List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (C)

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

Name

Type

Circle

Bench

Formed

Notes

Calvelage County n/a n/a 1072 1170: Renamed to Ravensberg
Calw County c. 1050? 1075: 1st mention of Calw
1155: Acquired Lowenstein
1189: Acquired Vaihingen
Division into Calw-Lowenstein and Calw-Vaihingen
1277: Counts of Calw-Lowenstein died out; territories purchased by an illegitimate branch of the Habsburgs
1282: Counts of Calw died out; territories inherited by Counts of Tübingen
1361: Counts of Calw-Vaihingen died out; territories inherited by Counts of Wurttemberg
Cambrai Bishopric Low Rhen EC 1007: Imperial immediacy
1543: To Spain
1677: To France
Cambrai Imperial City Burg 1677: Annexed to France
Cammin 1176: Bishopric
1628: Principality
Upp Sax EC 1274: Acquired Lübeck city rights
1556: Secularized to Pomerania-Wolgast
1648: To Sweden
1679: Brandenburg
Cappenberg County n/a n/a 10th - 11th Century 1122: Rhenish possessions to Cappenberg Abbey and Ilbenstadt Abbey
1124: Swabian possessions to Swabia
Carinthia 788: Margraviate
976: Duchy
Aust PR 876; 927; 976; 995 1286: To Counts of Gorizia-Tyrol
1335: To Habsburg Austria
Carniola 955: Margraviate
1364: Duchy
Aust PR 828, 955, 1040 955: fief March of the Patriarch of Aquileia
1054: Emperor Henry II creates a separate Carniola as a fief duchy of Carinthia
1071-1090: To Aquileia
1237-1251: Imperial Administration
1259-1269: To Aquileia
1270: To Austria
1805-1806: French occupation
Castell 1202/5: County Franc FR 1054: First mentioned 1266: Partitioned into Castell-Unterschloss and Castell-Oberschloss
1331: Castell-Unterschloss extinct; Castell reunited by Castell-Oberschloss
1546: Partitioned into Castell-Castell, Castell-Remlingen and Castell-Rüdenhausen
Castell-Castell County Franc FR 1546: Partitioned from Castell 1577: Extinct; divided between Castell-Remlingen and Castell-Rüdenhausen
1668: Partitioned from Castell-Remlingen
1717: Extinct; to Castell-Remlingen
1718: Partitioned from Castell-Remlingen
1772: Renamed to Castell-Remlingen
Castell-Oberschloss County n/a n/a 1266: Partitioned from Castell 1331: Renamed to Castell after inheriting Castell-Unterschloss
Castell-Rehweiler County Franc FR 1718: Partitioned from Castell-Remlingen 1772: Extinct; to Castell-Castell
Castell-Remlingen County Franc FR 1546: Partitioned from Castell 1595: Extinct; to Castell-Rüdenhausen
1597: Partitioned from Castell-Rüdenhausen
1668: Partitioned into itself and Castell-Castell
1718: Partitioned into itself, Castell-Castell, and Castell-Rehweiler
1762: Extinct; to Castell-Castell
1772: Renamed from Castell-Castell
1803: Partitioned into itself and Castell-Rüdenhausen
1806: To Bavaria
Castell-Rüdenhausen County Franc FR 1546: Partitioned from Castell 1597: Partitioned into Castell-Remlingen and itself
1803: Extinct; to Castell-Remlingen
1803: Partitioned from Castell-Remlingen
1806: To Bavaria
Castell-Unterschloss County n/a n/a 1266: Partitioned from Castell 1331: Extinct; to Castell-Oberschloss
Castels High Jurisdiction
Chablais 1310: Duchy n/a n/a 1035 Originally property of St Maurice's Abbey
1035: To Savoy
1475: Half to Bern
1536: Other half to Bern
1569: All to Savoy
1792: To France
Chatelot Lordship
Chiemsee Bishopric n/a n/a 1215 Held administrative functions in the Archbishopric of Salzburg
1803: To Grand Duchy of Salzburg and Bavaria
1808: Abolished
Chur Bishopric Aust EC 1170 958: Territorial rights
1798: Annexed to the Helvetic Republic
Churwalden Jurisdiction
Cilly (Cilli) 1341: County
1436: HRE Principality of Cilli and Ortenburg
n/a n/a 1456: Counts of Cilli died out; estates inherited by Habsburgs
Cläven Lordship n/a n/a 909 Partitioned in 950
Clémont Lordship
Cleves (Kleve) 1000's: County
1417: Duchy
Low Rhen PR 719 1368: United with County of Mark
1521: United with Julich, Berg and Mark
1609: War of Succession
1614 to Brandenburg
?-1672: Occupied by United Provinces
1795: French occupation
1815: To Prussia
Cleves-Ravenstein Barony n/a n/a 1450: Partitioned from Cleves-Marck 1528: Extinct; to Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Colloredo Principality (personalist) Swab SC 1031 1031: Invested with Mels as fief of Patriarchate of Aquileia
1588: HRE Barons
1629-1734: HRE Counts
1741: Bench of Counts of Swabia (Personalist)
1763: HRE Prince
1788: Renamed to Colloredo-Mansfeld
Colloredo-Mansfeld Principality (personalist) Swab SC 1788: Renamed from Colloredo 1803: Purchased a portion of Limpurg, and Rieneck
1806: Limpurg to Württemberg, Rieneck to Archbishopric of Regensburg
Colmar Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 1226: Free Imperial City 1679: To France
Cologne
Köln
Archbishopric
1356: HRE Prince-Elector
El Rhin EL 954 1180: HRE Duke
1356: HRE Elector
1794: Left bank to France
1803: Secularised; Westphalia to Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau-Orange-Fulda, Vest Recklinghausen to Arenberg
Cologne Free City Low Rhen RH 1288: Free Imperial City 1794: Annexed to France
1815: to Prussia
Comburg Imperial Abbey Franc SC 1078 13th Century?: Imperial immediacy
1484: Fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg
1488: Converted into Provostry
1583: Fief of Württemberg
1803: Secularised
Cornelimünster
See: Kornelimünster
Abbacy
Corvey (Korvey) 877: Abbey
c1582: Prince-Abbot
1783: Prince-Bishopric
1803: Principality
Low Rhen EC 877 c. 1150: Imperial immediacy
1783: Converted to a Bishopric
1803: Secularized to Nassau-Orange-Fulda
1807: To Westphalia
1815: To Prussia
Cottbus Lordship n/a n/a 1156: 1st mention of Cottbus
1199-1445: To Lords of Cottbus
1462: To Prince-Electors of Brandenburg
Croy
Dukes of Croÿ, HRE Prince
Duchy
1767: HRE Prince
Low Rhen PR 1590: non-immediate Counts of Solre in the Spanish Low Countries
1677: Prince of Solre in the Spanish Low Countries
1767 non-immediate Dukes of Croÿ in France
1803: immediate Lords of Dülmen
1806: To Arenberg
1810: To France
1815: To Prussia

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