List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (K)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter K:
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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 Käfernburg (Kevernburg) |
County | n/a | n/a | 1103: First mentioned; to Schwarzburg | 1160: Partitioned from Schwarzburg 1184: Inherited Schwarzburg 1197: Partitioned into Schwarzburg, itself and Hallermund 1227: Partitioned into itself and Rabenswalde-Wiehe 1384: Extinct in male line 1387: Sold to Thuringia 1446: To Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Younger Line |
 Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) |
Abbacy | Swab | SP / RP | 1135 | 1346: Imperial immediacy, though not recognised by Bavaria 1656: Imperial immediacy recognised by Bavaria 1803: To Bavaria |
 Kalenbergsee: Brunswick-Calenberg |
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 Kammin |
1176: Bishopric 1628: Principality |
Upp Sax | EC | 1140 | 1180: HRE Duchy 1185: Fief of Denmark 1227: Returned to the Empire 1345: Imperial immediacy 1556: Secularized to Pomerania-Wolgast 1648: To Sweden 1679: Brandenburg |
 Katzenelnbogen |
Lordship 1138: County |
n/a | n/a | 11th Century | 1066: First mentioned as advocates of Prüm Abbey 1138: HRE Count 1190: Acquired Hohenstein c. 1215: Partitioned into itself and Hohenstein 1259: Acquired Dornberg 1260: Partitioned into Katzenelnbogen Elder Line and Katzenelnbogen Younger Line 1402: Reunited by Younger Line 1453: Acquired part of Diez (de) and Eppstein 1479: Extinct; to Hesse-Marburg |
| Katzenelnbogen Elder Line |
County | n/a | n/a | 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen | 1284: Acquired St Goarshausen 1402: Extinct; to Katzenelnbogen Younger Line |
| Katzenelnbogen Younger Line |
County | n/a | n/a | 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen | 1283: Acquired Brauback 1384: Much of the county pledged to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1402: Renamed to Katzenelnbogen |
 Kaufbeuren |
Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1286: Free Imperial City | 1803: To Bavaria |
 Kaufungen |
Abbacy | Upp Rhen | RP | 1017 | 1089: Imperial immediacy 1527: Mediatised to Hesse 1533: To the Hessian Knighthood under Hesse |
 Kaunitz |
1642: County | n/a | n/a | 14th Century: First mentioned; possibly a branch of Stosch | 1642: Moravian line made HRE Count 1699: Moravian line in succession dispute over Rietberg 1726: Moravian line acquired Rietberg; renamed to Kaunitz-Rietberg |
| Kaunitz-Rietberg HRE Prince of Kaunitz, Count of Rietberg & East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf, Wittmund & Melrich |
County 1764: Principality |
Low Rhen | WE | 1726: Moravian line of the House of Kaunitz acquired Rietberg | 1764: HRE Prince 1803: Bench of Princes 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia 1848: Extinct |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg) |
Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1353: Free Imperial City | 1648: To France |
 Kempten |
Abbacy | Swab | SP | 752 | 1062: Imperial immediacy 1524: HRE Prince-Abbey 1548: Bench of Spiritual Princes 1803: To Bavaria |
 Kempten |
1289: Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1289: Free Imperial City | 1803: To Bavaria |
 Kerpen and Lommersum |
Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 1288: Territory of Brabant | 1430: To Burgundy 1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1710: To Palatinate-Neuburg (within Jülich) 1712: To Schaesberg as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg 1786: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1794: To France |
 Kettershausen |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1556: To Fugger-Babenhausen | 1806: To Bavaria |
 Khevenhüller-MetschKhevenhuller-Metsch Prince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Count of Hochosterwitz, Baron of Landskron and Wernberg, etc. |
County 1763: Principality |
n/a | SC | 1751: Line formed by a scion of the Khevenhüller family that inherited Metsch | 1763: HRE Prince; Personalist vote in Bench of Counts of Swabia |
 KirchbergBurgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein, Lord of Farnrode |
Burgraviate | Upp Rhen | WT | 1149: Counts of Kapellendorf invested with the burgraviate of Kirchberg bei Jena | 1294: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Windberg, Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf, Kirchberg-Greiffenberg and Kirchberg-Kapellendorf 1495: Reunited by Kirchberg-Altenberga 1714: Acquired Sayn-Hachenburg 1799: To Nassau-Weilburg |
| Kirchberg-Altenberga |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg | 1461: Acquired Farnroda 1495: Renamed to Kirchberg |
| Kirchberg-Greiffenberg |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1412: Acquired Kranichfeld 1427: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Kranichfeld and Kirchberg-Altenberga |
| Kirchberg-Kapellenberg |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1304: Sold Kapellenberg to Erfurt 1362: Acquired Camburg 1393: Extinct; to Meissen |
| Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1357: Extinct; to Weimar-Orlamünde |
| Kirchberg-Kranichfeld |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg | 1455: Kranichfeld to Gleichen-Blankenhain 1495: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Altenberga |
| Kirchberg-Windberg |
Burgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1311: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf and Kirchberg-Greiffenberg |
 KirchbergNot to be confused with Burgraviate above |
County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century | 1087: First mentioned Early history of the counts is unclear; eventually formed the lines Kirchberg-Kirchberg, Kirchberg-Brandenburg and Kirchberg-Wullenstetten in the 12th Century |
| Kirchberg-Brandenburg |
County | n/a | n/a | Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1298: Extinct; to Austria 1313: To Ellersbach 1466: To Krafft 1481: To Rechberg 1539: To Fugger |
| Kirchberg-Kirchberg |
County | n/a | n/a | Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1366: Extinct; to Matsch 1399: To Kirchberg-Wullenstetten |
| Kirchberg-Wullenstetten |
County | Swab | SC | Partitioned from Kirchberg | 1399: Acquired Kirchberg-Kirchberg 1481: Half sold to Bavaria-Landshut 1503: Landshut half to Austria 1507: Landshut half to Fugger 1510: Extinct; rest to Fugger |
 Kirkel |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1075: First mentioned | 1212: Partitioned from Saarwerden 1242: Extinct; divided between numerous heirs 1250: Most acquired by John of Siersberg who took the name Kirkel 1386: Extinct; to the Palatinate |
 Klettgau |
County 1325: Landgraviate |
Swab | SC | Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire | 1040: To Habsburg 1280: To Habsburg-Laufenburg 1410: To Sulz 1687: To Schwarzenberg 1806: To Baden |
| Klingenmünster |
Abbacy 1490: Provostry |
Upp Rhen | RP | 636 ? | 1115: Imperial immediacy 1490: Provost 1567: To the Palatinate |
 Knyphausen (Kniphausen) |
Barony 1653: County |
n/a | n/a | Part of East Frisia | 1588: Lord of Inhausen and Knyphausen made HRE Baron 1624: To Oldenburg 1653: HRE Count 1667: To Aldenburg 1738: To Aldenburg-Bentinck 1807: To Holland 1810: To France 1813: To Oldenburg 1826: To Aldenburg-Bentinck with limited sovereignty 1854: To Oldenburg |
.svg.png){kind=small} Koblenz (Coblenz / Coblence) |
Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order | El Rhin | n/a | 1216: Teutonic Order received land in fief from the Archbishopric of Trier | 1263: Acquired Elsen 1313: Acquired Waldbreitbach 1613: Acquired Morsbroich 1794: Left-bank territory to France 1806-9: Rest to Berg and Nassau |
| Koevorden (Coevorden) |
Lordship | ||||
 Königsbronn |
Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1303 | 15th Century?: Imperial immediacy 1553: Mediatised to Württemberg 1710: Abolished |
 Königsegg (Konigsegg)HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen, Lord of Ebenweiler & Wald in Swabia |
Lordship 1621:Barony 1629: County |
Swab | SC | c. 1171: First mentioned as a property of the Lords of Fronhofen | c. 1251: Partitioned from Fronhofen 1381: Acquired Aulendorf 1595: Acquired Rothenfels 1621: HRE Baron 1622: Partitioned into Königsegg-Rothenfels and Königsegg-Aulendorf |
| Königsegg-Aulendorf |
Barony 1629: County |
Swab | SC | 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg | 1629: HRE County 1806: To Württemberg |
| Königsegg-Rothenfels |
Barony 1629: County |
Swab | SC | 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg | 1629: HRE County 1804: To Austria; acquired Boros-Sebiș as fief of Hungary |
 Königsfeld (Black Forest) |
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 Konstanz (Constance) |
Prince-Bishopric | Swab | EC | 585 | 1155: HRE Prince of the Empire 1803: To Baden |
 Konstanz (Constance) |
1192: Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | 1192: Free Imperial City | 1548: To Austria 1805: To Baden |
| Konzenberg |
Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1305: To Burgau 1351: To Halder 1361: To Waldkirch 13??: To Villenbach 13??: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1454: To Grafeneck 1456: To Stain 1457: to Westernach 1511: To Knöringen 1524: To Augsburg 1530: To Baumgartner 16??: To ? 1684: To the Bishopric of Augsburg 1803: To Bavaria | |
 Kornelimünster (Cornelimünster; St Kornelimünster) |
Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 614 | 9th Century: Imperial immediacy 1795: To France |
 Krautheim |
Lordship 1803: HRE Principality of Krautheim and Gerlachsheim |
n/a | n/a | c. 1213: Mentioned as belonging to Lords of Krautheim | 1399: To the Archbishopric of Mainz 1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim 1806: To Württemberg |
| Kreuzlingen |
Abbacy | Swab | SP | c. 1125 | 1145: Imperial immediacy 1648: To Switzerland |
| Kriechingen (Criechingen) |
Barony | n/a | n/a | c. 1150: First mention of Lords of Kriechingen, fiefs of Lorraine | 1239: Partitioned into itself and Helfedange 1295: To Torcheville who assumed the name Kriechingen 13th Century: HRE Baron 1557: Partitioned into Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt and Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel |
| Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel |
Barony 1617: County |
Upp Rhen | n/a | 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen | 1617: HRE Count; Imperial immediacy in core lands; Upper Rhenish Circle 1697: Extinct; to East Frisia To Wied-Runkel 1793: To France |
| Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt |
Barony | n/a | n/a | 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen | 1681: Extinct; to Salm-Reifferscheid |
 Kronburg |
Lordship | 1460: Partitioned from Aichen | 1540: Partitioned into Osterberg, Schwabeck and Weissenstein | ||
 Kuefstein-GreillensteinCount of Kuefstein, Baron of Greillenstein, of Hohenkraen, etc. |
1709: County (Personalist) | n/a | FR | 1602: HRE Baron 1654?: HRE Count 1709: Bench of Counts of Franconia (personalist vote) | |
 Kulmbach |
Lordship | 1057-1234: To Andechs-Meran 1248: To Counts of Orlamunde 1340: To Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg 1792: To Prussia 1807: French occupation 1810: To Bavaria | |||
 Kyburg (Kiburg) |
County | n/a | n/a | 11th century | c. 1053: Counts of Winterthur-Kyburg extinct; to Dillingen by marriage 1180: Partitioned from Dillingen 1218: Acquired left-bank territory of Zähringen 1273: To Habsburg-Laufenburg by marriage 1274: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg (Neu-Kyburg) 1379: Most to Austria 1384: Fief of Bern 1417: Extinct |
 Kyrburg |
Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from the Wildgraviate | 1284: Partitioned into itself and Schmidtburg 1419: Extinct; to Stein |
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