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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 ...
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.
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 most of the 2nd millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
A map of the Holy Roman Empire within Europe ca. 1789: Image title: ... (details follow). Added Kosovo and Northern Cyprus as disputed territories. Moved major lakes ...
Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories. These were German colonies established in the Pacific: German New Guinea, 1884–1919 Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914; Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914; German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885 ...
The eastern part of the County of Bar and the Duchy of Lorraine remained part of the Holy Roman Empire. As an integral part of the Holy Roman Empire, the free cities of Metz, Toul, and Verdun and the adjoining episcopal principalities were de facto annexed to France in April 1552 by King Henry II of France, who was allied with the German ...
The territory took the name of the family which now ruled it. On 23 January 1719, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, decreed that the counties of Vaduz and Schellenberg be promoted to a principality with the name Liechtenstein for his servant Anton Florian of Liechtenstein whereby he and his successors became Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, with Austrian Habsburg territories in green and Spanish Habsburg territories in yellow. Following the proclamation of Dutch independence (United Netherlands), the Spanish Netherlands were now much reduced in size, but remained on France's eastern frontier along with the Franche-Comté.