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Prince of the Empire: any ruling Prince whose territory is a member of the Holy Roman Empire (not only German-speaking countries, but also many bordering and extensive neighbouring regions) and entitled to a voting seat (or in a collective voting unit, such as a Grafenbank) in the Imperial Diet.
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 a millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
Marble bust of the final Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, in a style inspired by ancient Roman marble busts. The defining characteristic of the Holy Roman Empire was the idea that the Holy Roman Emperor represented the leading monarch in Europe and that their empire was the one true continuation of the Roman Empire of Antiquity, through proclamation by the popes in Rome.
Pages in category "Counties of the Holy Roman Empire" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 254 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland: Appenzell Innerrhoden (Appenzell Inner Rhodes) Canton — — 1597: Partitioned from Appenzell 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland: Are (Ahr) County — — 992: First mentioned in the Ahrgau 1107: Imperial immediacy 1144: Partitioned into Are-Are, Are-Nürburg and Are-Hochstaden: Are-Are ...
The latter territories mostly lay within the Holy Roman Empire and its borders, but were formally divided between fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and French fiefs such as Charles's birthplace of Flanders, the last remnant of the Burgundian State, a powerful player in the Hundred Years' War. Since he was a minor, his aunt Margaret of Austria ...
List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (Z) 0–9. List of Imperial Diet participants (1792) A. Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire; C.
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