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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:[1][2][3][4]

Name Type Imperial circle Imperial diet History
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: Formed
1346: Imperial immediacy, though not recognised by Bavaria
1656: Imperial immediacy recognised by Bavaria
1803: To Bavaria
Kalenberg
see: Brunswick-Calenberg
Duchy
Katzenelnbogen Lordship
1138: County
n/a n/a 11th Century: Formed
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: Formed
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
Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg) Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 1353: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
Kempten Abbacy Swab EC 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
1713: Imperial County
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
1713: Imperial County
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-Metsch
Khevenhuller-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
Kirchberg
Burgrave 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
Kirchberg
(not to be confused with Burgraviate above)
County n/a n/a 11th Century: Formed
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
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
Kolb von Wartenberg (Kolbe) Lordship n/a n/a 12th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Franconia
1699: HRE County; renamed to Wartenberg
Königsbronn Abbacy Swab SP 1303: Formed
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)
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
Kranenburg County n/a n/a 1255: Partitioned from Cleves
1277: Extinct; to Cleves
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: Formed
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-Greillenstein
Count 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: Formed
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

References

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  1. ^ For Kammin see: Cammin as for Kammin see: Cammin.
  2. ^ For Kärnten see: Carinthia.
  3. ^ For Kleve see: Cleves.
  4. ^ For Köln see: Cologne.