List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (T)

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

Name Type Imperial circle Imperial diet History
Tanne Lordship n/a n/a 1162: First mentioned
1210: Inherited and renamed to Waldburg
Tarasp (Trasp) Barony Aust PR 1040: First mentioned
1160: Part to Chur
1177: Extinct; to Chur
bef. 1200: Sold to Reichenberg
1239: Sold to the Tyrol
1273: To Matsch as fief of the Tyrol
1464: Sold to Austria
1687: To Dietrichstein
1684: Acquired Tarasp
1802: Count Leslie of Balquhain
1803: Tarasp to Switzerland; compensated with Neuravensburg
1806: Neuravensburg to Württemberg
Teck Duchy n/a n/a 1152: Partitioned from Zähringen
c. 1215: Sold territory in Ortenau and Breisgau to Swabia
1283: Partitioned into Teck-Owen and Teck-Oberndorf
1363: Reunited by Teck-Owen
1365: Acquired Mindelheim
1374: Horb and Oberndorf sold to Hohenberg-Rottenburg
1381: Teck sold to Württemberg
1439: Extinct; to Rechberg-Babenhausen
Teck-Oberndorf Duchy n/a n/a 1283: Partitioned from Teck
1363: Extinct; to Teck-Owen
Teck-Owen Duchy n/a n/a 1283: Partitioned from Teck
1363: Renamed to Teck
Tecklenburg County Low Rhen WE c. 1100: First mentioned
1189: Acquired Ibbenbüren
1262: Extinct; to Bentheim
1279: Partitioned from Bentheim
1328: Extinct; to Schwerin-Wittenburg
1356: Partitioned from Schwerin-Wittenburg
1365: Acquired Rheda
1385: Acquired Iburg
1400: Lost Cloppenburg, Friesoythe and Bevergern to Münster
1493: Partitioned into itself and Tecklenburg-Lingen
1557: Extinct; to Bentheim-Steinfurt
1606: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
1696: To Solms-Braunfels
1707: Sold to Prussia
1808: To Berg
1811: To France
1813: To Prussia
Tecklenburg-Lingen County Low Rhen WE 1493: Partitioned from Tecklenburg
1541: Extinct; to Tecklenburg
1547: To Egmond
Tengen aka: Auersperg Lordship
1664: County
- - 13th Century: Partitioned into Tengen-Hinterburg and Tengen-Vorderstadt
1275: Renamed from Tengen-Vorderstadt
1422: Acquired Nellenburg
1465: Sold Nellenburg to Austria
1522: Sold to Austria
1651: To Rost
1663: To Auersperg
1664: HRE County
1806: To Baden
Tengen-Hinterburg Lordship n/a n/a 13th Century: Partitioned from Tengen
1275: Sold to Klingenberg
1305: Sold to Austria
1387: To Klingenberg
1462: To Bodman and Jungingen
1488: To Mainau Commandry of the Teutonic Order
1805: To Baden
Tengen-Vorderstadt Lordship n/a n/a 13th Century: Partitioned from Tengen
1275: Renamed to Tengen
Tettnang and Argen County Swab SC 1780: Created from Montfort after purchase by Austria
1805: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
Thannhausen Lordship
1665: HRE County
Swab SC 1109: First mentioned; ministerialis of Hohenstaufen
1268: Imperial immediacy
1360: To Margraviate of Burgau and Augsburg
1560: To Baumgartner
1665: Sold to Sinzendorf-Fridau-Neuburg
1705: Sold to Stadion Alsatian Line
1741: To Stadion-Thannhausen
1806: To Bavaria
Thorn Abbacy Low Rhen RP 992: Formed
1292: Imperial immediacy
18th Century: HRE Princess of the Empire
1794: To France
1815: To the Netherlands
Thüngen Lordship n/a n/a 1100: First mentioned
1406: Imperial immediacy
1806: To Würzburg
1814: To Bavaria
Thurgau Landgraviate n/a n/a 1218: To Kyburg
1264: To Habsburg-Laufenburg
1274: To Kyburg
1379: To Austria
1460: Made subject of the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
Thuringia County Palatine n/a n/a 1291: Northern half of the County Palatine of Saxony sold to Brandenburg; the southern part retained by Meissen known henceforth as the County Palatine of Thuringia
1350: Imperial confirmation of title
Thuringia Princely Landgraviate n/a n/a 1131: Louis I appointed Landgrave of Thuringia
1180: Acquired the County Palatine of Saxony
1247: Extinct; divided between Hesse and Meissen
Thurn and Taxis (Thurn und Taxis) 1512: Lordship
1608: Barony
1624: Count
1695: Principality
El Rhin WE / PR 1512: Granted noble status in the Empire
1608: HRE Baron
1615: Appointed hereditary Imperial Postmaster General
1624: HRE Count
1681: Spanish Prince
1695: HRE Prince
1723: Acquired Eglingen
1754: Bench of Secular Princes
1785: Acquired Scheer and Friedberg
1803: Acquired Buchau, Marchtal, Neresheim and Ostrach
1806: To Bavaria, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Württemberg
Thurnau Lordship n/a n/a 1205: Förtsch von Thurnau first mentioned; ministerialis of Andechs-Meran
1248: Imperial immediacy
1288: Half sold to Bamberg
1292: Other half made fief of Bamberg
1564: Extinct; to condominium of Künsberg and Giech as fief of Bamberg
1699: Imperial immediacy
1731: Künsberg share sold to Giech
1796: To Prussia
1807: To France
1810: To Bavaria
Toggenburg Barony
1209: County
n/a n/a 1044: First mentioned
1209: HRE County
1226: Lost Wil and Alt-Toggenburg to St Gall's Abbey
1333: Acquired Vaz
1384: Acquired Kyburg
1394: Partitioned into Toggenburg Elder Line and Toggenburg Younger Line
1468: Sold to Abbacy of St Gall
Toggenburg Elder Line County n/a n/a 1394: Partitioned from Toggenburg
1400: Extinct; succession dispute between Toggenburg Younger Line and William, Count of Montfort
1436: Most to Toggenburg Younger Line; parts to Montfort-Toggenburg
Toggenburg Younger Line County n/a n/a 1394: Partitioned from Toggenburg
1414: Acquired Wartau
1417: Acquired Feldkirch
1424: Acquired Rheintal, Rheineck, Dornbirn and the Inner Bregenzerwald
1436: Extinct in male line
1437: Divided between numerous states
Toul Bishopric Upp Rhen EC 365: Formed
1048: Imperial immediacy
1552: To France
1648: Annexation to France formally recognised
Toul Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 13th Century? Free Imperial City
1552: To France
1648: Annexation to France formally recognised
Trauttmansdorff
Prince of Trauttmansdorff-Weinberg and Neustadt am Kocher, Princely Count of Umpfenbach, Baron of Gleichenberg, Nogau, Burgau and Totzenbach, etc.
Lordship
1598: Barony
1623: County
1805: Principality
Swab SW 1308: First mentioned
1598: HRE Baron
1623: HRE Count
1631: Personalist in the Swabian Circle
1635: Acquired Weinsberg
1648: Returned Weinsberg to Württemberg
1778: Personalist in the Bench of Swabian Counts
1805: HRE Prince
Trent (Trento / Trient) Bishopric Aust EC 301: First mentioned
1004: Acquired territory
1027: HRE Prince of the Empire
1419: Subject of the Emperor
c. 1519: Acquired Castelbarco and Rovereto
1578: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Austria as part of Tyrol
1805: To Bavaria
1810: To Italy
1813: To Austria
1918: To Italy
Trieste Imperial City Aust n/a 1285: Free Imperial City
1382: To Austria
1809: To France
1813: To Austria
Trier (Treves) Bishopric
c. 811: Archbishopric
1356: Electorate
El Rhin EL c. 250: First mentioned
771: Autonomous
c. 811: Raised to Archdiocese
898: Imperial immediacy
1356: HRE Prince-Elector
1795: Left-bank territory to France
1803: Right-bank territory to Nassau-Weilburg
Tübingen County
1146: County Palatine
n/a n/a 1078: First mentioned, in the Nagoldgau
1146: HRE Count Palatine
1180: Partitioned into itself and Montfort
c. 1219: Partitioned into Tübingen-Tübingen and Tübingen-Asperg
Tübingen-Asperg County Palatine n/a n/a c. 1219: Partitioned from Tübingen
1229: Acquired Giessen
1252: Partitioned into Tübingen-Böblingen and itself
1264: Sold Giessen to Hesse
1308: Sold Asperg to Württemberg
1340: Sold Beilstein to Württemberg
1357: Extinct
Tübingen-Böblingen County Palatine n/a n/a 1252: Partitioned from Tübingen-Asperg
1294: Acquired Tübingen
1342: Sold Tübingen to Württemberg
1357: Sold Böblingen to Württemberg; renamed to Tübingen-Lichteneck
Tübingen-Herrenberg County Palatine n/a n/a c. 1251: Partitioned from Tübingen-Tübingen
1289: Sold Laichingen to Bebenhausen Abbey
1294: Sold Tübingen to Tübingen-Böblingen
1382: Sold to Württemberg
1391: Extinct
Tübingen-Horb County Palatine n/a n/a c. 1251: Partitioned from Tübingen-Tübingen
1294: Extinct in male line
1306: To Hohenberg-Nagold by marriage
Tübingen-Lichteneck County Palatine
?: County
n/a n/a c. 1357: Renamed from Tübingen-Böblingen
?: HRE Count
1634: Extinct in male line
1664: Sold to Austria
1666: Extinct
Tübingen-Tübingen County Palatine n/a n/a c. 1219: Partitioned from Tübingen
c. 1251: Partitioned into Tübingen-Horb and Tübingen-Herrenberg
Turckheim (Turkheim) Imperial City Upp Rhen RC 1312: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
Tyrol (Tirol) County Aust n/a 10th century? 1140?
1363: To Austria
1493: Princely County
1805: To Bavaria
1814: To Austria
1918: Southern Part to Italy

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