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The Holy Roman Empire, [f] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [16] It developed in the Early Middle Ages and lasted for approximately a thousand years until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
In the 18th century, the Holy Roman Empire consisted of approximately 1,800 such territories, the majority being tiny estates owned by the families of Imperial Knights. [2] This page does not directly contain the list but discusses the format of the various lists and offers some background to understand the complex organisation of the Holy ...
Holy Roman Empire: 814,415: Central European Confederacy from 962-1806. Measured at its largest extent under Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Mozambique: 801,590: Country in Africa. New South Wales: 800,642: State of Australia. Akkadian Empire: 800,000: An ancient middle eastern empire centered on the Fertile Crescent, lasting from 2400-2200 BC.
The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and ...
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A map of the Imperial Circles as in 1560. Unencircled territories appear in white. When the Imperial Circles (Latin: Circuli imperii; German: Reichskreise) — comprising a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire — were created as part of the Imperial Reform at the 1500 Diet of Augsburg, many Imperial territories remained unencircled.
[data missing] [data missing] [data missing] 1246: Annexed by Cologne: Ahrgau: County — — Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire See: Are 1107: Separated from Prüm Abbey 1246: Annexed to the Archbishopric of Cologne: Albeck (Alpeck) Lordship — — 1081: First mentioned; ministerialis of Swabia 1245: To Burgau 1289: To ...
English: The Holy Roman Empire at its greatest territorial extent from the early to middle 13th century (c. 1200- c. 1250). The Kingdom of Jerusalem and other crusader states are not depicted. The Kingdom of Jerusalem and other crusader states are not depicted.