Württemberg |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-KirchbergHohenlohe-Kirchberg | County1764: Principality | Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg 1764: HRE Prince1806: To Bavaria1810: To Württemberg |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-KünzelsauHohenlohe-Künzelsau | County | Franc | FR | 1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein1689: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-LangenburgHohenlohe-Langenburg | County1764: Principality | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1699: Partitioned into itself, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Kirchberg1764: HRE Prince1805: Bench of Princes1806: To Württemberg |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-NeuensteinHohenlohe-Neuenstein | County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1677: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Künzelsau and itself1698: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-OehringenHohenlohe-Oehringen | County1764: Principality | Franc | FR | 1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1708: Partitioned into itself and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim1764: HRE Prince1803: Bench of Princes1805: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen |
| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-WeikersheimHohenlohe-Weikersheim | County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1645: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein1677: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein1684: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen1708: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen1756: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen |
| Hohenlohe-Röltingen | Lordship | — | — | 1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohec. 1290: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Weikersheim |
| Hohenlohe-Uffenheim | Lordship | — | — | 1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe 1269: Partitioned into itself, Hohenlohe-Wernsberg and Hohenlohe-Möckmühl1378: Sold to Burgraviate of Nuremberg1412: Extinct |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg | County | Franc | FR | 1551: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim1615: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach, Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Waldenburg and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-BartensteinHohenlohe-Bartenstein | County1744: Principality | Franc | FR | 1688: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1744: HRE Prince1798: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Jagstberg and itself1803: Bench of Princes1806: To Württemberg |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-JagstbergHohenlohe-Jagstberg | County1744: Principality | Franc | FR | 1798: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein1803: Bench of Princes1806: To Württemberg |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-PfedelbachHohenlohe-Pfedelbach | County | Franc | FR | 1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg1728: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-SchillingsfürstHohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | County1744: Principality | Franc | FR | 1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg1688: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein and itself1744: HRE Prince1803: Bench of Princes1806: Mediatised to Bavaria and Württemberg1807: Partitioned into itself and Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Schillingsfürst lines |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-WaldenburgHohenlohe-Waldenburg | County1744: Principality | Franc | FR | 1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg1679: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach |
| Hohenlohe-Weikersheim | Lordship1450: County | Franc | FR | 1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe1450: HRE Count1551: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg |
| Hohenlohe-Wernsberg | Lordship | — | — | 1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim1350: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Uffenheim |
| Hohensax | Barony1413: County | — | — | 1248: Formed: Partitioned from Sax1633: Extinct; to Zürich |
| Hohenwaldeck and MaxlrainHohen-Waldeck | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | Formation date unknown1500: Bavarian Circle |
| Hohenzollern | County | [data missing] | [data missing] | 1288: Formed: Partitioned from Zollern1344: Partitioned into Hohenzollern-Schwarzgraf Line and Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line |
| Hohenzollern-Haigerloch | County1623: Principality | Swab | SC | 1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen1623: HRE Prince1630: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen1681: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen1767: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
| Hohenzollern-HechingenPrince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Werstein, etc. | County1623: Principality | Swab | PR | 1402: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line1512: Partitioned into itself and Hohenzollern-Hohenberg1575: Partitioned into itself, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Haigerloch and Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern1623: HRE Prince1653: Bench of Secular Princes1849: To Prussia |
| Hohenzollern-Hohenberg | County | Swab | SC | 1512: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen1558: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
| Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern | County | Swab | SC | 1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen1602: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
| Hohenzollern-Öttingen | County | — | — | 1402: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line1423: To Württemberg1439: Restored1443: Extinct; sold to Württemberg |
| Hohenzollern-Schwarzgraf Line | County | — | — | 1344: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern1412: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Öttingen |
| Hohenzollern-SigmaringenHRE Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Werstein, etc. | County1623: Principality | Swab | SC | 1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen1623: HRE Prince1681: Partitioned into itself and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch1803: Bench of Princes1849: To Prussia |
| Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line | County | — | — | 1344: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern1402: Partitioned into Hohenzollern-Öttingen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
| Hohnstein (Hohenstein) | County | — | — | 1154: Formed: Title held by the Counts of Ilfeld; fief of Saxony1178: Count of Ilfeld took the style "Hohnstein"1180: Imperial immediacy1253: Acquired Klettenberg as fief of the Bishopric of Halberstadt1263: Acquired Spatenberg as fief of Thuringia1268: Acquired Sömmerda1289: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Klettenberg and Hohnstein-Sondershausen |
| Hohnstein-Heldrungen | County | — | — | 1315: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg1423: Sold to Stolberg-Stolberg1478: Renamed to Hohnstein-Vierraden after acquisition of Vierraden as fief of Brandenburg |
| Hohnstein-Heringen | County | — | — | 1394: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra1412: Half sold to Stolberg-Stolberg1417: Other half to Stolberg-Stolberg1432: Extinct |
| Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra | County | — | — | 1373: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg1394: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Heringen and Hohnstein-Kelbra |
| Hohnstein-Kelbra | County | — | — | 1394: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra1413: Sold to Stolberg-Stolberg1414: Extinct |
| Hohnstein-Klettenberg | County | — | — | 1289: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein1315: Partitioned into itself and Hohnstein-Heldrungen1320: Acquired Lohra1373: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Lohra-Klettenberg and Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra |
| Hohnstein-Lohra-Klettenberg | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1373: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg1593: Extinct; to Bishopric of Halberstadt1632: Lohra to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; Klettenberg to Stolberg-Wernigerode; rest to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1640s: To Thun and Hohnstein1648: To Brandenburg1651: To Sayn-Wittgenstein1670: To Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein1699: To Prussia1806: To Westphalia1813: To Prussia |
| Hohnstein-Sondershausen | County | — | — | 1289: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein1356: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg |
| Hohnstein-Vierraden and Schwedt | County | — | — | 1478: Formed: Renamed from Hohnstein-Heldrungen after acquisition of Vierraden as fief of Brandenburg1481: Acquired Schwedt as fief of Brandenburg1609: Extinct |
| Holland | 11th century: HRE County1806–1810: Kingdom of Holland | [data missing] | [data missing] | c. 1150: Split off from Bishopric of Utrecht1064: 1st mention of Hollandc. 1100: Title Count of Holland 1st used1299: United with the County of Hainaut1349–1433: To Bavarian Wittelsbachs1433–1482: To Duchy of Burgundy; later the dominant hegemon of the United Provinces, but as a republic, the house of Orange being merely styled stadholder1482–1581: To Habsburgs1512: Burgundian Circle1813: Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| HolsteinDuke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes, Lauenburg & Oldenburg | Duchy | Low Sax | PR | 1111: Formed: Lothair II enfeoffed County of Schaumburg with Holstein and Stormarn following the death without heirs of the Count of Hamburg1137 – 1142: To Badewide1203: To Denmark1227: To County of Schaumburg1261: Partitioned into Holstein-Kiel and Holstein-Itzehoe1554: Partitioned into Danish Holstein and Holstein-Gottorp1773: Restored to Denmark |
| Holstein-Gottorp | Duchy | — | — | 1544: Formed: Partitioned from Danish Holstein1773: To Denmark for Oldenburg |
| Holstein-Kiel | County | — | — | 1261: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein1273: Partitioned into Holstein-Segeberg and itself1316: To younger son of Holstein-Plön1390: Extinct; to Holstein-Rendsburg though Neuland and Herzhorn to Holstein-Schaumburg |
| Holstein-Plön | County | — | — | 1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe1350: Extinct; to Holstein-Kiel |
| Holstein-Rendsburg | County1474: Duchy | — | — | 1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe1386: Acquired Schleswig1397: Partitioned into itself and Holstein-Segeberg1459: Extinct; to Denmark1474: Duchy; superseded by Schleswig-Holstein |
| Holstein-Schaumburg (Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneburg)HRE Prince, Count of Holstein, Schaumburg and Sternberg, Lord of Gemen | County1620: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe1528: Acquired Gemen1544: Partitioned into itself and Holstein-Schaumburg-Gemen1620: HRE Prince1640: Extinct; Two thirds of Holstein-Pinneburg to Denmark, one third of Holstein-Pinneburg to Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, half of Schaumburg to Hesse-Cassel, half of Schaumburg to Lippe-Alverdissen, Gemen to Limburg-Styrum |
| Holstein-Schaumburg-Gemen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1544: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Schaumburg1622: To Holstein-Schaumburg |
| Holstein-Segeberg | County | — | — | 1273: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Kiel1308: Extinct; to Holstein-Kiel1397: Partitioned from Holstein-Rendsburg1403: Extinct; to Holstein-Rendsburg |
| Holzappel (Holzapfel) | 1641: HRE County | Low Rhen | WE | 1606: Formed: Peter Melander made HRE Knight, assumed the name "Holzappel"1641: HRE Count1642: Acquired Lülsdorf as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg1643: Purchased Esterau and Isselbach from Nassau-Hadamar; Bench of Counts of Westphalia1656: Acquired Nassau-Schaumburg1707: To Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym1806: To Nassau |
| Homburg | Territory | — | — | 1180: Formed: To Eppstein1486: To Hanau-Münzenberg1524: To Hesse1567: To Hesse-Darmstadt1598: To Hesse-Homburg, appanage of Hesse-Darmstadt1768: To Hesse-Homburg1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse1815: To Hesse-Homburg1866: To Prussia |
| Homburg | Lordship | — | — | 13th Century: Originally a territory of Isenburg1259: To Sayn1276: Imperial immediacy1284: To Sayn-Sayn1605: To Sayn-Wittgenstein1606: To Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg1815: To Prussia |
| Horne (Hoorn) | Lordship1450: County | Low Rhen | — | 11th to 12th Century: Formed1450: HRE Count1568: Extinct; to Spanish Netherlands1576: To the Prince-Bishopric of Liège1795: To France1815: To the Netherlands |
| Horneck | Commandery | — | — | 13th Century: To the local Lords of Horneck: Formedc. 1250: To the Teutonic Order1805: To Württemberg |
| Hörstgen (Horstgen) | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | Formation date unknownUnder overlordship of MorsTo Counts of Drachenfels1530: Inherited by Millendonk-MirlarPassed to BrochhorstPassed to CroyPassed to BurlepschPassed to Ostein1754: Passed to Barons of Knesebec1794: French occupation1815: To Prussia |
| Höwen | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hoya | County | — | — | 1204: Formed Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion1202: 1st mention of "Count of Hoya"1215: Acquired Nienburg1338: Acquired Altbruchhausen1345: Partitioned into Hoya and Bruchhausen and itself1497: Extinct; to Hoya and Bruchhausen |
| Hoya and Bruchhausen (Nienburg) | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1345: Formed: Partitioned from Hoya1384: Acquired Neubruchhausen1497: Acquired Hoya1512: To Brunswick-Lüneburg1519: Restored1582: Extinct; to Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Hülchrath (Hilkerode) | County | — | — | 12th Century: To Saffenburg as fief of Electorate of Cologne 12th Century: To Sayn1247: To Sponheim-Heinsberg1255: To Clevesc. 1275: Partitioned from Cleves1298: Sold Linn to Cleves1303: Sold Tomburg to Electorate of Cologne1322: Half sold to Electorate of Cologne1331: Remainder sold to Electorate of Cologne |