List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (N)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Namur	County 1194: Margaviate	Burg	n/a	998: Gau count in Lommegau invested with title Namur	1067: Partitioned into itself and Durbuy 1099: Acquired Brunengeruz 1102: Partitioned into itself and La Roche c. 1147: Acquired Durbuy 1153: Acquired La Roche 1155: Acquired Grevenmacher 1189: La Roche and Durbuy to Luxembourg; Namur made a fief of Hainaut 1194: HRE Margrave 1256: To Luxembourg 1268: To Flanders 1305: Partitioned from Flanders 1362: Imperial immediacy 1429: Sold to Burgundy 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1713: To the Austrian Netherlands 1794: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium
Nassau	County	n/a	n/a	1159: Counts of Laurenburg assumed the name Nassau; fief of the Archbishopric of Trier	1192: Imperial immediacy 1255: Partitioned into Nassau Ottonian Line and Nassau Walramian Line
Nassau Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelnbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1806: Formed for Nassau-Usingen	1866: To Prussia
Nassau-Beilstein	County	Low Rhen	WE	1343: Partitioned from Nassau-Siegen	1380: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Liebenscheid 1425: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Liebenscheid 1513: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Liebenscheid 1561: Extinct; to Nassau-Dillenburg 1607: Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg 1620: Inherited and renamed to Nassau-Dillenburg
Nassau-Breda	County	Low Rhen	WE	1475: Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg 1538: In personal union with Châlon-Orange	1544: Extinct; to Nassau-Dillenburg
Nassau-Dillenburg	County 1654: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1303: Partitioned from Nassau Ottonian Line	1308: Acquired Kalenberg as fief of the Bishopric of Worms 1310: Acquired Nederoth and Heimau 1328: Extinct; given to Otto II of Nassau-Siegen, a son of the ruling count 1343: Acquired half of Nassau-Siegen 1403: Acquired Breda by marriage 1475: Partitioned into Nassau-Breda and itself 1559: Partitioned into Orange-Nassau and itself 1607: Partitioned into itself, Nassau-Siegen, Nassau-Beilstein, Nassau-Dietz and Nassau-Hadamar 1654: HRE Prince 1739: Extinct; divided between Nassau-Siegen Catholic Line and Orange-Nassau
Nassau-Dietz	County 1654: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1607: Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg	1654: HRE Prince 1702: Superseded by Orange-Nassau
Nassau-Gleiberg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1593: Partitioned from Nassau-Weilburg	1602: Extinct; to Nassau-Ottweiler 1627: Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken 1632: Extinct; divided between Nassau-Saarbrücken, Nassau-Idstein and Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Hadamar	County 1650: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1303: Partitioned from Nassau Ottonian Line	1394: Extinct; to Nassau-Dillenburg 1607: Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg 1643: Esterau and Isselbach sold to Holzappel 1650: HRE Prince 1711: Extinct; divided between Orange-Nassau, Nassau-Dillenburg, Nassau-Siegen Catholic Line and Nassau-Siegen Calvinist Line
Nassau-Idstein	County 1688: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1370: Partitioned from Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein	1386: Renamed to Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1480: Partitioned from Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1509: Extinct; to Nassau-Wiesbaden 1627: Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken 1635: Under imperial ban 1648: Restored 1688: HRE Prince 1721: Extinct; to Nassau-Ottweiler
Nassau-Liebenscheid	County	Low Rhen	WE	1380: Partitioned from Nassau-Beilstein	1414/8: Extinct; to Nassau-Beilstein 1425: Partitioned from Nassau-Beilstein 1477: Extinct; to Nassau-Beilstein 1513: Partitioned from Nassau-Beilstein 1556: Extinct; to Nassau-Beilstein
Nassau-Neuweilnau	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1561: Partitioned from Nassau-Weilburg	1574: Acquired Saarbrücken, Saarwerden and Stauf 1602: Extinct; to Nassau-Ottweiler
Nassau-Orange See: Orange-Nassau
Nassau-Orange-Fulda	County 1688: Principality	Upp Rhen	PR	1802: Created for William V of Orange-Nassau in Corvey and Fulda	1803: Acquired Dietkirchen, Dortmund and Weingarten Abbey 1804: Bandern and St Gerold sold to Austria 1806: Acquired Orange-Nassau; lost Dietkirchen and Orange-Nassau to Berg; Corvey, Dortmund and Fulda to France; and Weingarten to Württemberg
Nassau Ottonian Line	County	n/a	n/a	1255: Partitioned from Nassau	1303: Partitioned into Nassau-Siegen, Nassau-Hadamar and Nassau-Dillenburg
Nassau-Ottweiler	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1593: Partitioned from Nassau-Weilburg	1602: Renamed to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1659: Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken 1728: Extinct; to Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Saarbrücken	County 1735: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1442: Partitioned from Nassau-Weilburg	1574: Extinct; divided between Nassau-Weilburg (Ottweiler, Homburg, Kirchheim and Lahr-Mahlberg) and Nassau-Neuweilnau (Saarbrücken, Saarwerden and Stauf) 1602: Renamed from Nassau-Ottweiler 1627: Partitioned into itself, Nassau-Idstein, Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Gleiberg 1635: Under imperial ban 1648: Restored 1659: Partitioned into Nassau-Ottweiler, itself and Nassau-Usingen 1723: Extinct; to Nassau-Ottweiler 1735: Partitioned from Nassau-Usingen 1795: To France 1797: Extinct; rights to Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Schaumburg	County 1654: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1648: Count of Holzappel by marriage	1676: Extinct; to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Nassau-Siegen	County 1707: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1303: Partitioned from Nassau Ottonian Line	1343: Partitioned into Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Beilstein 1607: Partitioned from Nassau-Dillenburg 1648: Partitioned into Nassau-Siegen Catholic Line and Nassau-Siegen Calvinist Line 1707: Reunited by Nassau-Siegen Calvinist Line 1735: Extinct; divided between Nassau-Dillenburg and Orange-Nassau
Nassau-Siegen Calvinist Line	County 1664: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1648: Partitioned from Nassau-Siegen	1664: HRE Prince 1707: Renamed to Nassau-Siegen
Nassau-Siegen Catholic Line	County 1652: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1648: Partitioned from Nassau-Siegen	1652: HRE Prince 1707: To Nassau-Siegen Calvinist Line 1739: Acquired half of Nassau-Dillenburg 1742: Sold to Orange-Nassau 1743: Extinct
Nassau-Sonnenberg	County	n/a	n/a	1355: Partitioned from Nassau Walramian Line	1390: Extinct; to Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Usingen	County 1688: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1659: Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken	1688: HRE Prince 1735: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Saarbrücken 1795: Left bank territories to France 1803: Compensated with lands from Cologne, Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Darmstadt, Mainz and the Palatinate 1806: Formed the Duchy of Nassau
Nassau Walramian Line	County	n/a	n/a	1255: Partitioned from Nassau	1294: Acquired Weilburg 1333: Acquired Merenberg by marriage 1355: Partitioned into Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Sonnenberg
Nassau-Weilburg	County 1688: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT / PR	1355: Partitioned from Nassau Walramian Line	1381: Acquired Saarbrücken-Commercy by marriage 1442: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Saarbrücken 1561: Partitioned into itself and Nassau-Neuweilnau 1574: Acquired half of Nassau-Saarbrücken 1593: Partitioned into Nassau-Ottweiler, itself and Nassau-Gleiberg 1597: Extinct; to Nassau-Ottweiler 1627: Partitioned from Nassau-Saarbrücken 1635: Under imperial ban 1648: Restored 1688: HRE Prince 1737: Bench of Secular Princes 1806: To the Duchy of Nassau
Nassau-Wiesbaden	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1370: Partitioned from Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein	1386: Extinct; to Nassau-Idstein 1480: Partitioned from Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1509: Renamed to Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1355: Partitioned from Nassau Walramian Line	1370: Partitioned into Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein 1386: Reunited by Nassau-Idstein 1480: Partitioned into Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein 1509: Reunited by Nassau-Wiesbaden 1605: Extinct; to Nassau-Saarbrücken
Naumburg See: Baumburg	Raugraviate
Naumburg-Zeitz	Bishopric	Upp Sax	EC	968: Extablished at Zeitz	1029: Relocated to Naumburg 1564: To Saxony; abolished
Naugard	County	n/a	n/a	1078: To Eberstein-Naugard as fief of the Bishopric of Kammin	1534: To Pomerania-Wolgast
Neckargemünd	Imperial City	n/a	n/a	1286: Imperial Free City	1395: To the Palatinate
Neipperg	Lordship 1726: County	Swab	SC	1241: First mentioned; a branch of Schwaigern that was a fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg	1364: Acquired Schwaigern as fief of the Palatinate 1434: Acquired Adelshofen as fief of Württemberg 1520: Partitioned into Neipperg-Adelshofen and Neipperg-Schwaigern 1726: Renamed from Neipperg-Schwaigern 1766: Bench of Counts of Swabia 1806: To Württemberg
Neipperg-Adelshofen	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1520: Partitioned from Neipperg	1708: Extinct; to Neipperg-Schwaigern
Neipperg-Klingenberg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1652: Partitioned from Neipperg-Schwaigern	1672: Extinct; to Neipperg-Schwaigern
Neipperg-Streichenberg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1581: Partitioned from Neipperg-Schwaigern	1649: Extinct; to Neipperg-Schwaigern
Neipperg-Schwaigern	Lordship 1672: Barony	n/a	n/a	1520: Partitioned from Neipperg	1581: Partitioned into itself and Neipperg-Streichenberg 1652: Partitioned into Neipperg-Klingenberg and itself 1672: HRE Baron 1726: HRE Count; renamed to Neipperg
Nellenburg	County 1401: Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	958: First mentioned; branch of the Eberhardinger	1105: Partitioned into itself and Mörsberg 1170: Extinct; to Veringen 1216-22: Partitioned from Veringen 12??: Acquired Stockach 1401: Acquired Hegau and Madach 1422: Extinct; to Tengen 1465: Sold to Austria; attached to Further Austria 1805: To Württemberg 1810: Parts to Baden
Neresheim	Abbacy	Swab	SP	1095	1764: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Thurn and Taxis 1806: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg
Nesselrode (Nesselrath)	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1303: First mentioned as a vassal of Deutz Abbey	1335: Vassal of Guelders 1368: Vassal of Berg 1396: Acquired Ehreshoven 1429: Acquired Herten 1436: Acquired Herrnstein (Stein) 1477: Partitioned into Nesselrode-Stein, Nesselrode-Ehrenstein and Nesselrode-Ereshoven 1508: Acquired Hugenpoet 1511: Acquired Ketteler
Nesselrode-Ehrenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1477: Partitioned from Nesselrode	1524: Extinct; to Rennenberg 1574: To Loe-Wissen 1582: To Nesselrode-Stein
Nesselrode-Ereshoven	Lordship 1653: Barony 1705: County	n/a	n/a	1477: Partitioned from Nesselrode	1500: Acquired Palsterkamp 1511: Partitioned into Nesselrode-Palsterkamp and itself 1653: HRE Baron 1705: HRE Count 1806: Mediatised
Nesselrode-Herten	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1569: Partitioned from Nesselrode-Stein	1589: Extinct; to Nesselrode-Stein
Nesselrode-Hugenpoet	Lordship 1653: Barony	n/a	n/a	1508: Created when John of Nesselrode acquired Hugenpoet; fief of Cleves	1653: HRE Baron
Nesselrode-Landskron	Barony 1710: County	Low Rhen	WE	1708: Renamed from Nesselrode-Rhade	1710: HRE Count 1776: Acquired Reichenstein 1806: To Berg and Nassau
Nesselrode-Palsterkamp	Lordship 1653: Barony 1705: County	n/a	n/a	1511: Partitioned from Nesselrode-Ereshoven	1533: Extinct; to Loe von Wissem
Nesselrode-Reichenstein	Barony 1702: HRE County	Low Rhen	WE	1698: Renamed from Nesselrode-Reichenstein after purchase of Reichenstein	1702: HRE County; Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle and Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1776: Extinct; to Nesselrode-Landskron
Nesselrode-Rhade (Nesselrode-Rath, Nesselrode-Rheydt)	Lordship 1652: Barony	n/a	n/a	1569: Partitioned from Nesselrode-Stein	1585: Extinct; divided between Nesselrode-Herten and Nesselrode-Stein 1624: Partitioned from Nesselrode-Stein 1652: HRE Baron 1696: Acquired Landskron 1708: Renamed to Nesselrode-Landskron
Nesselrode-Stein	Lordship 1652: Barony	n/a	n/a	1477: Partitioned from Nesselrode	1478: Acquired Rhade 1582: Acquired Ehrenstein 1569: Partitioned into Nesselrode-Herten, itself and Nesselrode-Rhade 1615: Acquired Lüttinghof 1624: Partitioned into itself and Nesselrode-Rhade 1652: HRE Baron 1698: Acquired Reichenstein; renamed to Nesselrode-Reichenstein
Neubruchhausen	County	n/a	n/a	1234: Partitioned from Bruchhausen	1384: To Hoya 1388: Extinct
Neuburg	County	n/a	n/a	c. 1050: First mentioned; to Formbach-Neuburg	1158: To Andechs-Meran 1248: To Bavaria 1283: To Austria 1463: To Rohrbach 1469: To Ortenburg 1473: To Austria 1497: To Bavaria-Landshut 1503: To Bavaria 1507: To Austria 1514: To Canissa as fief of Austria 1528: To Salm-Neuburg as fief of Austria 1654: To Sinzendorf as fief of Austria 1680: To Austria 1698: To Hamilton as fief of Austria 1719: To Lamberg-Sprinzenstein as fief of Austria 1730: To the Bishopric of Passau as fief of Austria 1803: To Bavaria 1815: Divided between Austria and Bavaria
Neuchâtel (Neuchatel, Neuenburg) Sovereign Prince and Count of Neuchâtel and Count of Valangin	County 1643: Principality	n/a	n/a	1032: First mentioned as belonging to the Kingdom of Burgundy	1034: To Fenis; Counts of Neuchâtel 1218: Partitioned into Neuchâtel German Line and Neuchâtel Romance Line 1288: Romance line extinct; given to Chalon-Arly who took the name Neuchâtel 1373: Extinct in male line 1375: Acquired Neuchâtel-Nidau by marriage 1395: Extinct; to Freiburg 1444: To Hachberg-Sausenberg 1503: Extinct in male line 1504: To Orléans-Longueville by marriage 1643: HRE Prince 1648: Left the empire as ally of the Swiss Confederation 1707: In personal union with Prussia 1806: To France 1814: In personal union with Prussia 1815: Joined Switzerland
Neuchâtel-Aarberg	County	n/a	n/a	1225: Partitioned from Neuchâtel German Line	1276: Partitioned into Neuchâtel-Aarberg-Aarberg and Neuchâtel-Aarberg-Valangin
Neuchâtel-Aarberg-Aarberg	County	n/a	n/a	1276: Partitioned from Neuchâtel-Aarberg	1367: Sold Aarberg to Neuchâtel-Nidau; then extinct in male line 1377: Rest sold to de la Tour-Châtillon
Neuchâtel-Aarberg-Valangin	County	n/a	n/a	1276: Partitioned from Neuchâtel-Aarberg	1407: Sold Willisau to Lucerne 1450: Imperial immediacy 1517: Extinct; to Challant
Neuchâtel German Line (Deutsh-Neuchâtel)	County	n/a	n/a	1218: Partitioned from Neuchâtel	1225: Partitioned into Neuchâtel-Nidau, Neuchâtel-Strassberg and Neuchâtel-Aarberg
Neuchâtel-Nidau	County	n/a	n/a	1225: Partitioned from Neuchâtel German Line	1375: Extinct; to Neuchâtel by marriage
Neuchâtel Romance Line (Welsch-Neuchâtel)	County	n/a	n/a	1218: Partitioned from Neuchâtel	1288: Extinct; to Chalon-Arly who took the name Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel-Strassberg	County	n/a	n/a	1225: Partitioned from Neuchâtel German Line	1327: Sold Balm to Neuchâtel-Nidau c. 1360: Rest sold to Neuchâtel-Nidau 1364: Extinct
Neuenahr	County	n/a	n/a	1225: Partitioned from Are-Nürburg (Nürburg)	1276: Partitioned into Neuenahr-Neuenahr and Neuenahr-Rösberg 1419: Annexed to Virneburg 1545: To Julich
Neuenahr-Alpen	County	El Rhin	WE	1465: Partitioned from Neuenahr-Rösberg	1542: Acquired Limburg 1589: Extinct in male line; divided between itself, Limburg and Neuenahr-Bedburg 1602: Acquired Limburg 1610: Extinct; to Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
Neuenahr-Bedburg	County	El Rhin	WE	1465: Partitioned from Neuenahr-Rösberg	1519: Acquired Moers 1578: Extinct; to Neuenahr-Alpen 1589: Partitioned from Neuenahr-Alpen 1600: Extinct; to Orange-Nassau
Neuenahr-Neuenahr	County	n/a	n/a	1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr	1358: Extinct in male line; succession dispute between Neuenahr-Rösberg and Saffenburg 1371: To Saffenburg-Neuenahr 1382: Made fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1424: To Virneburg-Saffenburg as fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1546: To Jülich
Neuenahr-Rösberg	County	n/a	n/a	1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr	1465: Partitioned into itself, Neuenahr-Alpen and Neuenahr-Bedburg 1484: Extinct; to Neuenahr-Bedburg
Neuenbaumburg (Neuenbaumberg)	Raugraviate	n/a	n/a	1253: Partitioned from Baumburg	1338: Half sold to Mainz 1457: Extinct; rest to Mainz
Neuenburg am Rhein	Imperial City	n/a	n/a	1219: Imperial Free City	Formerly a territory of Zähringen 1311: To Austria; attached to Further Austria
Neumark	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1252: Brandenburg and Magdeburg purchased the Lubusz Land	The Neumark was gradually expanded eastwards through acquisitions from Poland and the Teutonic Order 1402: Sold to the Teutonic Order 1463: Sold to Brandenburg 1535: To Brandenburg-Küstrin 1571: To Brandenburg
Nickenich	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1163: First mention of the Knights of Nickenich	1376: Acquired Weiherhofe as fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1440: Lost Weiherhofe 1444: Enfoeffed to the Archbishopric of Trier 1546: To Leyen-Saffig as fief of the Archbishopric of Trier 1611: To Leyen-Nickenich as fief of the Archbishopric of Trier 1714: To Leyen-Hohengeroldseck as fief of the Archbishopric of Trier 1795: To France 1815: To Prussia
Nidda	County	n/a	n/a	c. 1065: Volkold I of Malsburg enfoeffed with Bingenheim by Fulda Abbey; assumed the name Nidda	1187: Most of Nidda given to the Order of St John 1191: Extinct; to Ziegenhain as fief of Fulda Abbey 1234: Imperial immediacy in the City of Nidda 1258: Partitioned from Ziegenhain 1333: Extinct; to Ziegenhain
Nieder-Isenburg See: Lower Isenburg
Niedermünster in Regensburg	Abbacy	Bav	RP	788?	1002: Imperial immediacy 1803: To the Archbishopric of Regensburg
Niedersalm See: Salm in the Ardennes	County
Nienburg	County	n/a	n/a	1215: Acquired by Hoya	1345: To Hoya and Bruchhausen, commonly called Nienburg 1582: To Brunswick-Calenberg
Nienburg	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	970	10th Century: Imperial immediacy 1166: To the Archbishopric of Magdeburg 1593: To Anhalt 1680: Suppressed
Nomény See: Lorraine-Nomény
Nordgau See: Lower Alsace
Nordgau	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	Originally a gau county of Bavaria between Neuburg and Regensburg	939: Separated from Bavaria and invested to Schweinfurt 1004: Temporal authority given to the Bishopric of Bamberg 1060: By 1060 extended to the Main and the Egerland c. 1073: Invested to Vohburg 1255: To Bavaria 1329: To the Palatinate; henceforth known as Upper Palatinate
Nordhausen	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH	1220: Imperial Free City	1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Nördlingen	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1215: Imperial Free City	1802: To Bavaria
Nordmark (Northern March)	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	965: Partitioned from Marca Geronis	983: Abandoned in the Great Wendish Rebellion 1134: Reestablished 1150: Inherited Brandenburg; henceforth known as the Margraviate of Brandenburg
Northeim	County	n/a	n/a	c. 950: First mentioned	1144: Extinct; to Saxony
Northern March See: Nordmark
Nostitz-Rieneck (Nostiz-Rieneck)	County	Franc	FR	1673: Line established when John Hartwig of Nostitz-Rokitnitz purchased Rieneck	1803: Rieneck sold to Colloredo-Mansfeld
Nürburg	County	n/a	n/a	1144: Partitioned from Are (Are-Nürburg)	1218: Partitioned into itself and Neuenahr 1290: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne
Nuremberg	Burgraviate 1363: Princely Burgraviate	n/a	n/a	1105: Established for Raab	1192: Extinct; to Zollern 1218: Partitioned from Zollern 1248: Acquired Bayreuth 1331: Acquired Ansbach 1340: Acquired Kulmbach and Plassenburg 1363: HRE Princely Burgrave 1417: Acquired and henceforth known as the Electorate of Brandenburg 1427: Burgraviate sold to city 1440: Partitioned into Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Nuremberg	Imperial City	Franc	SW	1219: Free Imperial City	1427: Acquired Castle of Nuremberg 1505: Gained territory after Landshut War of Succession 1806: To Bavaria

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