List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (F)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter F:

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Fagnolle	Lordship 1571: Barony 1770: HRE County	Low Rhen	WE	13th Century ?	Originally to Lords of Fagnolle 1218: To Rumigny 1333: To Enghien 1470: To Barbançon 1571: To Hénin-Liétard; HRE Barony 1598: To Melun 1634: To Ligne 1770: HRE County 1787: Joined Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1789: Joined Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1792: To France 1803: Ligne compensated with Edelstetten 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium
Falkenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1220: Partitioned from Bolanden	1255: Inherited territories of Hagen-Munzenberg 1271: Partitioned into Falkenstein-Münzenberg-Lich and Falkenstein-Münzenberg-Butzbach 1418: All lines extinct
Falkenstein	County	Upp Rhen	WE	1518: Title invested on Daun-Oberstein, renamed Daun-Falkenstein	1554: To Daun-Falkenstein-Oberstein 1628: Half to Löwenhaupt-Rasburg 1652: Daun half to Manderscheid-Kail 1686: Manderscheid half to Manderscheid-Kail-Blankenheim 1724: To Lorraine 1731: To Austria 1794: To France
Falkenstein-Münzenberg-Butzbach	Lordship 1393 Count	n/a	n/a	1271: Partitioned from Falkenstein	1393: HRE Count 1409: Extinct; to Falkenstein-Münzenberg-Lich
Falkenstein-Münzenberg-Lich	Lordship 1398 Count	n/a	n/a	1271: Partitioned from Falkenstein	1398: HRE Count 1418: Extinct; divided between Eppstein and Solms
Feldkirch	Lordship County	n/a	n/a	c 1218	To Montfort 1258: To Montfort-Feldkirch 1375: To Austria
Finstingen	Lordship County	n/a	n/a	12th Century	Originally property of Malberg 1259: Partitioned into Finstingen-Schwanhals and Finstingen-Brackenkopf lines 1458: To Lorraine
Flanders	862: County	Burg	n/a	862	1405: To D. of Burgundy; fief of France (except 'Imperial Flanders', mainly the former countship of Aalst) 1529: To Spanish Netherlands 1714: To Austrian Netherlands 1792: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium
Fleckenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century; Gau Counts in the Haguenau	1259: Partitioned into Fleckenstein-Hunsingen, Fleckenstein-Sulz and Fleckenstein-Bickenbach
Fleckenstein-Bickenbach	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1259: Partitioned from Fleckenstein	1408: Partitioned into Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Rödern and Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz
Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Rödern	Lordship 1467: HRE Barony	n/a	n/a	1408: Partitioned from Fleckenstein-Bickenbach	1467: HRE Barony 1637: Extinct; to Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz
Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz	Lordship 1467: HRE Barony	n/a	n/a	1408: Partitioned from Fleckenstein-Bickenbach	1467: HRE Barony 1658: Renamed to Fleckenstein-Windeck
Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl	Lordship 1463: HRE Barony	Upp Rhin	WE	1375: Renamed from Fleckenstein-Hunsingen	1463: HRE Barony 1625: Sold Dagstuhl to Sötern 1644: Extinct
Fleckenstein-Hunsingen	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1259: Partitioned from Fleckenstein	1375: Inherited 1/4 of Dagstuhl; renamed to Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
Fleckenstein-Sulz	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1259: Partitioned from Fleckenstein	1351: Extinct; to Fleckenstein-Bickenbach
Fleckenstein-Windeck	Barony	n/a	n/a	1658: Renamed from Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz	1720: Extinct; divided between Göllnitz, Gayling von Altheim and Ebersbach
Franconia	Stem Duchy	n/a	n/a	8th Century	1196: Discontinued
Franconia	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1633: Created for Bernard of Saxe-Weimar in lands conquered in the Franconian Circle during the Thirty Years' War	1639: Abolished
Frankfurt	1220: Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1372	1806: Included in Principality of Regensburg and Aschaffenburg 1810: Grand Duchy 1815: Free City 1866: Annexed to Prussia
Franzenheim	Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century?: Lords of Franzenheim	Fief of the cathedral of Trier 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia
Frauenalb	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	12th Century	1193: Obtained secular territory 1803: Secularised to Baden
Frauenchiemsee Frauenwörth	RA	n/a	n/a	782: Founded	782: Imperial immediacy 1803: Secularised to Bavaria
Fraumünster	853: Imperial Abbacy Imperial Duchess-Abbey	n/a	n/a	853	1218: Imperial immediacy 1234: HRE Princess 1406: Secular nunnery 1524: Secularised by Zürich
Fraunberg	HRE Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century	1145: First mentioned 1245: Inherited immediate Barony of Haag 1276: Partitioned into Fraunberg-Haag and Fraunberg-Fraunberg
Fraunberg-Haag	HRE County	Bav	SC	1276: Partitioned from Fraunberg	1465: HRE Baron 1509: HRE Count 1566: Extinct; to Bavaria
Freiburg im Breisgau	City	n/a	n/a	1120	Originally a territory of Zähringen 1218: To Urach 1230: To Freiburg local counts 1368: To Austria
Freiburg	County	n/a	n/a	1230: Partitioned from Urach	1368: City of Freiburg to Austria 1444: To Baden-Hachberg-Sausenberg 1458: Extinct
Freising	738: Bishopric 1220: Prince-Bishopric	Bav	EC	724: Founded as a monastery	738: Bishopric 1220: HRE Prince 1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Freudenberg	962: Imperial Abbacy				1801: Annexed to France ;1815: Annexed to Prussia
Freudenberg	1250: HRE Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century	Originally a territory of the Bishopric of Würzburg 1295: To Wertheim as fief of Würzburg 1407: To Wertheim-Breuberg as fief of Würzburg 1482: To Wertheim-Freudenberg as fief of Würzburg 1509: To Wertheim-Breuberg as fief of Würzburg 1556: Wertheim extinct; to Würzburg 1581: To Löwenstein-Wertheim as fief of Würzburg 1611: To Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg as fief of Würzburg 1803: To Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg 1806: To Baden
Fribourg Freiburg im Üechtland	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1157: Freiburg town founded	1157: To Zähringen 1218: To Kyburg 1277: To Austria 1452: To Savoy 1478: Free Imperial City 1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire
Friedberg	County 1785: Princely County of Friedberg and Scheer	Swab	SC	13th Century	To local Co. of Friedberg 1282: To Austria 1452: To Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1477: To Waldburg-Scheer 1483: To Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1511: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1566: To Waldburg-Friedberg-Scheer 1717: To Waldburg-Trauchburg, then Waldburg-Scheer 1764: To Waldburg-Trauchburg 1777: To Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach 1785: To Thurn and Taxis 1806: To Württemberg
Friedberg	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1216	1252: Free Imperial City 1802: To Hesse-Darmstadt
Frisia Friesland	Lordship	Burg	n/a	1498: Lordship established in Burgundian Netherlands	1516: Spanish Netherlands 1566: Joined the Netherlands
Friuli	Duchy	Aust	n/a		1077: To Patriarchate of Aquileia 1420: To Venice 1516: Friuli split, Austrian Friuli under Austrian rule 1805: To Italy 1815: To Lombardy-Venetia
Fugger von der Lilie	1530: HRE County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn	Swab	SC	1455	1507: Acquired Co. of Kirchberg and Lo. of Weißenhorn (non-immediate) 1511: HRE Noble 1530: HRE Count 1530: Raymond and Anton lines 1535: Raymond line partitioned into Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn 1560: Anton line partitioned into Fugger-Nordendorf, Fugger-Kirchheim and Fugger-Wöllenburg
Fugger-Adelshofen	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1690: Partitioned from Fugger-Zinnenberg-Adelshofen	1751: Extinct; to Fugger-Zinnenberg 1751: Partitioned from Fugger-Zinnenberg 1757: Extinct; to Fugger-Zinnenberg
Fugger-Babenhausen	HRE County 1803: HRE Prince	Swab	SC	1598: Partitioned from Fugger-Wöllenburg	1693: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Boos 1757: Extinct; to Fugger-Boos 1759: Partitioned from Fugger-Boos 1803: HRE Prince 1806: To Bavaria
Fugger-Boos	HRE County	Swab	SC	1693: Partitioned from Fugger-Babenhausen	1759: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Babenhausen 1777: Extinct; to Fugger-Babenhausen
Fugger-Dudenstein	HRE County	Swab	SC	1677: Partitioned from Fugger-Wörth-Nordendorf	1739: Extinct; to Fugger-Nordendorf
Fugger-Glött	HRE County	Swab	SC	1598: Partitioned from Fugger-Kirchheim	1644: Partitioned into itself, Fugger-Wörth-Nordendorf, Fugger-Grunenbach and Fugger-Mickhausen 1672: Bonaventura to Fugger-Kirchheim 1711: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Stettenfels 1806: To Bavaria
Fugger-Gmünd	HRE County	Swab	SC	1579: Partitioned from Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn	1654: Extinct; to Fugger-Kirchberg
Fugger-Göttersdorf	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1575: Partitioned from Fugger-Pfirt	1627: Partitioned into itself, Fugger-Sulmentingen and Fugger-Zinnenberg-Adelshofen
Fugger-Grunenbach	HRE County	Swab	SC	1644: Partitioned from Fugger-Glött	1687: Extinct; to Fugger-Mickhausen 1701: Partitioned from Fugger-Mickhausen 17??: Extinct; to Fugger-Mickhausen
Fugger-Kirchberg	HRE County	Swab	SC	1626: Partitioned from Fugger-Weißenhorn	1690: Renamed to Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn
Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn	HRE County	Swab	SC	1535: Raymond line Counts in Kirchberg and Weißenhorn	1579: Partitioned into Fugger-Weißenhorn and Fugger-Gmünd 1690: Reunited by Fugger-Kirchberg 1692: Paritioned into itself and Fugger-Moorstetten 1806: To Bavaria
Fugger-Kirchheim	HRE County	Swab	SC	1560: Partitioned from Anton line	1598: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Glött 1672: Extinct; given to Bonaventura of Fugger-Glött 1780: Appanage line Fugger-Kirchheim-Hoheneck created 1806: To Bavaria
Fugger-Kirchheim-Hoheneck	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1780: Appanage created from Fugger-Kirchheim
Fugger-Mickhausen	HRE County	Swab	SC	1644: Partitioned from Fugger-Glött	1701: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Grunenbach 1804: Extinct; to Fugger-Glött
Fugger-Moorstetten	HRE County	Swab	SC	1692: Partitioned from Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn	1727: Extinct; to Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn
Fugger-Nordendorf	HRE County	Swab	SC	1560: Partitioned from Anton line	1669: Extinct; to Fugger-Kirchheim 1677: Partitioned from Fugger-Wörth-Nordendorf 1806: To Bavaria
Fugger-Pfirt	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1535: Raymond line Counts in Alsace and Bavaria	1575: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Göttersdorf 1633: Extinct; to Fugger-Göttersdorf
Fugger-Stettenfels	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1711: Partitioned from Fugger-Glött	1735: Sold to Thurn and Taxis 1820: Extinct
Fugger-Sulmentingen	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1627: Partitioned from Fugger-Göttersdorf	1739: Extinct; to Fugger-Göttersdorf
Fugger-Weißenhorn	HRE County	Swab	SC	1579: Partitioned from Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn	1626: Partitioned into Fugger-Kirchberg and itself 1690: Extinct; to Fugger-Kirchberg
Fugger-Wöllenburg	HRE County	Swab	SC	1560: Partitioned from Anton line	1598: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Babenhausen 1643: Extinct; to Fugger-Babenhausen
Fugger-Wörth-Nordendorf	HRE County	Swab	SC	1644: Partitioned from Fugger-Glött	1677: Partitioned into Fugger-Nordendorf and Fugger-Dudenstein
Fugger-Zinnenberg	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1690: Partitioned from Fugger-Zinnenberg-Adelshofen	1751: Partitioned into itself and Fugger-Adelshofen 1757: Renamed to Fugger-Zinnenberg-Adelshofen
Fugger-Zinnenberg-Adelshofen	HRE County	n/a	n/a	1627: Partitioned from Fugger-Göttersdorf	1690: Partitioned into Fugger-Adelshofen and Fugger-Zinnenberg 1757: Reunited by Fugger-Zinnenberg 1795: Extinct; to Bavaria
Fulda	1156: HRE Prince-Abbacy 1752: Prince-Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	744	774: Imperial immediacy 1220: HRE Prince 1576-1602: Annexed to the Teutonic Order 1803: Secularized to Nassau-Orange-Fulda 1806: to France 1807: to Westphalia 1815: To Hesse-Cassel 1867: to Prussia
Fürstenberg Westphalian	1660: HRE Barons	n/a	n/a	14th Century	NOTE: Different from family of Princes of Furstenberg
Fürstenberg Swabian	County	Swab	SC	1250: Partitioned from Freiburg	1283: Landgrave of Baar 1284: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Haslach 1386: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1408: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach 1490: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Baar 1559: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Blumberg and Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg 1744: Reunited by Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1806: To Baden, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Württemberg
Fürstenberg-Baar	County	Swab	SC	1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1490: Renamed to Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Blumberg	County	Swab	SC	1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg	1599: Partitioned into itself and Fürstenberg-Möhringen 1614: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Meßkirch and Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen	County	Swab	SC	1617: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg	1698: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	County 1716: HRE Prince	Swab	SC	1284: Partitioned from Fürstenberg	1386: Renamed to Fürstenberg 1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg 1441: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Baar and Fürstenberg-Geislingen 1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 1744: Renamed to Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Geislingen	County	n/a	n/a	1441: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1483: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Baar
Fürstenberg-Haslach	County	n/a	n/a	1284: Partitioned from Fürstenberg	1386: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg	County 1664: HRE Prince	Swab	SC	1559: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg	1617: Partitioned into itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen 1664: HRE Prince 1716: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Meßkirch	County 1716: HRE Prince	Swab	SC	1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg	1716: HRE Prince 1744: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg-Möhringen	County	Swab	SC	1599: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg	1641: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Blumberg
Fürstenberg-Stühlingen	County	Swab	SC	1614: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Blumberg	1704: Partitioned into Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Weitra
Fürstenberg-Taikowitz	County	n/a	n/a	1759: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Weitra
Fürstenberg-Weitra	County	n/a	n/a	1704: Partitioned from Fürstenberg-Stühlingen, containing lands within Austria centred around Tavíkovice and Weitra	1759: Partitioned between itself and Fürstenberg-Taikowitz
Fürstenberg-Wolfach	County	n/a	n/a	1408: Partitioned from Fürstenberg	1490: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Baar
Further Austria	Not a single polity	Aust	PR	1278	Included numerous counties, lordships, cities, etc., in south-western Germany obtained by the House of Habsburg and administered as a single entity, usually from the Tyrol 1805: Dispersed between Baden, Bavaria, Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Württemberg
Füssen	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	1662	Part of the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To the Teutonic Order 1805: To Bavaria

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