List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (P)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Paderborn	Bishopric	Low Rhen	EC	799	881: Granted territory in fief to Saxony 1180: Made fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1281: Imperial immediacy; HRE Prince of the Empire 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Palatinate (Kurpfalz) Count Palatine of the Rhine, Arch-Steward and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire	County Palatine 1314: Duchy 1356: Electorate	El Rhine	EL	915: Origins in County Palatine of Lotharingia	945: County Palatine of Lorraine 1095: County Palatine of the Rhine 1214: Extinct; to Bavaria 1255: To Upper Bavaria 1314: Partitioned from Upper Bavaria 1356: Electorate confirmed in the Golden Bull 1410: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Neumarkt, Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken and Palatinate-Mosbach 1524: Appanage Palatinate-Neumarkt created 1556: Inherited by Palatinate-Neuburg 1559: Inherited by Palatinate-Simmern; Neuburg to Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1576: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Lautern 1610: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1621: Under imperial ban; occupied by the Emperor 1623: Electoral title and Upper Palatinate to Bavaria; Parkstein, Peilstein and Weiden to Palatinate-Neuburg 1648: Restored in the Lower Palatinate with new Electoral title 1685: Inherited by Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg; War of the Palatinian Succession 1697: Acquired Megen 1742: Inherited by Palatinate-Sulzbach 1777: In personal union with Bavaria
Palatinate-Burglengenfeld	Duchy	Bav	PR	1535: Partitioned from Palatinate-Neuburg	1540: Reunited with Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-Guttenberg	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1611: Renamed to Palatinate-Guttenberg-Lützelstein
Palatinate-Guttenberg-Lützelstein	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1611: Renamed from Palatinate-Guttenberg after inheritance of Palatinate-Lützelstein	1654: Extinct; to Palatinate-Veldenz
Palatinate-Hilpoltstein	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1614: Appanage created within Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg	1644: Extinct; to Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg
Palatinate-Lautern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1576: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1592: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Lützelstein	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1592: Partitioned from Palatinate-Veldenz	1611: Extinct; to Palatinate-Guttenberg
Palatinate-Mosbach	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1448: Acquired Neumarkt; renamed to Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1448: Renamed from Palatinate-Mosbach after acquisition of Palatinate-Neumarkt	1499: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Neuburg	Duchy	Bav	PR	1505: Created for Otto Henry and Philip around Neuburg following the Landshut War of Succession	1535: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Burglengenfeld 1556: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
Palatinate-Neumarkt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1443: In personal union with Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1448: Extinct; to Palatinate-Mosbach 1524: Appanage created within the Palatinate 1558: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1459: Partitioned from Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken	1559: Inherited the Palatinate; Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim to George following the house agreement for the succession of the Elector Palatine; outer lying territories passed to Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1610: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1674: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1559: Core of Palatinate-Simmern to George	1598: Extinct; to the Palatinate
Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1410: Partitioned from the Palatinate	1444: Acquired Veldenz by marriage 1459: Partitioned into Palatinate-Simmern and Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Sulzbach	Duchy	Bav	PR	1614: Appanage created within Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg	1656: Imperial immediacy 1714: Acquired Parkstein and Weiden 1732: Acquired Bergen op Zoom 1742: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
Palatinate-Veldenz	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1543: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1552: Acquired Remigiusland 1553: Acquired Lützelstein, 1/2 of Guttenberg and 2/3 of Alsenz 1592: Partitioned into itself, Palatinate-Lützelstein and Palatinate-Guttenberg 1694: Extinct; divided between the Palatinate, Palatinate-Sulzbach and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Zweibrücken	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1444: Partitioned from Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken	1505: Acquired Kleeburg and half of Guttenberg 1543: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Veldenz 1559: Acquired Palatinate-Neuburg 1569: Partitioned into Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg, Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken, Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Sulzbach, Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1733: Reunited by Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1793: To France 1799: Inherited and superseded by Bavaria-Palatinate
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1616: Acquired portion of Sponheim 1630: Sideline Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler created 1671: Extinct; to Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler	Duchy	Bav	PR	1630: Created when Christian I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld acquired Bischweiler	1673: Acquired Rappoltstein 1681: Partitioned into itself and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen 1733: Renamed to Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen	Duchy	Bav	PR	1681: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler	1789: To France 1799: Received title Duke in Bavaria
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeberg	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken	1654: Inherited Sweden; Kleeberg passed to Adolph John I 1731: Extinct; to Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Landsberg	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken	1681: Extinct; to Sweden
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1609-14: War of the Jülich Succession against Brandenburg 1614: Acquired Jülich and Berg; appanages Palatinate-Sulzbach and Palatinate-Hilpoltstein created 1656: Appanage Palatinate-Sulzbach granted independence 1685: Inherited and superseded by the Palatinate
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Sulzbach	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1604: Extinct; to Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Veldenz	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1604: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken	1661: Extinct; to Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Landsberg
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein	Duchy	Bav	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1597: Extinct; to Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1569: Partitioned from Palatinate-Zweibrücken	1604: Partitioned into Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Veldenz, Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Landsberg and Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeberg
Pappenheim HRE Count & Lord of Pappenheim	Lordship 1628: County	n/a	n/a	1111: First mentioned; Hereditary Marshall of the Holy Roman Empire	1279: Partitioned into itself and Biberbach 1356: Hereditary Arch-Marshall of the Holy Roman Empire 1423: Acquired Schweinspoint 1438: Acquired Gräfenthal 1444: Partitioned into Pappenheim-Allgäu, Pappenheim-Gräfenthal, Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen and Pappenheim-Alesheim; Pappenheim itself shared between all lines and led by the most senior ruling lord 1628: HRE Count; senior agnate of the house granted the title of Count 1697: Superseded Pappenheim-Alesheim 1807: To Bavaria
Pappenheim-Alesheim	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1697: Superseded by Pappenheim with the extinction of all other lines
Pappenheim-Allgäu	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1494: Partitioned into Pappenheim-Grönenbach and Pappenheim-Rothenstein 1619: Extinct; to Pappenheim-Stühlingen
Pappenheim-Biberbach See: Biberbach
Pappenheim-Gräfenthal	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1599: Extinct; divided between Pappenheim-Grönenbach and Pappenheim-Stühlingen
Pappenheim-Grönenbach	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1494: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Allgäu	1584: Side line Pappenheim-Stühlingen created 1619: Extinct; to Pappenheim-Stühlingen
Pappenheim-Rechberg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1197: Hildebrand of Rechberg named as Marshall by marriage	1226: Title relinquished at death
Pappenheim-Rothenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1494: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Allgäu	1616: Extinct; to Fugger-Kirchheim
Pappenheim-Schwindegg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1529: Partitioned from Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen	1568: Inherited and renamed to Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen
Pappenheim-Stühlingen	County	Swab	SC	1584: Created when Conrad of Pappenheim-Grönenbach acquired Stühlingen	1613: Sold rights around St. Blaise's Abbey 1621: Sold Gräfenthal to Saxe-Altenburg 1639: Extinct; to Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1444: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1529: Partitioned into itself and Pappenheim-Schwindegg 1568: Inherited by and renamed from Pappenheim-Schwindegg 1591: Sold Schwindegg to Haunsperg 1647: Extinct; to Brandenburg-Ansbach
Parchim(-Richenberg)	Principality	n/a	n/a	1226: Partitioned from Mecklenburg	1255: Divided between Mecklenburg, Schwerin and Werle 1256: Obtained Białogard as fief of Pomerania 1270: Renounced claims to Parchim-Richenberg
Parkstein	Barony 1776: County	Upp Rhen	WE	1762: Karoline Franziska Dorothea, illegitimate daughter of Charles Theodore of Bavaria-Palatinate legimitised; granted Parkstein	1776: HRE Countess 1777: Purchased portion of Reipoltskirchen; Parkstein to Bavaria 1795: To France 1818: Extinct
Passau	Bishopric	Bav	EC	737	999: Imperial immediacy 1193: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: Divided between Bavaria and Salzburg 1805: All to Bavaria
Passavant	Lordship	n/a	n/a	Originally to lords of Montfaucon	1372: To Montbéliard 1444: To Württemberg 1678: To France
Petershausen	Abbacy	Swab	SP	983	Early 13th Century: Imperial immediacy 1530: To the City of Constance 1556: Restored 1802: To Baden
Pfäfers	Abbacy	Swab	SP	731	1408: Imperial immediacy 1648: Left the empire as part of Switzerland
Pfalz See: Palatinate
Pfullendorf	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1220: Free Imperial City	1803: To Baden
Piombino	Lordship 1594: Principality	n/a	n/a	1399: Established	1594: HRE Principality 1801: To Etruria 1809: To Tuscany
Pirmont See: Pyrmont
Platen-Hallermund	County	Low Rhen	WE	1704: Younger German line of the Platen family acquired Hallermund	1709: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Hanover
Plauen	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1244: Partitioned from Plauen and Gera	1302: Partitioned into Plauen Elder Line and Plauen Younger Line
Plauen and Gera	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1209: Partitioned from Weida	1240: Acquired Greiz and Reichenbach 1244: Partitioned into Plauen and Gera
Plauen Elder Line	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1302: Partitioned from Plauen	1348: Partitioned into Plauen-Mühltroff and Plauen-Plauen
Plauen-Mühltroff	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1348: Partitioned from Plauen Elder Line	1363: Country lost to Meissen 1380: Extinct
Plauen-Plauen	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1348: Partitioned from Plauen Elder Line	1426: Acquired Burgraviate of Meissen; henceforth known as such
Plauen Younger Line	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1302: Partitioned from Plauen	1309: Adopted name Reuss von Plauen
Plesse (Plessen)	Lordship	Upp Rhen	WT	1097: First mentioned; known as Höckelheim	c. 1150: Assumed the name Plesse; fiefs of Paderborn c. 1170: Partitioned into Plesse Elder Line and Plesse Younger Line 1284/8: Reunited by Plesse Younger Line 1571: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel
Plesse Elder Line	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1170: Partitioned from Plesse	1284/8: Extinct; to Plesse Younger Line
Plesse Younger Line	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1170: Partitioned from Plesse	1284/8: Renamed to Plesse
Plettenberg	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1187: First mentioned; fief of Cologne	Partitioned into numerous lines; the most important that of Lenhausen
Plettenberg-Lenhausen	Lordship 1689: Barony 1724: County	n/a	n/a	1474: Partitioned from Plettenberg-Bamenohl	c. 1500: Partitioned into itself and Plettenberg-Stockum 1689: HRE Baron 1724: HRE Count; Side line Plettenberg-Wittem founded 1730: Extinct; to Plettenberg-Wittem
Plettenberg-Wittem HRE Count of Plettenberg & Wittem	County	Low Rhen	WE	1724: Ferdinand of Plettenberg-Lenhausen purchased Wittem, assumed the name Plettenberg-Wittem	1732: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1801: To France 1803: Compensated with Mietingen and Sulmingen 1806: To Württemberg
Pluwig	Lordship	n/a	n/a	Originally a property of de Ponte (von der Brücken)	1211: To the Cathedral Chapter of Trier; formed an immediate and circle-free lordship 1794: To France 1814: To Prussia
Pomerania	Duchy	PR	Upp Sax	1046: First mentioned; tributary of the Empire	1106: Partitioned into itself and Pomerelia 1120-3: Made fief of Poland 1156: Partitioned into Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Demmin 1264: Reunited by Pomerania-Stettin 1295: Partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin 1478: Reunited by Pomerania-Wolgast 1493: Imperial immediacy 1532: Partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin 1625: Reunited by Pomerania-Stettin 1634: Abdicated; under Imperial, Brandenburgian and Swedish occupation 1637: Extinct 1648: Divided into Swedish Pomerania and Prussian Pomerania
Pomerania-Barth	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1377: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1393: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Wolgast 1458: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast 1478: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast 1569: Appanage created within Pomerania-Wolgast 1618: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage abolished
Pomerania-Demmin	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1156: Partitioned from Pomerania	1164: Made fief of Saxony; acquired 1/3 of Wolgast 1180: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin 1187: Partitioned from Pomerania-Stettin; fief of Denmark 1234: Rejoined the Empire 1236: Lost Circipania to Mecklenburg-Rostock; made fief of Brandenburg 1264: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin
Pomerania-Neustetten	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1372: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1390: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stolp
Pomerania-Rügenwalde	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1440: Created for Eric, former king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden	1446: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Stolp 1569: Appanage created within Pomerania-Stettin for Barnim X 1600: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage to Casimir VI 1605: Extinct; to Pomerania-Barth 1606: Appanage invested upon Bogislaw XIV and George II 1620: Inherited Pomerania-Stettin; appanage abolished
Pomerania-Stargard	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1377: Partitioned from Pomerania-Stolp	1395: Inherited and renamed to Pomerania-Stolp
Pomerania-Stettin	Duchy	PR	Upp Sax	1156: Partitioned from Pomerania	1180: Imperial immediacy; acquired Pomerania-Demmin 1185: Made fief of Denmark 1187: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Demmin 1227: Rejoined the Empire 1231: Made fief of Brandenburg 1264: Renamed to Pomerania 1295: Partitioned from Pomerania; fief of Brandenburg 1348: Imperial immediacy 1463: Acquired Pomerania-Stargard 1464: Extinct; Stettin War of Succession between Pomerania-Wolgast and Brandenburg 1472: To Pomerania-Wolgast 1532: Partitioned from Pomerania 1569: Abdicated; to John Frederick of Pomerania-Wolgast 1600: Inherited and title assumed by Pomerania-Rügenwalde 1603: Extinct; to Philip II of Pomerania-Barth 1618: Inherited by appanage Pomerania-Barth 1620: Inherited by appanage Pomerania-Rügenwalde 1625: Renamed to Pomerania
Pomerania-Stolp	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1372: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1377: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Stargard 1395: Inherited by Pomerania-Stargard 1446: Inherited by Pomerania-Rügenwalde 1459: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast
Pomerania-Wolgast	Duchy	PR	Upp Sax	1295: Partitioned from Pomerania; fief of Brandenburg	1317: Acquired Schlawe and Stolp 1325: War of the Rügen Succession against Mecklenburg 1328: Acquired Rügen 1348: Imperial immediacy 1372: Partitioned into Pomerania-Stolp, itself and Pomerania-Neustettin 1377: Partitioned into Pomerania-Barth and itself 1393: Extinct; to Pomerania-Barth who assumed the title 1425: Partitioned into Pomerania-Wolgast-Wolgast, Pomerania-Wolgast-Demmin and Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth 1451: Reunited by Pomerania-Wolgast-Wolgast 1455: Acquired Lauenburg and Bütow 1458: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Barth 1459: Acquired Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Rügenwalde 1472: Acquired Pomerania-Stettin; made fief of Brandenburg 1478: Renamed to Pomerania 1532: Partitioned from Pomerania 1569: Repartition of Pomerania; partitioned into Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania-Barth, Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Rügenwalde 1625: Extinct; to Pomerania-Stettin
Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1435: Partitioned into itself and Pomerania-Wolgast-Stralsund 1451: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast-Wolgast
Pomerania-Wolgast-Demmin	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1450: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast-Wolgast
Pomerania-Wolgast-Stralsund	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1435: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth	1440: Extinct; to Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth
Pomerania-Wolgast-Wolgast	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Pomerania-Wolgast	1451: Renamed to Pomerania-Wolgast
Provence	Duchy 877: County 933: Margraviate 1037: County	n/a	n/a	5th Century: Duchy within the Kingdom of Burgundy	877: County of Provence to Boso within Western Francia 879: Boso made king of Lower Burgundy 933: To the Kingdom of Arles; given as fief to Hugh the Black 1032: Made fief of the Empire 1125: Partitioned into itself (as County) and a margraviate; see below 1127: To the House of Barcelona by marriage 1267: To the House of Anjou by marriage 1481: In personal union with France 1486: To France
Provence	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1125: Provence partitioned; north formed as a Margraviate for the claim of Alphonse I of Toulouse	1271: Extinct; in personal union with France 1274: Venaissin to the Papal States 1486: To France
Prüm (Prum; Pruem)	Abbacy	Upp Rhen	PR	721: Established	1222: HRE Prince of the Empire 1574: To Trier 1801: To France 1815: To Prussia
Pückler and Limpurg	County	Franc	FR	1737: Renamed from Pückler when inherited a portion of Limpurg through marriage to Caroline Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim	1787: Acquired part of Limpurg-Sontheim and Limpurg-Gaildorf through marriage to Waldeck-Limpurg 1806: To Württemberg
Pyrmont (in Lower Saxony)	County	Low Rhen	WF	1180: Established by Cologne; given as fief to Schwalenberg	1194: Partitioned from Schwalenberg 1494: Extinct; to Spiegelberg 1568: To Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont 1583: To Gleichen-Tonna 1625: To Waldeck-Eisenberg 1668: Ceded Lügde to Paderborn 1711: To Waldeck and Pyrmont
Pyrmont (Pirmont; in Eifel)	Lordship 15th Century: Barony	Low Rhen	WF	12th Century: First mentioned; to Schönburg	early 13th Century: Schönburg assumed the name Pyrmont Before 1400: Acquired 2/3 of Ehrenburg by marriage 1426: Acquired remainder of Ehrenburg 15th Century: HRE Baron 1526: Extinct; to Eltz 1652: Half to Waldbott von Bassenheim 1695: Eltz half to Trier 1710: All to Waldbott von Bassenheim 1789: To France 1815: To Prussia

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