| Name
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Type
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Imperial circle
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Imperial diet
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History
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![]() Käfernburg (Kevernburg)
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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1103: First mentioned; to Schwarzburg
1160: Partitioned from Schwarzburg
1184: Inherited Schwarzburg
1197: Partitioned into Schwarzburg, itself and Hallermund
1227: Partitioned into itself and Rabenswalde-Wiehe
1384: Extinct in male line
1387: Sold to Thuringia
1446: To Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Younger Line
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 Kaisheim (Kaisersheim)
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Abbacy
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Swab
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SP / RP
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1135: Formed
1346: Imperial immediacy, though not recognised by Bavaria
1656: Imperial immediacy recognised by Bavaria
1803: To Bavaria
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 Kalenberg
see: Brunswick-Calenberg
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Duchy
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 Katzenelnbogen
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Lordship
1138: County
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n/a
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n/a
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11th Century: Formed
1066: First mentioned as advocates of Prüm Abbey
1138: HRE Count
1190: Acquired Hohenstein
c. 1215: Partitioned into itself and Hohenstein
1259: Acquired Dornberg
1260: Partitioned into Katzenelnbogen Elder Line and Katzenelnbogen Younger Line
1402: Reunited by Younger Line
1453: Acquired part of Diez (de) and Eppstein
1479: Extinct; to Hesse-Marburg
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| Katzenelnbogen Elder Line
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen
1284: Acquired St Goarshausen
1402: Extinct; to Katzenelnbogen Younger Line
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| Katzenelnbogen Younger Line
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen
1283: Acquired Brauback
1384: Much of the county pledged to the Archbishopric of Mainz
1402: Renamed to Katzenelnbogen
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 Kaufbeuren
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Imperial City
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Swab
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SW
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1286: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
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 Kaufungen
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Abbacy
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Upp Rhen
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RP
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1017: Formed
1089: Imperial immediacy
1527: Mediatised to Hesse
1533: To the Hessian Knighthood under Hesse
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 Kaunitz
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1642: County
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n/a
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n/a
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14th Century: First mentioned; possibly a branch of Stosch
1642: Moravian line made HRE Count
1699: Moravian line in succession dispute over Rietberg
1726: Moravian line acquired Rietberg; renamed to Kaunitz-Rietberg
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 Kaunitz-Rietberg
HRE Prince of Kaunitz, Count of Rietberg & East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf, Wittmund & Melrich
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County
1764: Principality
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Low Rhen
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WE
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1726: Moravian line of the House of Kaunitz acquired Rietberg
1764: HRE Prince
1803: Bench of Princes
1807: To Westphalia
1813: To Prussia
1848: Extinct
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 Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg)
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Imperial City
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Upp Rhen
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RH
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1353: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
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 Kempten
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Abbacy
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Swab
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EC
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752
1062: Imperial immediacy
1524: HRE Prince-Abbey
1548: Bench of Spiritual Princes
1803: To Bavaria
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 Kempten
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1289: Imperial Free City
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Swab
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SW
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1289: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
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 Kerpen and Lommersum
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Lordship
1713: Imperial County
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Low Rhen
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WE
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1288: Territory of Brabant
1430: To Burgundy
1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands
1516: To the Spanish Netherlands
1710: To Palatinate-Neuburg (within Jülich)
1712: To Schaesberg as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg
1713: Imperial County
1786: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1794: To France
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 Kettershausen
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Lordship
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n/a
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n/a
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1556: To Fugger-Babenhausen
1806: To Bavaria
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 Khevenhüller-Metsch
Khevenhuller-Metsch
Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Count of Hochosterwitz, Baron of Landskron and Wernberg, etc.
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County
1763: Principality
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n/a
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SC
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1751: Line formed by a scion of the Khevenhüller family that inherited Metsch
1763: HRE Prince; Personalist vote in Bench of Counts of Swabia
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 Kirchberg
Burgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein, Lord of Farnrode
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Burgraviate
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Upp Rhen
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WT
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1149: Counts of Kapellendorf invested with the burgraviate of Kirchberg bei Jena
1294: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Windberg, Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf, Kirchberg-Greiffenberg and Kirchberg-Kapellendorf
1495: Reunited by Kirchberg-Altenberga
1714: Acquired Sayn-Hachenburg
1799: To Nassau-Weilburg
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| Kirchberg-Altenberga
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg
1461: Acquired Farnroda
1495: Renamed to Kirchberg
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| Kirchberg-Greiffenberg
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg
1412: Acquired Kranichfeld
1427: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Kranichfeld and Kirchberg-Altenberga
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| Kirchberg-Kapellenberg
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg
1304: Sold Kapellenberg to Erfurt
1362: Acquired Camburg
1393: Extinct; to Meissen
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| Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg
1357: Extinct; to Weimar-Orlamünde
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| Kirchberg-Kranichfeld
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg
1455: Kranichfeld to Gleichen-Blankenhain
1495: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Altenberga
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| Kirchberg-Windberg
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Burgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg
1311: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf and Kirchberg-Greiffenberg
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 Kirchberg
(not to be confused with Burgraviate above)
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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11th Century: Formed
1087: First mentioned
Early history of the counts is unclear; eventually formed the lines Kirchberg-Kirchberg, Kirchberg-Brandenburg and Kirchberg-Wullenstetten in the 12th Century
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| Kirchberg-Brandenburg
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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Partitioned from Kirchberg
1298: Extinct; to Austria
1313: To Ellersbach
1466: To Krafft
1481: To Rechberg
1539: To Fugger
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| Kirchberg-Kirchberg
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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Partitioned from Kirchberg
1366: Extinct; to Matsch
1399: To Kirchberg-Wullenstetten
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| Kirchberg-Wullenstetten
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County
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Swab
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SC
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Partitioned from Kirchberg
1399: Acquired Kirchberg-Kirchberg
1481: Half sold to Bavaria-Landshut
1503: Landshut half to Austria
1507: Landshut half to Fugger
1510: Extinct; rest to Fugger
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 Kirkel
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Lordship
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n/a
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n/a
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1075: First mentioned
1212: Partitioned from Saarwerden
1242: Extinct; divided between numerous heirs
1250: Most acquired by John of Siersberg who took the name Kirkel
1386: Extinct; to the Palatinate
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 Klettgau
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County
1325: Landgraviate
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Swab
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SC
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Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire
1040: To Habsburg
1280: To Habsburg-Laufenburg
1410: To Sulz
1687: To Schwarzenberg
1806: To Baden
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| Klingenmünster
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Abbacy
1490: Provostry
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Upp Rhen
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RP
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636 ?
1115: Imperial immediacy
1490: Provost
1567: To the Palatinate
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 Knyphausen (Kniphausen)
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Barony
1653: County
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n/a
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n/a
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Part of East Frisia
1588: Lord of Inhausen and Knyphausen made HRE Baron
1624: To Oldenburg
1653: HRE Count
1667: To Aldenburg
1738: To Aldenburg-Bentinck
1807: To Holland
1810: To France
1813: To Oldenburg
1826: To Aldenburg-Bentinck with limited sovereignty
1854: To Oldenburg
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 Koblenz (Coblenz / Coblence)
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Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order
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El Rhin
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n/a
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1216: Teutonic Order received land in fief from the Archbishopric of Trier
1263: Acquired Elsen
1313: Acquired Waldbreitbach
1613: Acquired Morsbroich
1794: Left-bank territory to France
1806-9: Rest to Berg and Nassau
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| Koevorden (Coevorden)
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Lordship
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 Kolb von Wartenberg (Kolbe)
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Lordship
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n/a
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n/a
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12th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Franconia
1699: HRE County; renamed to Wartenberg
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 Königsbronn
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Abbacy
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Swab
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SP
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1303: Formed
15th Century?: Imperial immediacy
1553: Mediatised to Württemberg
1710: Abolished
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 Königsegg (Konigsegg)
HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen, Lord of Ebenweiler & Wald in Swabia
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Lordship
1621:Barony
1629: County
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Swab
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SC
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c. 1171: First mentioned as a property of the Lords of Fronhofen
c. 1251: Partitioned from Fronhofen
1381: Acquired Aulendorf
1595: Acquired Rothenfels
1621: HRE Baron
1622: Partitioned into Königsegg-Rothenfels and Königsegg-Aulendorf
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| Königsegg-Aulendorf
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Barony
1629: County
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Swab
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SC
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1622: Partitioned from Königsegg
1629: HRE County
1806: To Württemberg
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| Königsegg-Rothenfels
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Barony
1629: County
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Swab
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SC
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1622: Partitioned from Königsegg
1629: HRE County
1804: To Austria; acquired Boros-Sebiș as fief of Hungary
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 Königsfeld (Black Forest)
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 Konstanz (Constance)
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Prince-Bishopric
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Swab
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EC
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585
1155: HRE Prince of the Empire
1803: To Baden
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 Konstanz (Constance)
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1192: Imperial Free City
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Swab
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SW
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1192: Free Imperial City
1548: To Austria
1805: To Baden
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| Konzenberg
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Lordship
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n/a
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n/a
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1305: To Burgau
1351: To Halder
1361: To Waldkirch
13??: To Villenbach
13??: To the Bishopric of Augsburg
1454: To Grafeneck
1456: To Stain
1457: to Westernach
1511: To Knöringen
1524: To Augsburg
1530: To Baumgartner
16??: To ?
1684: To the Bishopric of Augsburg
1803: To Bavaria
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 Kornelimünster (Cornelimünster; St Kornelimünster)
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Abbacy
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Low Rhen
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RP
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614
9th Century: Imperial immediacy
1795: To France
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 Kranenburg
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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1255: Partitioned from Cleves
1277: Extinct; to Cleves
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 Krautheim
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Lordship
1803: HRE Principality of Krautheim and Gerlachsheim
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n/a
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n/a
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c. 1213: Mentioned as belonging to Lords of Krautheim
1399: To the Archbishopric of Mainz
1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
1806: To Württemberg
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| Kreuzlingen
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Abbacy
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Swab
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SP
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c. 1125: Formed
1145: Imperial immediacy
1648: To Switzerland
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| Kriechingen (Criechingen)
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Barony
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n/a
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n/a
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c. 1150: First mention of Lords of Kriechingen, fiefs of Lorraine
1239: Partitioned into itself and Helfedange
1295: To Torcheville who assumed the name Kriechingen
13th Century: HRE Baron
1557: Partitioned into Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt and Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel
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| Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel
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Barony
1617: County
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Upp Rhen
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n/a
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1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen
1617: HRE Count; Imperial immediacy in core lands; Upper Rhenish Circle
1697: Extinct; to East Frisia
To Wied-Runkel
1793: To France
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| Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt
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Barony
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n/a
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n/a
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1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen
1681: Extinct; to Salm-Reifferscheid
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 Kronburg
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Lordship
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|
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1460: Partitioned from Aichen
1540: Partitioned into Osterberg, Schwabeck and Weissenstein
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 Kuefstein-Greillenstein
Count of Kuefstein, Baron of Greillenstein, of Hohenkraen, etc.
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1709: County (Personalist)
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n/a
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FR
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1602: HRE Baron
1654?: HRE Count
1709: Bench of Counts of Franconia (personalist vote)
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 Kulmbach
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Lordship
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1057-1234: To Andechs-Meran
1248: To Counts of Orlamunde
1340: To Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg
1792: To Prussia
1807: French occupation
1810: To Bavaria
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 Kyburg (Kiburg)
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County
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n/a
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n/a
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11th century: Formed
c. 1053: Counts of Winterthur-Kyburg extinct; to Dillingen by marriage
1180: Partitioned from Dillingen
1218: Acquired left-bank territory of Zähringen
1273: To Habsburg-Laufenburg by marriage
1274: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg (Neu-Kyburg)
1379: Most to Austria
1384: Fief of Bern
1417: Extinct
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 Kyrburg
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Wildgraviate
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n/a
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n/a
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1258: Partitioned from the Wildgraviate
1284: Partitioned into itself and Schmidtburg
1419: Extinct; to Stein
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