List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (B)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Baar	Landgraviate	Swab			1500: To Swabian Circle
Babenhausen	Principality				1237: 1st mention of the Lordship of Babenhausen 12th century: Babenhausen and Schonegg part of Lordship of Kellmunz 1200-1300s: To Lords of Schonegg 1378: To Lords of Rechberg 1539: Anton Fugger bought Lordship of Babenhausen 1803: Lordships of Babenhausen, Boos and Kettershausen erected into Principality of Babenhausen for Fugger family 1806: To Bavaria Area: 52 km²; Pop. 11,000
Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Cellmünz	Lordship			1432: Partitioned from Staufeneck-Babenhausen	1487: Divided into Frundsburg and Kronburg
Baden	Margraviate	Swab	PR	c960	1190: Partitioned into Baden-Baden and Baden-Hachberg 1362: HRE Margrave 1387: Received a part of the County of Eberstein 1535: Partitioned into Upper Margraviate of Baden (Baden-Baden) and Lower Margraviate of Baden (Baden-Durlach) 1771: Baden-Baden line extinct; Baden reunited 1803: Electorate 1806: Joined Confederation of the Rhine as a Grand Duchy 1871: Joined the German Empire Title:Grand Duke of Baden, Duke of Zähringen, Landgrave of Nellenburg, etc., Overlord & Hereditary Lord[Ober- und Erbherr] in the Baar & of Stühlingen, Heiligenberg, Hausen, Möskirch, Hohenhöwen, Wildenstein & Waldsberg, Mosbach & Dürn, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, the Klettgau, Krautheim, Wertheim, Neudenau & Billigheim, Count of Salem, Petershausen & Hanau
Baden-Baden	Margraviate	Swab	PR	1190: Partitioned from Baden	1291: Partitioned into Baden-Baden, Baden-Eberstein and Baden-Pforzheim 1335: Extinct; divided between Baden-Eberstein and Baden-Pforzheim 1348: Partitioned from Baden-Pforzheim 1515: Partitioned into itself, Baden-Durlach and Baden-Sponheim 1536: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Rodemachern 1588: Extinct; to Baden-Rodemachern 1622: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach 1771: Extinct; united to Baden-Durlach to form Baden
Baden-Durlach	Margraviate	Swab	PR	1515: Partitioned from Baden-Baden	1577: Partitioned into itself, Baden-Hachberg and Baden-Sausenburg 1771: Inherited Baden-Baden and renamed to Baden
Baden-Eberstein	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1291: Partitioned from Baden-Baden	1353: Annexed to Baden-Pforzheim
Baden-Hochberg	Margraviate	Swab	PR	1190: Partitioned from Baden	Also named Baden-Hachberg 1290: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Sausenburg 1415: Annexed to Baden-Baden 1482: Partitioned from Baden-Baden 1488: Annexed to Baden-Baden 1577: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach 1591: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Pforzheim	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1291: Partitioned from Baden-Baden	1315: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Baden 1361: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Baden-Rodemachern	Margraviate			1537: Partitioned from Baden-Baden as fief of the Duchy of Luxembourg	1575: Partitioned into itself and Baden-Rodenheim 1596: Annexed to Baden-Durlach 1622: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach 1666: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Baden-Rodenheim	Margraviate			1575: Partitioned from Baden-Rodemachern	1620: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Sausenberg	Margraviate	Swab	PR	1290: Partitioned from Baden-Hachberg	1503: Annexed to Baden-Baden 1577: Partitioned from Baden-Durlach 1604: Annexed to Baden-Durlach
Baden-Sponheim	Margraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1515: Partitioned from Baden-Baden	1533: Annexed to Baden-Baden
Badenweiler	Lordship				1028: First mentioned, property of the Zähringen 1268: To Counts of Freiburg 1444: To Baden-Sausenberg 1503: Inherited by Baden-Baden
Baindt	Abbacy	Swab	SP	1240	1376: HRE Princess Abbey 1803: Secularised and ceded to Aspremont-Lynden
Bamberg	Bishopric	Franc	EC	1007	c1242: Prince-Bishopric 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria
Bar Bar-le-Duc Barrois	Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	951	951: County 959-1033: Under Lorraine 1197-1214: Union of Bar and Luxemburg 1301: Vassal of King of France for the Western part of his territory (Barrois Mouvant) and vassal of the HRE for the Eastern part 1354: Emperor Charles IV granted title of Margrave of Pont-a-Mousson and rank of Prince to Duke of Bar 1399: Bar inherited Lordship of Cassel 1473: Union of Bar and Duchy of Lorraine 1480: Permanently united 1508: Inherited by Lorraine 1634-1659, 1670–1697, 1702–1714: French occupation 1766: Together with Lorraine, permanently annexed to France
Barby	County	Upp Sax		1497	961: 1st mention of Barby 974: Emperor gave Barby to his sister, Mathilde, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1050: To Lords of Arnstein as an imperial fief Partitioned into: Barby-Arnstein (1209–1284), Barby-Barby (1213-1651), Barby-Lindow (1211–1372), Barby-Mühlingen (1565–1659) and Barby-Ruppin 1497: HRE County 1524: Barby-Ruppin to Brandenburg 1651: Barby-Barby to Barby-Mühlingen (1360–1524) 1659: Barby-Mühlingen to Saxe-Weissenfels 1372: Barby-Lindow to Anhalt 1659: To Elector of Saxony
Barmstedt	Lordship				Acquired by Rantzau
Basel	Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	999	1579: Allied to the Swiss Confederation 1792: Left-bank territories annexed to the Rauracian Republic 1803: Right-bank territories secularised and ceded to Baden
Basel	Free Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	374: First mentioned as Basilea	10th century: To the Bishopric of Basel 1392: Acquired semi-independence 1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
Bassenheim	Lordship				Originally belonging to Isenburg-Braunsberg as a fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne, passed to the House of Walpot which assumed the name "Waldbott of Bassenheim" 1729: Immediate HRE Lordship
Battenburg	County	n/a	n/a	1101: First mentioned	1238: Partitioned into itself and Wittgenstein 1291: Half sold to Mainz 1296: Remainder sold to Mainz 1310: Extinct 1464: Sold to Hesse
Baumburg (Baumberg; Naumburg)	Raugraviate	n/a	n/a	c. 1148: Partitioned from the Wildgraviate	1172: Partitioned into Stolzenberg and itself 1253: Partitioned into Neuenbaumburg and Altenbaumburg
Bavaria	Kingdom	Bav	EL	6th century	888: Bavaria a stem duchy 1185: Inherited lands of Burgraves of Regensburg 1214: Invested with County Palatinate of the Rhine 1255: First division into Upper (including Palatinate and Regensburg) and Lower Bavaria 1314: Division of Upper Bavaria into Palatinate and Upper Bavaria 1340: Lower Bavaria line died out; Upper and Lower Bavaria reunited as Bavaria 1349: Partitioned into: Brandenburg; Upper Bavaria; and Lower Bavaria 1353: Division of Lower Bavaria into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing (with Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland) 1392: Division of Bavaria-Landshut into Bavaria-Ingolstadt (extinct 1447), Bavaria-Landshut (extinct 1503) and Bavaria-Munich 1505: Bavaria reunited by Bavaria-Munich 1545: Bavaria reunited after many divisions 1623: Electoral vote of Palatinate and Upper Palatinate transferred to Bavaria 1806: Became a Kingdom, then joined Confederation of the Rhine Title: King of Bavaria, Count-Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia & in Swabia, etc.
Bavaria-Dachau	Duchy	Bav	PR	1467	1467: Partitioned from Bavaria-Munich 1501: Extinct; to Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Ingolstadt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1392	1392: Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut 1445: Extinct; to Bavaria-Landshut
Bavaria-Landshut	Duchy	Bav	PR	1353	1353: Partitioned from Lower Bavaria 1392: Partitioned into Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Munich 1503: Extinct; succession dispute between Bavaria-Munich and Palatinate-Neuburg 1505: Annexed to Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Munich	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1392	1392: Partitioned from Bavaria-Landshut 1467: Partitioned into Bavaria-Munich and Bavaria-Dachau 1505: Became D. of Bavaria
Bavaria-Straubing	Duchy	Bav	PR	1353	1353: Partitioned from Lower Bavaria 1425: Extinct; divided between Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Munich
Bayreuth	Principality				1194: 1st mention of Bayreuth 1248: To Counts of Zollern & Burgraves of Nuremberg 1363: Counts of Zollern as HRE Princes 1398: Principality 1420-1440: Under Nuremberg 1457-1486: Administered by Ansbach 1495-1515: Administered by Ansbach 1557-1603: Administered by Ansbach 1791: Integrated into Prussia 1806: French administration 1810: To Bavaria
Beckenried	Abbacy	Swab	SP		1521: Identified in the Reichsmatrikel 1521 as an Imperial Abbey, but the house has not been identified. Assumed to be at Beckenried, Nidwalden
Bedburg	County			1465: Partitioned from Neuenahr	1519: Annexed to Mörs
Beichlingen	Lordship			1144	1275: Partitioned into Beichlingen-Beichlingen and Beichlingen-Rothenburg 1567: Annexed to Gleichen
Beilstein	County				1500: Westphalian Circle 1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle 1679: The Lordship became a County (for House of Metternich)
Belfort	Jurisdiction				13th century: To Counts of Montbeliard 1307: Granted a charter To Austria 1648: Ceded to France Louis XIV of France gave it to Cardinal Mazarin
Benevento	Duchy			576	899: Atenulf I of Capua conquered Benevento and united the 2 duchies 1053: To Papal States
Bentheim Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt & Limburg, Lord of Rheda, Wevelinghoven, Hoya, Alpen, Helpenstein, Baron of Lennep, Hereditary Advocate[Erbvogt] of Köln	County (1182) 1486: HRE County	Low Rhen	WE	1050	1115: Passed to Count Otto of Salm Marriage of Otto's heiress, Sophia (d.1176), Countess of Rheineck, Salm and Bentheim to Dirk VI, Count of Holland 1146-1182: A fief of Bishopric of Utrecht 1176: Passed to Counts of Holland 1263: Annexed County of Tecklenburg 1279: Partitioned into Tecklenburg and Bentheim 1421: To House of Götterswyk, who assumed Bentheim as primary title 1421/1468: Bentheim became an immediate fief of the Empire 1454: Partitioned into Bentheim-Steinfurt and Bentheim-Bentheim 1530-1643: To County of Steinfurt 1606/1610: Division into Bentheim-Tecklenburg (with Rheda and Hohenlimburg) and Bentheim-Steinfurt 1752: Bentheim mortgaged to and was seized by Elector of Hanover 1804: Annexed to Steinfurt 1806: Mediatised to Berg 1810: Annexed to France 1815: To Hanover
Bentheim-Alpen	County	n/a	n/a	1606	1606: Appanage line under Bentheim-Steinfurt and Neuenahr 1629: Extinct; to Bentheim-Steinfurt
Bentheim-Bentheim	County			1643	1643: Partitioned from Bentheim-Steinfurt 1753-1803: Seized by the Elector of Hanover 1803: Bentheim reunited with Bentheim-Steinfurt 1804: Extinct
Bentheim-Limburg	County	n/a	n/a	1606	1606: Appanage line under Bentheim-Steinfurt and Neuenahr 1618: Extinct; to Bentheim-Alpen
Bentheim-Steinfurt	County	Low Rhen	WE	1454	1454: Partitioned from Co. of Bentheim 1606: Partitioned into Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda, Bentheim-Steinfurt, and appanages Bentheim-Limburg and Bentheim-Alpen 1643: Partitioned into Bentheim-Steinfurt and Bentheim-Bentheim 1804: Renamed to Bentheim and Steinfurt
Bentheim-Tecklenburg	County			1277	Name sometimes given to the County of Tecklenburg under the rule of the House of Bentheim 1277 - 1328
Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda	County	Low Rhen	WE	1606	1606: Partitioned from Bentheim-Steinfurt 1696: Tecklenburg to Solms-Braunfels; family retains the name though confined to Rheda and Limburg 1807: Mediatised to Berg
Bentheim and Steinfurt	County	Low Rhin	WE	1804	1804: Renamed from Bentheim-Steinfurt 1806: Mediatised to Berg (which obtained Bentheim) and Prussia (which obtained Steinfurt)
Bentinck HRE Count of Bentinck and Aldenburg, Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel	HRE Counts (1732)				1733/1800 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel Aug 1806-1807 sovereign Lords of Knyphausen & Varel 1814/15 Lords of Knyphausen & Varel under the overlordship of Oldenburg
Berchtesgaden Prince, Provost and Lord of Berchtesgaden	Provostry	Bav	EC	1108	1108: Abbey established 1194: Gained imperial immediacy 1380: HRE Prince 1491: Abbey became a Provostry 1559: Raised to Bench of Spiritual Princes 1803: Secularised to Grand Duchy of Salzburg 1805: Annexed to Austria 1809: Annexed to Bavaria
Berg	Duchy	Low Rhen	PR	1077	1077: County, to the counts of Berg, an offshoot of the House of Ezzonen 1160: Partitioned into itself and Mark 1218: To Duchy of Limburg 1380: Duchy 1437: To Duchy of Julich 1511: To Duchy of Cleves 1521: United with Mark and Cleves 1609: War of Succession between Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg 1614: To Palatinate-Neuburg 1685: To the Electorate of the Palatinate 1777: To Bavaria 1807: To Grand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia
Bern Berne	Imperial Free City (1218)	n/a	n/a	1218	1218: Free Imperial City 1353: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1415: Invaded and acquired Aargau 1536: Invaded and acquired Vaud 1648: Left the Empire 1798: French occupation
Besançon	Archbishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	1288	1288: HRE Prince 1493: Lost City of Besançon; retained seat in the Imperial Diet until 1803 1678: Annexed to France
Besançon	Imperial City (1184)	Burg	RH	1307	1307: Free Imperial City 1493: Obtained full independence from Archbishopric of Besançon 1648: Annexed by Free County of Burgundy ("Franche-Comté") 1678: Ceded to France
Biberach an der Riß	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1281/2	1281/2: Free Imperial City 1803: Annexed to Baden 1806: Ceded to Württemberg
Biberbach	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1279: Partitioned from Pappenheim	1514: Sold to Fugger 1624: Extinct
Billung March	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	928	983: Conquered by the Obotrites
Bilstein	County	n/a	n/a	1073	1145: 1st mention of "Counts of Bilstein" 1301: Line of counts died out; Bilstein sold to Hesse 1303: Annexed to Hesse
Birkenfeld	County (1569) 1817: Principality				Originally part of the County of Sponheim 1444: Part of Zweibrücken 1801: Annexed by France 1816: Prussian rule 1817: Principality of Birkenfeld in personal union with Oldenburg
Bitburg	Abbacy
Bitsch	Lordship	n/a	n/a		1297: Ceded by Lorraine to Zweibrücken-Bitsch 1570: Zweibrücken extinct; succession war between Lorraine and Hanau-Lichtenberg 1606: To Lorraine 1766: Annexed by France
Blamont	Lordship	n/a	n/a	13th century	1506: Ceded to Co. of Montbéliard by Neuchâtel 1748: Ceded to France
Blankenburg	Abbacy	Low Rhen	RP		1521: Identified in the Reichsmatrikel 1521 as an Imperial Abbey, but the house has not been identified
Blankenburg	County (1123) 1707: Principality of Imperial immediacy	Low Sax	WE	1123: First mentioned; fief of Saxony	c. 1162: Partitioned into itself and Regenstein 1180: Fief of Halberstadt 1202: Fief of Brunswick and Lüneburg 1344: Fief of Halberstadt 1368: Extinct; to Regenstein-Blankenburg 1599: To Halberstadt 1624: To Max von Waldstein 1629: To John II of Merode 1631: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1642: To Tattenbach as fief of Halberstadt 1671: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as fief of Halberstadt 1690: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Blankenburg as fief of Halberstadt 1707: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1731: In personal union with Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1805: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1807: To Westphalia 1814: To Brunswick
Blankenheim	Lordship (1112) 1380: County 1461: HRE County of Manderscheid and Blankenheim	Low Rhen	WE	1149: Partitioned from Blankenheim-Schleiden	1112: 1st mention of Lord of Blankenheim Acquired Lordships of Kronenburg, Junkerath, Dollendorf, Gerolstein, Erp, Neuerburg, Oberkail, Falkenstein, Bettingen, Manderscheid, Osann-Monzel 1406: Counts of Blankenheim died out; passed by female succession to Lords of Heinsberg To Counts of Manderscheid 1699: Imperial Estate Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim died out; passed by marriage to Counts of Sternberg 1794: Annexed to France 1803: Sternberg-Manderscheid compensated with Schussenried and Weißenau 1813: To Prussia
Blankenheim-Schleiden	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c1115	1149: Partitioned into Blankenheim and Schleiden
Bludenz	County	n/a	n/a	12th century	Originally a property of the Co. of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1394: Sold to Austria
Blieskastel	County	n/a	n/a		1125: Partitioned into itself and Saarwerden 1237: Extinct; to Salm 1284: To Finstingen 1337: To Trier 1660: To Leyen-Adendorf 1705: To Leyen-Hohengeroldseck 1793: To France 1814: To Bavaria
Blumenegg	Lordship 1396: Imperial County	n/a	n/a	1258	Originally a property of the Co. of Montfort 1243: To Werdenberg-Sargans 1328: To Werdenberg-Vaduz 1391: To Brandis 1510: To Sulz 1613: To Wengarten Abbey 1803: To Nassau-Orange-Fulda 1804: Sold to Austria
Bockstädt	County	n/a	n/a	1231: Partitioned from Stolberg	1346: Extinct; to Hohnstein-Heldrungen
Bohemia	Principality (845) Duchy 1198: Kingdom	None	EL	c890: Joined the Empire	1356: Prince-Elector
Bonndorf	County	Swab	SC		Originally a property of Gurtweil, later of Küssaburg 1250: To Lupfen 1582: To Pappenheim 1609: To St Blaise's Abbey 1803: To Knights of St. John 1805: To Württemberg 1806: To Baden
Boos	Lordship	n/a	n/a	10th century ?	Originally a fief of Kempten Abbey held by the Lords of Boos 1176: To Ottobeuren Abbey 1551: Sold to Fugger 1693: To Fugger-Boos 1777: To Fugger-Babenhausen 1806: To Bavaria
Bopfingen	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1241	1241: Free Imperial City 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg
Bouillon	County Duchy	n/a	n/a	959	1095: Sold to the Bishopric of Liège 1456: Bishop of Liège assumed the title "Duke of Bouillon" 1482: To La Marck 1521: To the Bishopric of Liège 1552: To France, who bestowed it upon La Marck 1559: To Bishopric of Liège 1676: To France 1678: Bestowed upon La Tour d'Auvergne as protectorate 1794: Annexed by France
Brabant	Landgraviate (1085/1086) 1090: Duchy1183/1184: Duchy Claimed status of archduchy	Burg	PR	11th century: Emerged from division of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine into several feudal states	1283: John I of Brabant bought the Duchy of Limburg from Adolph V of Berg 1430: Passed to D. of Burgundy 1477: Passed to the House of Habsburg 1512: Burgundian Circle 1556: Passed to the Spanish Habsburgs 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1609: northern Brabant awarded to the United Provinces; southern portion remain part of Spanish (later Austrian) Netherlands
Brakel	Imperial City	Low Rhen	RH		Held by Bp. of Paderborn 1803: To Prussia
Brandenburg	Margraviate 1356: HRE Prince-Elector	Upp Sax	EL	1157: Originally created as the "Northern March"	1415: Hohenzollerns purchase Brandenburg from HRE
Brandenburg	Bishopric	Upp Sax	EC	949	983: Wendish uprising; diocese lost though bishops continued to be appointed 1165: Bishopric restored to Brandenburg 1569: Annexed to the secular Electorate of Brandenburg
Brandenburg-Ansbach	Margraviate	Franc	PR	1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg	1486: Partitioned into itself and Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1515: Partitioned into itself and Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1603: Partitioned into itself and Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1791: Sold to Brandenburg
Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Margraviate	Franc	PR	1603: Partitioned from Brandenburg-Ansbach	1655: Appanage line Brandenburg-Kulmbach created 1726: Inherited by appanage Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1769: Passed to Brandenburg-Ansbach
Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Margraviate	Franc	PR	1440 as a partition of Bgv. Nuremberg	1464: Extinct; to Brandenburg-Ansbach 1486: Partitioned from Brandenburg-Ansbach 1495: Extinct; to Brandenburg-Ansbach 1557: Extinct; to Brandenburg-Ansbach 1655: Appanage created from Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1726: Inherited Brandenburg-Bayreuth; appanage abolished
Brandenburg-Küstrin	Margraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1535: Partitioned from Brandenburg	1571: Extinct; to Brandenburg
Brandis	Barony	Swab	SC	12th century	1394: Purchased many territories from Werdenberg 1437: Purchased Maienfeld 1509: Sold Maienfeld to the Grey Leagues 1510: Sold remaining territories to Sulz
Brauneck	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1230 as a partition of Hohenlohe	1249: Partitioned into Brauneck-Brauneck and Brauneck-Haltenbergstetten
Brauneck-Brauneck	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1249 as a partition of Brauneck	1429: Extinct; to Burgraviate of Magdeburg of the House of Hardegg 1448: Sold to Brandenburg-Ansbach 1791: To Prussia 1806: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg
Brauneck-Haltenbergstetten	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1249 as a partition of Brauneck	1268: Partitioned into itself and Brauneck-Neuhaus 1366: Sold to Hohenlohe-Speckfeld 1412: To Castell and Limpurg 1415: To Lordship of Rosenberg as fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg 1632: To the Bishopric of Würzburg 1636: To Hatzfeld 1794: To the Bishopric of Würzburg 1803: To Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagstberg 1806: To Württemberg
Brauneck-Neuhaus	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1268 as a partition of Brauneck-Haltenbergstetten	1320: Fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg 1340: Extinct 1431: To the Teutonic Order 1809: To Württemberg
Breda	Barony	Burg	WE		11th century: A direct fief of the Holy Roman Emperor 1327: Sold to Brabant 1350: Sold to Wassenaar 1403: Raised to Barony; To Counts of Nassau by marriage
Bregenz	County	Swab	SW	9th - 10th century	926: 1st mention of Ulrich VI as "Count of Bregenz" 1171: To Tübingen by marriage 1180: To Montfort 1258: To Montfort-Bregenz 1338: To Montfort-Tettnang 1354: To Montfort-Tettnang-Bregenz 1379: To Elder and Younger lines of Montfort-Tettnang-Bregenz 1451: Elder line sold to Austria 1523: Younger line sold to Austria 1805: To Bavaria 1814: To Austria
Brehna	County	n/a	n/a	1034: Partitioned from the County of Eilenberg	1106: Extinct; to Wettin 1157: Recreated on partition of Wettin lands 1290: Extinct; to Saxe-Wittenberg 1356: To the Electorate of Saxony 1658: To Saxe-Merseburg 1738: To the Electorate of Saxony
Breisgau	County Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	771	1077: Annexed by Zähringen 1218: To Baden-Hachberg 1306: To Baden-Hachberg-Sausenberg 1318: To Freiburg 1368: To Austria 1395: To Baden-Hachberg-Sausenberg 1398: To Austria; combined with other Habsburg lands in the Black Forest as part of Further Austria 1801: To Breisgau-Modena 1805: To Baden
Breisgau-Modena	Duchy	Aust	PR	1801: Compensation for the former Duke of Modena	1803: Acquired the Ortenau 1805: Divided between Baden and Württemberg
Breiteneck Breitenegg	HRE Lordship HRE County 1635	Bav	SC	10th century	To Prunn by 1129: To Breitenbrunn 1229: To Laaber-Prunn 1285: To Hirschberg 1302: To Laaber 1433: To Gumppenberg 1463: To Laaber 1465: To Pappenheim 1473: To Wildenstein 1534: 1/2 to Welden by marriage 1583: Extinct; other half to Haslangg and Rinderbach 1592: Welden half sold to Palatinate-Neuburg 1595: Haslangg and Rinderbach half sold to Bavaria 1611: Palatinate-Neuburg half sold to Bavaria; Breitenegg reunited under Bavarian rule 1624: To Tilly as fief of Bavaria 1631: To Tilly with sovereign rights 1648: Joined Bavarian Circle 1654: Seat in the Imperial Diet 1744: Extinct; to Gumppenberg 1792: Sold to Bavaria
Bremen	Archbishopric (1072) 1180: HRE Prince-Archbishopric 1648: Duchy	Low Sax	EC	1180: partitioned from the Duchy of Saxony	805: Bishopric founded 848-1072: In personal union with Bishopric of Hamburg 1648: secularised as Duchy of Bremen, ruled as Bremen-Verden in personal union with the Principality of Verden
Bremen	Imperial City (1646)	Low Sax	RH	1202	1358: Joined Hanseatic League 1810: Annexed by France 1815: Free City
Bremen-Verden	Duchy of Bremen and Principality of Verden	Low Sax		1648: secularised Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and Prince-Bishopric of Verden, always ruled in personal union	1648: In personal union (p.u.) with Sweden 1712: Danish occupation 1715: Sold to the Electorate of Hanover 1719: In personal union with Hanover 1807: Annexed to the Kingdom of Westphalia 1810: Annexed to France 1813: In personal union with Hanover 1814/1823: Merged in the Kingdom of Hanover as Stade Region
Bretzenheim HRE Prince of Bretzenheim and Count of Lindau	HRE Count of Bretzenheim (1774) 1790: HRE Principality	Upp Rhen	SC	10th century	10th century: Fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne Fief held by Electoral Palatinate Fief held by Falkenstein 1642: To Velen 1664: Immediate Barony 1733: Extinct; to Archbishopric of Cologne 1734: To Virmont 1744: Extinct; to Archbishopric of Cologne 1747: To Roll zu Bernau 1772: To Heydeck 1790: Imperial estate 1795: To France 1803: Heydeck granted Lindau am Bodensee in compensation
Brixen	Bishopric (1027) 1179: Prince-Bishopric	Aust	EC	1027	1179: Prince of the Empire 1803: Secularized and annexed by Austria to Tyrol 1805: To Bavaria 1814: To Austria 1918: To Italy
Broich	Lordship			1093: 1st mention of Lords of Broich	11th century: Fief of Berg held by the Lords of Broich 13th century: Broich asserts immediacy against Berg 1372: Extinct; to Limburg-Styrum 1376: Made fief of Berg 1439: Fief to Limburg-Broich 1505: Fief to Dhaun-Falkenstein 1682: Fief to Leiningen-Dagsburg
Bruchhausen	County	n/a	n/a	1199: Partitioned from Wildeshausen	1234: Partitioned into Neubruchhausen and Altbruchhausen
Bruchsal and Odenheim	Abbacy 1503: Provostry	Upp Rhen	RP	1110-8: Established at Odenheim	1161: Gained imperial immediacy 1496: HRE Lords 1503: Abbey converted to provostry 1507: Relocated to Bruchsal 1803: To Baden
Brunnen	Abbacy		SP		1521: Identified in the Reichsmatrikel 1521 as an Imperial Abbey, identified as Mariabrunn Abbey in Carinthia
Brunswick and Lüneburg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1235	1269: Partitioned into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Lüneburg
Brunswick-Calenberg	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1432: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1463: Inherited Brunswick-Göttingen; renamed to Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen 1634: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1692: Made Electorate of Hanover
Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1463: Renamed from Brunswick-Calenberg	1503: Partitioned into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and itself 1584: Extinct; to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Dannenberg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1569: Appanage created from Brunswick-Lüneburg	1598: Appanage Brunswick-Hitzacker created 1636: Extinct; to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Göttingen	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1291: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1344: Partitioned into Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and itself 1463: Extinct; to Brunswick-Calenberg
Brunswick-Grubenhagen	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1291: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1361: Partitioned into Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Salzderhelden and Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Osterode 1452: Reunited by Salzderhelden line 1479: Partitioned into Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Heldenberg and Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Osterode 1526: Reunited by Osterode line 1596: Extinct; to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Heldenberg	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1479: Partitioned from Brunswick-Grubenhagen	1526: Extinct; to Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Osterode
Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Osterode	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1361: Partitioned from Brunswick-Grubenhagen	1452: Extinct; to Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Salzderhelden 1479: Partitioned from Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1526: Renamed to Brunswick-Grubenhagen after extinction of Heldenberg line
Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Salzderhelden	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1361: Partitioned from Brunswick-Grubenhagen	1452: Renamed to Brunswick-Grubenhagen after extinction of Osterode line
Brunswick-Hitzacker	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1598: Appanage created from Brunswick-Dannenberg	1634: Inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; appanage abolished
Brunswick-Lüneburg	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1388: Formed after defeating the Electorate of Saxony in the War of the Lüneburg Succession	1527: Partitioned into Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg and itself 1539: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Lüneburg-Gifhorn 1569: Appanage Brunswick-Dannenberg created 1705: Extinct; to Electorate of Hanover
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Gifhorn	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1539: Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg	1642: Extinct; to Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1527: Partitioned from Brunswick-Lüneburg	1642: Extinct; divided between Brunswick-Celle and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1269: Partitioned from Brunswick and Lüneburg	1291: Partitioned into Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Brunswick-Göttingen and itself 1292: Extinct; to Brunswick-Göttingen 1344: Partitioned from Brunswick-Göttingen 1432: Partitioned into Brunswick-Calenberg and itself 1482: Extinct; to Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen 1503: Partitioned from Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen 1634: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Calenberg 1667: Appanages Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Calvörde created 1690: Partitioned into itself and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Blankenburg 1806: Inherited by appanage Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels 1814: Renamed to Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1667: Appanage created from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1735: Inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; appanage passed to Duke's younger brother 1809: Appanage extinct; to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Blankenburg	Duchy	Low Rhen	WE	1690: Partitioned from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1731: Inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Calvörde	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1667: Appanage created from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1685: Inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; appanage abolished
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1792: Appanage created for Frederick Augustus, husband of the late Duchess of Württemberg-Oels	1806: Inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; appanage abolished
Buchau	Abbacy	Swab	SC	1347: Imperial immediacy	1625: Acquired Lordship of Strassberg 1803: Secularized to Prince of Thurn und Taxis 1806: Annexed to Württemberg; Strassberg to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Buchau	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c1250	1803: Mediatised to Thurn und Taxis 1806: To Württemberg
Buchhorn (Friedrichshafen)	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1089	1803: To Württemberg
Burgau	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1212	1301: Extinct; to Austria 1304: Invested in sons of King Albert I Later made part of Further Austria 1805: To Bavaria
Burgbrohl	Lordship			1451: Partitioned from Saffig	1533: Annexed to Saffig-Olbrück
Burgundy Franche-Comté	Free County (915) County Palatine	Burg	PR	1127	1330: Passed to D. of Burgundy 1405-1556: To Dukes of Burgundy 1556: To Habsburg Kings of Spain 1678: Annexed to France
Burgundy	Duchy	n/a (Burg)	PR	1477	Whilst not part of the empire, the Dukes of Burgundy possessed extensive territories within the Empire 1477: Burgundian Netherlands under Mary 1516: Spanish Netherlands 1714: Austrian Netherlands 1795: To France
Bürresheim Burresheim	Lordship	n/a	n/a	10th century	Originally held by the Lords of Bürresheim 1157: One half to Archbishopric of Cologne 1189: Other half to Archbishopric of Trier, fief held by Schöneck 1473: Schöneck half sold to Breitbach 1477: Part of Cologne half sold to Breitbach 1659: All to Breitbach, who renamed to "Breitbach-Bürresheim" as fief of the Archbishoprics 1691: HRE Baron 1796: Extinct; to France though rights passed to Renesse
Burtscheid	Abbacy			997	1018: Obtained surrounding territory 1138: Imperial immediacy and HRE Prince 1220: Converted to a nunnery 1794: To France 1802: Abbey dissolved
Butzweiler	Lordship
Buxheim	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	c. 1100	1548: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Ostein 1806: To Bavaria

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