List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (H)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter H.

Name	Type	Imperial circle	Imperial diet	History
Haag	HRE County	Bav	SC	10th Century: Formed 980: First mentioned, to Lords of Gurren von Haag 1245: Gurren von Haag extinct; to Fraunberg 1276: To Fraunberg-Haag 1465: HRE Barony 1509: HRE County 1566: Extinct; to Bavaria 1588: To Bavaria-Haag 1608: To Wartenberg 1777: Extinct; to Bavaria 1804: Abolished
Habsburg	County	—	—	1040: Formed 1232: Partitioned into itself and Habsburg-Laufenburg 1305: United to Austria 1414: To Bern
Habsburg-Laufenburg	County	—	—	1232: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg 1274: Partitioned into itself and Kyburg 1282: Acquired Landgraviate of Klettgau 1353: Partitioned into Habsburg-Laufenburg-Neu-Rapperswil, Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg and Habsburg-Laufenburg-Alt-Rapperswil
Habsburg-Laufenburg-Alt-Rapperswil	County	—	—	1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg 1375: Extinct; to Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg
Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg	County	—	—	1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg 1408: Extinct; to Austria 1410: Klettgau passed to Sulz
Habsburg-Laufenburg-Neu-Rapperswil	County	—	—	1353: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg 1354: Sold Neu-Rapperswil to Austria 1356: Fief of Austria 1358: Remaining territory sold to Austria 1392: Extinct
Hadeln	"Farmer Republic" 1210 - 1852	—	—	1210: Formed Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony 1180: To Archbishopric of Bremen 1210: To Duchy of Saxony, as a Farmer Republic 1260: To Saxe-Lauenburg 1305–1402: Joint overlordship of the lines of Saxe-Lauenburg 1402: To Hamburg 1481: To Saxe-Lauenburg 1689–1731: Imperial custody 1731: To Hanover 1810: To France 1813: To Hanover 1852: Autonomy cancelled 1866: To Prussia 1884: Distinct Estates dissolved
Hagenau	"Landvogtei"	—	—	Formation date unknown 1423: To the Electorate of the Palatinate 1553: To Austria 1648: To France 1686: Abolished
Haguenau (Hagenau)	Imperial Free City	Upp Rhen	RH	12th Century: Formed 1257: Free Imperial City 1648: To France
Hainaut	County ^[1]	Burg	—	900: Formed 1071: Unified 1299: United with the County of Holland 1436: To Burgundy 1516: To Spanish Netherlands 1713: To Austria 1794: To France 1815: To Netherlands 1830: To Belgium
Halberstadt	Bishopric Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	see below	804: Formed 1180: Imperial immediacy 1648: Secularized as a principality to Brandenburg
Halberstadt	Principality	Low Sax	PR	1648: Formed: Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt for Brandenburg 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Haldenstein	Barony	—	—	1260: Formed: First mentioned Originally to Knights of Haldenstein as fief to Vaz 1300: Inherited Lichtenstain; immediate lordship 14th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Chur 1388: Extinct; to Greifensee 1424: Imperial immediacy 1469: To Friedingen 1494: To Grüningen 1509: To Rhäzüns 1542: To Castion 1567: To Neu-Aspermont 1608: To Schauenstein 1695: To Salis-Maienfeld 1803: To Graubünden
Hall see: Schwäbisch Hall	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Hallermund	County	Low Rhen	WE	12th Century: Fief of Minden 1191: Extinct; to Käfernburg as fief of Minden 1197: Partitioned from Käfernburg 1298: Half to Lüneburg 1411: Extinct; succession dispute between Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Bishopric of Minden 1436: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1707: To Platen-Hallermund 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Hanover
Hals	1280: County	[data missing]	[data missing]	11th century: Formed 1189: Lords of Hals extinct; to Lords of Kamm 1280: HRE Count 1375: Counts of Kamm extinct; succession dispute between Leuchtenberg and Ortenburg 1485: To Aichberg 1511: Aichberg extinct; succession dispute between Degenberg and Ortenburg 1517: To Bavaria To Cronenstein To Sinzendorf 1715: To Bavaria
Hamburg	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH	1189: Formed 1241: Founding member of the Hansa 1510: Imperial city 1810: Annexed to France 1815: Free City
Hanau From 1642: Count of Hanau, Rieneck and Zweibrücken, Lord of Münzenberg, Lichtenberg and Ochsenhausen	1429: HRE County	Upp Rhen	WT	13th century: Formed 1243: 1st mention of Hanau castle 1458: Partitioned into Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Babenhausen 1642: Reunited by Hanau-Lichtenberg 1736: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt
Hanau-Babenhausen	County	—	—	1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau 1480: Acquired Lichtenberg, renamed to Hanau-Lichtenberg
Hanau-Lichtenberg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1480: Formed: Renamed from Hanau-Babenhausen 1642: Renamed to Hanau 1736: Hanau extinct; to Hesse-Darmstadt
Hanau-Münzenberg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau 1642: Extinct; to Hanau-Lichtenberg 1736: Hanau extinct; to Hesse-Cassel
Hanover Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg	HRE Prince-Elector	Low Sax	EL	1692: Formed: Brunswick-Calenberg raised to Electorate 1714: In personal union with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1807: To Westphalia 1813: Kingdom of Hanover 1866: To Prussia
Harburg	Lordship	—	—	c. 1100: First mentioned 13th Century: Extinct 1299: To Oettingen 1522: To Oettingen-Oettingen 1806: To Bavaria
Hardegg	1383: HRE County	—	—	12th Century: To the Counts of Plain 1188: Plain assumes the name "Plain and Hardegg" 1260: Extinct in male line 1262: To Devin by marriage 1276: To Rabenswalde by marriage 1278: HRE County 1314: Extinct; to Magdeburg (Maydburg) 1481: To Austria 1493: To Barons of Prüschenk who assumed the name "Hardegg", as fief of Austria 1499: HRE County Hardegg und im Machlande
Harmersbach	Imperial Valley	—	—	1718: Formed: Free Imperial Valley Harmersbach was attached to the Free City of Zell. However the legal basis for doing so was shaky, and a bailiwick was established in the valley 1689: Legally attached to Zell 1718: Free Imperial Valley 1803: To Baden
Harrach Count of Harrach in Rohrau and Thannhausen, etc.	1628: HRE County (Personalist)	—	SW	1628: Formed Acquired non-immediate County of Rohrau Acquired non-immediate County of Thannhausen
Hatzfeld HRE Prince of Hatzfeld-Gleichen-Trachenberg, Baron of Wildenburg, Lord of Crottorf, Schönstein, Kranichfeld, Blankenhain, etc.	Lordship 1635: HRE County 1748: HRE Principality	Upp Sax	FR	12th Century: Fiefs of Thuringia 1311: Fiefs of Hesse 1331: Partitioned into several lines 1635: Hatzfeld-Wildenburg-Crottorf line invested with Gleichen and other territories; HRE Count 1640: Imperial estate; immediate HRE Counts of Gleichen 1741: non-immediate Princes of Trachenberg in Prussia 1794: Princely line extinct; immediate territories to Mainz; rest to other lines
Hauenstein	County	—	—	Formation date unknown Between 1111 and 1408, the House of Habsburgs obtained possession of numerous territories and titles in the region surrounding Hauenstein 1806: To Baden
Hausen	Lordship	??	[data missing]	Formation date unknown 1500: Franconian Circle
Havelberg	Bishopric	Upp Sax	EC	948: Formed 983: Havelberg lost; titular see 1144: Diocese regained 1571: To Brandenburg
Heggbach	Abbacy	Swab	SP	1231: Formed 1429: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Waldbott von Bassenheim 1806: To Württemberg
Heideck (Heydeck)	HRE Lordship	Upp Rhen	WE	1192: Formed: Originally named Erlingshofen; built Heideck and assumed that name 1445: Fief of Bavaria-Landshut 1472: Extinct; to Bavaria-Landshut 1505: To Palatinate-Neuburg 1769: Bestowed as title to Josepha von Heydeck and her children 1789: Purchased HRE County of Bretzenheim; Prince 1795: Bretzenheim to France 1803: Acquired Lindau 1804: Sold to Austria
Heilbronn	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1371: Formed: Free Imperial City 1802: To Württemberg
Heiligenberg	County	—	—	1135: Counts of Linzgau assumed name Heiligenberg: Formed 1277: Extinct; to Werdenberg 1308: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1535: To Fürstenberg 1559: To Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg 1716: To Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg 1744: To Fürstenberg 1806: To Baden
Heiligkreuztal	Abbacy	—	—	1227: Formed: Founded as Wasserschapfen Abbey 1231: Renamed to Heiligkreuztal 1234: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Württemberg
Heinsberg	County	—	—	1085: Formed: Branch of the Counts of Wassenberg 1479: Annexed to Jülich
Helfenstein (Helffenstein)	County	Swab	SC	1113: Formed 1200: Partitioned into Helfenstein-Sigmaringen and Helfenstein-Helfenstein 1296: Reunited by Helfenstein-Helfenstein 1351: HRE County 1356: Partitioned into Helfenstein-Blaubeuren and Helfenstein-Wiesensteig
Helfenstein-Blaubeuren	Lordship	Swab	—	1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1447: Blaubeuren sold to Württemberg 1448: Heidenheim sold to Württemberg 1517: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig
Helfenstein-Gundelfingen	Lordship	Swab	—	1548: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1626: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig
Helfenstein-Helfenstein	Lordship	—	—	1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1241: Partitioned into itself and Helfenstein-Spitzenberg 1296: Renamed to Helfenstein
Helfenstein-Sigmaringen	Lordship	—	—	1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 12??: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Helfenstein
Helfenstein-Spitzenberg	Lordship	—	—	1241: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Helfenstein 1296: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Helfenstein
Helfenstein-Wellheim	Lordship	Swab	—	1548: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1564: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig
Helfenstein-Wiesensteig	Lordship	Swab	—	1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein 1396: Geislingen and Helfenstein sold to Ulm 1450: To Württemberg 1457: Restored 1548: Partitioned into itself, Helfenstein-Gundelfingen and Helfenstein-Wellheim 1627: Extinct; To Fürstenberg-Messkirch, Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen-Baldern 1646: Leuchtenberg and Oettingen share of Wiesensteig sold to Bavaria
Helmarshausen	Abbacy	—	—	997: Formed 997: Imperial immediacy 1160: To the Bishopric of Paderborn 1191: Imperial immediacy 1479: Fief of Hesse-Cassel 1538: Secularised and abolished
Helmstedt See: St Ludger	Abbacy	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Henneberg	County 1471: HRE Princely Count of Henneberg	Franc	PR	1037: Counts then known as Babenburg: Formed 1096: 1st mention of Henneberg as adopted name 1190: Partitioned into Henneberg-Henneberg, Henneberg-Strauf and Henneberg-Bodenlauben
Henneberg-Aschach	Princely County	Franc	PR	1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1535: Partitioned into Henneberg-Römhild and Henneberg-Schwarza
Henneberg-Bodenlauben (Botenlauben)	County	—	—	1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg 1234: Sold to the Bishopric of Würzburg 1242: Extinct
Henneberg-Coburg	County	—	—	1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf 1312: Extinct; to Henneberg-Schleusingen
Henneberg-Coburg	Princely County	—	—	1340: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1347: Extinct; succession dispute though held by Jutta of Brandenburg 1353: To Meissen
Henneberg-Hartenberg	County	—	—	1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1371: Sold to Henneberg-Aschach 1378: Extinct
Henneberg-Henneberg	County	—	—	1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg 1218: Extinct; to Henneberg-Strauf
Henneberg-Römhild	Princely County	Franc	PR	1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach 1548: Sold to Mansfeld-Bornstedt 1549: Extinct 1555: To Saxony
Henneberg-Schleusingen	Princely County	Franc	PR	1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf 1262: Partitioned into Henneberg-Hartenberg, Henneberg-Aschach and itself 1310: HRE Princely Count 1340: Partitioned into Henneberg-Coburg and itself 1583: Extinct; to Saxony
Henneberg-Schwarza	Princely County	Franc	PR	1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach 1549: To Katherine of Stolberg 1577: To Stolberg-Stolberg
Henneberg-Strauf	County	—	—	1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg 1245: Partitioned into Henneberg-Coburg and Henneberg-Schleusingen
Herford Abbey	Abbacy	Low Rhen	RP	800: Formed: Moved from Müdehorst to Herford 832: Imperial abbey 1147: Imperial immediacy 1523: HRE Princess 1803: Secularized to Prussia
Herford	1631: Free City	Low Rhen	RH	1147: Formed: Imperial Free City 1652: Annexed to Brandenburg
Héricourt	Lordship	—	—	12th Century: To Duchy of Burgundy 1397: To County of Montbéliard 1748: To France
Herrenzimmern	Lordship 1530: County	Swab	SC	1495: Formed: Partitioned from Zimmern 1570: Annexed to Mötzkirch
Herrstein	Lordship	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Hersfeld	Abbacy	Upp Rhen	EC	769: Formed 775: Imperial immediacy 1606: Under administration by Hesse-Cassel 1648: To Hesse-Cassel
Hesse	County 1265: Landgraviate 1292: Princely Landgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1247: Formed: Partitioned from Thuringia 1458: Partitioned into Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Marburg 1500: Reunited by Hesse-Cassel 1567: Partitioned into itself, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Bingenheim	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1648: Formed: Appanage created from Hesse-Homburg 1681: Extinct; to Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Cassel Prince-Elector of Hesse, Grand Duke of Fulda, Prince of Hersfeld, Hanau, Fritzlar & Isenburg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda & Schaumburg	Princely Landgraviate 1803: Electorate	Upp Rhen	PR	1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1500: Renamed to Hesse 1567: Partitioned from Hesse 1627: Appanages Hesse-Rotenburg, Hesse-Wanfried and Hesse-Rheinfels created 1730 - 1751: In personal union with Sweden 1803: HRE Elector 1806: To France 1807: To Westphalia 1813: Restored 1866: To Prussia
Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke of Hesse and of the Rhine	Princely Landgraviate 1806: Grand Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1596: Appanage Hesse-Homburg created 1806: Grand Duchy
Hesse-Homburg Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg, Isenburg & Büdingen	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1596: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Darmstadt 1648: Appanage Hesse-Bingenheim split off 1768: Imperial immediacy though represented by Hesse-Darmstadt 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1815: Reestablished as sovereign state 1866: To Prussia
Hesse-Marburg	Princely Landgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1500: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel 1567: Partitioned from Hesse 1604: Extinct; divided between Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt though all soon seized by Hesse-Cassel 1627: All to Hesse-Darmstadt 1648: Divided between Hesse-Cassel and Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Rheinfels	Princely Landgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse 1583: Extinct; to Hesse-Cassel
Hesse-Rheinfels	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel 1658: Renamed to Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1658: Formed: Renamed from Hesse-Rheinfels; appanage of Hesse-Cassel 1676: Appanage Hesse-Wanfried split off
Hesse-Rotenburg	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel 1658: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels
Hesse-Wanfried	Princely Landgraviate	—	—	1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel 1655: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels 1676: Appanage recreated from Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg 1755: Extinct; to Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
Hildesheim	Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	815: Formed 1235: HRE Prince of the Empire 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Hildesheim	Free City	Low Sax	EC	1300: Formed 1803: Annexed to Brandenburg
Hillesheim	Barony 1712: HRE County	Upp Rhen	—	Originally Knights in Jülich 1712: HRE Count 1722: Acquired part of Reipoltskirchen in the Upper Rhenish Circle 1731: Acquired another part of Reipoltskirchen 1785: Extinct; to Spee
Höchberg see: Baden-Hachberg	Margraviate	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Hochstaden	County	—	—	1074: Formed: First mentioned 1149: Extinct; to Are-Hochstaden by marriage 1261: To the Archbishopric of Cologne 1265: Extinct
Hohenberg (Pfinzgau) (not to be confused with Hohenberg below)	County	—	—	11th Century; branch of Calw Also counts of Lindenfels and advocates of Lorsch and Gottesaue Abbeys 1123: Extinct
Hohenberg	HRE County	—	—	Originally a title of the Counts of Zollern c. 1144: Partitioned from Zollern 1237: Acquired Nagold and Wildberg 1260: Partitioned into Hohenberg-Rottenburg and Hohenberg-Nagold
Hohenberg-Altensteig	County	—	—	1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg 1387/97: Extinct; to Hohenburg-Nagold 1398: To Baden 1603: To Württemberg
Hohenberg-Bulach	County	—	—	1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg 1363: Sold half of Wildberg to the Palatinate 1364: Sold Bulach to the Palatinate 1374: Sold Horb to Hohenberg-Rottenburg 1377: Sold remaining half of Wildberg to the Palatinate 1419: Extinct
Hohenberg-Nagold	County	—	—	1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg 1280: Acquired Altensteig 1306: Acquired Horb 1318: Partitioned into itself and Hohenberg-Wildberg 1363: Nagold sold to Württemberg 1398: Sold Altensteig to Baden 1477: Extinct
Hohenberg-Rottenburg	County	—	—	1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg 1374: Acquired Horb and Oberndorf 1381: Sold to Austria 1389: Extinct
Hohenberg-Wildberg	County	—	—	1318: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg-Nagold 1355: Partitioned into Hohenberg-Bulach and Hohenberg-Altensteig
Hohenems HRE Count of Hohenems, Lord of Lustenau	Lordship 1560: HRE County	Swab	SW	1453: Formed: Renamed from Ems 1560: HRE Counts 1613: Acquired Vaduz and Schellenberg 1646: Partitioned into Hohenems-Hohenems and Hohenems-Vaduz 1718: Reunited by Hohenems-Vaduz 1759: Extinct; to Austria 1790: Lustenau ceded to Harrach-Hohenems / Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems; see: Lustenau
Hohenems-Hohenems	County	Swab	SW	1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems 1718: Extinct; to Hohenems-Vaduz
Hohenems-Vaduz	County	Swab	SW	1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems 1712: Sold to Liechtenstein 1718: Renamed to Hohenems
Hohenfels	HRE Lordship	—	—	12th Century: Formed 1396: Extinct; to Jungingen 1506: To the Teutonic Order 1806: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hohengeroldseck	Lordship 1705: County	Swab	SC	1277: Formed: Partitioned from Geroldseck 1298: Partitioned into itself and Veldenz 1333: Partitioned into itself and Geroldseck-Sulz 1634: Extinct; to Austria 1636: To Kronberg 1692: To Baden-Durlach 1697: To Leyen 1815: To Austria 1819: To Baden
Hohenlohe	Lordship	Franc	FR	12th Century: Title held and later assumed by the lords of Weikersheim 1219: Mergentheim to the Teutonic Order 1230: Partitioned into itself and Brauneck 1266: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Uffenheim and Hohenlohe-Röltingen
Hohenlohe-Brauneck see: Brauneck	Lordship	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Hohenlohe-Möckmühl	Lordship	—	—	1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim 1340: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Wernsberg 1445: To the Palatinate
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	County	Franc	FR	1551: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim 1610: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen	County 1764: Principality	Franc	FR	1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg 1764: HRE Prince 1806: To Württemberg
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Kirchberg Hohenlohe-Kirchberg	County 1764: Principality	Franc	FR	1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg 1764: HRE Prince 1806: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Künzelsau Hohenlohe-Künzelsau	County	Franc	FR	1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1689: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg	County 1764: Principality	Franc	FR	1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1699: Partitioned into itself, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Kirchberg 1764: HRE Prince 1805: Bench of Princes 1806: To Württemberg
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	County	Franc	FR	1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1677: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Künzelsau and itself 1698: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen Hohenlohe-Oehringen	County 1764: Principality	Franc	FR	1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1708: Partitioned into itself and Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim 1764: HRE Prince 1803: Bench of Princes 1805: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	County	Franc	FR	1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1645: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1677: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein 1684: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1708: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen 1756: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen
Hohenlohe-Röltingen	Lordship	—	—	1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe c. 1290: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
Hohenlohe-Uffenheim	Lordship	—	—	1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe 1269: Partitioned into itself, Hohenlohe-Wernsberg and Hohenlohe-Möckmühl 1378: Sold to Nuremberg 1412: Extinct
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	County	Franc	FR	1551: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim 1615: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach, Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Waldenburg and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein Hohenlohe-Bartenstein	County 1744: Principality	Franc	FR	1688: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1744: HRE Prince 1798: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Jagstberg and itself 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Württemberg
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Jagstberg Hohenlohe-Jagstberg	County 1744: Principality	Franc	FR	1798: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Württemberg
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach	County	Franc	FR	1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 1728: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	County 1744: Principality	Franc	FR	1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 1688: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein and itself 1744: HRE Prince 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria and Württemberg 1807: Partitioned into itself and Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Schillingsfürst lines
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Waldenburg Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	County 1744: Principality	Franc	FR	1615: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 1679: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach
Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	Lordship 1450: County	Franc	FR	1266: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe 1450: HRE Count 1551: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
Hohenlohe-Wernsberg	Lordship	—	—	1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim 1350: Extinct; to Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
Hohensax	Barony 1413: County	—	—	1248: Formed: Partitioned from Sax 1633: Extinct; to Zürich
Hohenwaldeck and Maxlrain Hohen-Waldeck	Lordship	[data missing]	[data missing]	Formation date unknown 1500: Bavarian Circle
Hohenzollern	County	[data missing]	[data missing]	1288: Formed: Partitioned from Zollern 1344: Partitioned into Hohenzollern-Schwarzgraf Line and Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch	County 1623: Principality	Swab	SC	1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1623: HRE Prince 1630: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1681: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1767: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Werstein, etc.	County 1623: Principality	Swab	PR	1402: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line 1512: Partitioned into itself and Hohenzollern-Hohenberg 1575: Partitioned into itself, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Haigerloch and Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern 1623: HRE Prince 1653: Bench of Secular Princes 1849: To Prussia
Hohenzollern-Hohenberg	County	Swab	SC	1512: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1558: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern	County	Swab	SC	1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1602: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Öttingen	County	—	—	1402: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line 1423: To Württemberg 1439: Restored 1443: Extinct; sold to Württemberg
Hohenzollern-Schwarzgraf Line	County	—	—	1344: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern 1412: Extinct; to Hohenzollern-Öttingen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen HRE Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen and Veringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch and Werstein, etc.	County 1623: Principality	Swab	SC	1575: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1623: HRE Prince 1681: Partitioned into itself and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch 1803: Bench of Princes 1849: To Prussia
Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line	County	—	—	1344: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenzollern 1402: Partitioned into Hohenzollern-Öttingen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohnstein (Hohenstein)	County	—	—	1154: Formed: Title held by the Counts of Ilfeld; fief of Saxony 1178: Count of Ilfeld took the style "Hohnstein" 1180: Imperial immediacy 1253: Acquired Klettenberg as fief of the Bishopric of Halberstadt 1263: Acquired Spatenberg as fief of Thuringia 1268: Acquired Sömmerda 1289: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Klettenberg and Hohnstein-Sondershausen
Hohnstein-Heldrungen	County	—	—	1315: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg 1423: Sold to Stolberg-Stolberg 1478: Renamed to Hohnstein-Vierraden after acquisition of Vierraden as fief of Brandenburg
Hohnstein-Heringen	County	—	—	1394: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra 1412: Half sold to Stolberg-Stolberg 1417: Other half to Stolberg-Stolberg 1432: Extinct
Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra	County	—	—	1373: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg 1394: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Heringen and Hohnstein-Kelbra
Hohnstein-Kelbra	County	—	—	1394: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra 1413: Sold to Stolberg-Stolberg 1414: Extinct
Hohnstein-Klettenberg	County	—	—	1289: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein 1315: Partitioned into itself and Hohnstein-Heldrungen 1320: Acquired Lohra 1373: Partitioned into Hohnstein-Lohra-Klettenberg and Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra
Hohnstein-Lohra-Klettenberg	County	Upp Sax	WT	1373: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein-Klettenberg 1593: Extinct; to Bishopric of Halberstadt 1632: Lohra to Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; Klettenberg to Stolberg-Wernigerode; rest to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1640s: To Thun and Hohnstein 1648: To Brandenburg 1651: To Sayn-Wittgenstein 1670: To Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1699: To Prussia 1806: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Hohnstein-Sondershausen	County	—	—	1289: Formed: Partitioned from Hohnstein 1356: Extinct; to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Hohnstein-Vierraden and Schwedt	County	—	—	1478: Formed: Renamed from Hohnstein-Heldrungen after acquisition of Vierraden as fief of Brandenburg 1481: Acquired Schwedt as fief of Brandenburg 1609: Extinct
Holland	11th century: HRE County 1806–1810: Kingdom of Holland	[data missing]	[data missing]	c. 1150: Split off from Bishopric of Utrecht 1064: 1st mention of Holland c. 1100: Title Count of Holland 1st used 1299: United with the County of Hainaut 1349–1433: To Bavarian Wittelsbachs 1433–1482: To Duchy of Burgundy; later the dominant hegemon of the United Provinces, but as a republic, the house of Orange being merely styled stadholder 1482–1581: To Habsburgs 1512: Burgundian Circle 1813: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Holstein Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes, Lauenburg & Oldenburg	Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1111: Formed: Lothair II enfeoffed Schaumburg with Holstein and Stormarn following the death without heirs of the Count of Hamburg 1137 - 1142: To Badewide 1203: To Denmark 1227: To Schaumburg 1261: Partitioned into Holstein-Kiel and Holstein-Itzehoe 1554: Partitioned into Danish Holstein and Holstein-Gottorp 1773: Restored to Denmark
Holstein-Gottorp	Duchy	—	—	1544: Formed: Partitioned from Danish Holstein 1773: To Denmark for Oldenburg
Holstein-Kiel	County	—	—	1261: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein 1273: Partitioned into Holstein-Segeberg and itself 1316: To younger son of Holstein-Plön 1390: Extinct; to Holstein-Rendsburg though Neuland and Herzhorn to Holstein-Schaumburg
Holstein-Plön	County	—	—	1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe 1350: Extinct; to Holstein-Kiel
Holstein-Rendsburg	County 1474: Duchy	—	—	1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe 1386: Acquired Schleswig 1397: Partitioned into itself and Holstein-Segeberg 1459: Extinct; to Denmark 1474: Duchy; superseded by Schleswig-Holstein
Holstein-Schaumburg (Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneburg) HRE Prince, Count of Holstein, Schaumburg and Sternberg, Lord of Gemen	County 1620: Principality	Low Rhen	WE	1290: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Itzehoe 1528: Acquired Gemen 1544: Partitioned into itself and Holstein-Schaumburg-Gemen 1620: HRE Prince 1640: Extinct; Two thirds of Holstein-Pinneburg to Denmark, one third of Holstein-Pinneburg to Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, half of Schaumburg to Hesse-Cassel, half of Schaumburg to Lippe-Alverdissen, Gemen to Limburg-Styrum
Holstein-Schaumburg-Gemen	County	Low Rhen	WE	1544: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Schaumburg 1622: To Holstein-Schaumburg
Holstein-Segeberg	County	—	—	1273: Formed: Partitioned from Holstein-Kiel 1308: Extinct; to Holstein-Kiel 1397: Partitioned from Holstein-Rendsburg 1403: Extinct; to Holstein-Rendsburg
Holzappel (Holzapfel)	1641: HRE County	Low Rhen	WE	1606: Formed: Peter Melander made HRE Knight, assumed the name "Holzappel" 1641: HRE Count 1642: Acquired Lülsdorf as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg 1643: Purchased Esterau and Isselbach from Nassau-Hadamar; Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1656: Acquired Nassau-Schaumburg 1707: To Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 1806: To Nassau
Homburg	Territory	—	—	1180: Formed: To Eppstein 1486: To Hanau-Münzenberg 1524: To Hesse 1567: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1598: To Hesse-Homburg, appanage of Hesse-Darmstadt 1768: To Hesse-Homburg 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1815: To Hesse-Homburg 1866: To Prussia
Homburg	Lordship	—	—	13th Century: Originally a territory of Isenburg 1259: To Sayn 1276: Imperial immediacy 1284: To Sayn-Sayn 1605: To Sayn-Wittgenstein 1606: To Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1806: To Berg 1815: To Prussia
Horne (Hoorn)	Lordship 1450: County	Low Rhen	—	11th/12th Century: Formed 1450: HRE Count 1568: Extinct; to Spanish Netherlands 1576: To the Prince-Bishopric of Liège 1795: To France 1815: To the Netherlands
Horneck	Commandery	—	—	13th Century: To the local Lords of Horneck: Formed c. 1250: To the Teutonic Order 1805: To Württemberg
Hörstgen (Horstgen)	Lordship	[data missing]	[data missing]	Formation date unknown Under overlordship of Mors To Counts of Drachenfels 1530: Inherited by Millendonk-Mirlar Passed to Brochhorst Passed to Croy Passed to Burlepsch Passed to Ostein 1754: Passed to Barons of Knesebeck 1794: French occupation 1815: To Prussia
Höwen	Lordship	[data missing]	[data missing]	[data missing]
Hoya	County	—	—	1204: Formed Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1202: 1st mention of "Count of Hoya" 1215: Acquired Nienburg 1338: Acquired Altbruchhausen 1345: Partitioned into Hoya and Bruchhausen and itself 1497: Extinct; to Hoya and Bruchhausen
Hoya and Bruchhausen (Nienburg)	County	Low Rhen	WE	1345: Formed: Partitioned from Hoya 1384: Acquired Neubruchhausen 1497: Acquired Hoya 1512: To Brunswick-Lüneburg 1519: Restored 1582: Extinct; to Brunswick-Lüneburg
Hülchrath (Hilkerode)	County	—	—	12th Century: To Saffenburg as fief of Cologne 12th Century: To Sayn 1247: To Sponheim-Heinsberg 1255: To Cleves c. 1275: Partitioned from Cleves 1298: Sold Linn to Cleves 1303: Sold Tomburg to Cologne 1322: Half sold to Cologne 1331: Remainder sold to Cologne