Name
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Type of entity
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Comments
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Anhalt
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Principality
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Emerged from Duchy of Saxony in 1212, re-united under the House of Ascania in 1570, divided into Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Zerbst from 1603
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Barby
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County
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Imperial immediacy in 1497, fell to the Saxe-Weissenfels branch of the electoral House of Wettin in 1659
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Brandenburg
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Electorate
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Margraviate established in 1157, Prince-elector from 1356
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Cammin
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Principality
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Territory of the diocese established in 1140, under Pomeranian overlordship, Bishopric secularized from 1545, to Brandeburg
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Gernrode
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Abbacy
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Imperial abbey established in 961 by King Otto I, held by the House of Ascania from 1616
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Hatzfeld-Gleichen
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County
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Established in 1631, principality from 1741, fell to Mainz in 1794
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Hohnstein
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County
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Territory around Scharzfeld and Lauterberg, line extinct in 1593, fell to Brunswick-Grubenhagen
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Lohra and Klettenberg
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Lordship
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held by the Counts of Hohnstein, fell to Halberstadt in 1593, administrated by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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Mansfeld
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County
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Established in 1069 by King Henry IV, seized by Saxony in 1579
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Pomerania
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Duchy
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Ruled by the House of Griffins, internally divided from 1532 to 1625, Swedish Pomerania from 1637 on, Farther Pomerania to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1653
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Quedlinburg
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Abbacy
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Established in 936 by King Otto I, occupied by Brandenburg-Prussia in 1698; 12th Prelatess of the Rhine
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Querfurt
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Principality
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Former lordship, to Saxon House of Wettin in 1635, held by Saxe-Weissenfels from 1656 to 1746
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Reuss
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County
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Established about 1080 by King Henry IV, partitioned in 1564 into Elder Line at Greiz (principality from 1778) and Junior Line at Gera
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Saxony
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Electorate
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Successor of Saxe-Wittenberg from 1356, held by the House of Wettin from 1423
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Saxe-Weimar
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Duchy
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Wettin Ernestine duchy established in 1572
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Saxe-Altenburg
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Duchy
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Wettin Ernestine duchy split off Saxe-Weimar in 1602, inherited by Saxe-Gotha in 1672
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Saxe-Gotha
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Duchy
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Wettin Ernestine duchy split off Saxe-Weimar in 1640, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg from 1672
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Saxe-Coburg
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Duchy
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Wettin Ernestine duchy established in 1572 as Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach. Split between the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1725
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Saxe-Eisenach
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Duchy
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Wettin Ernestine duchy split off Saxe-Coburg in 1596, personal union with Saxe-Weimar from 1741
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Schönburg
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County
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Various territories, Imperial immediacy in 1182, acquired by Saxony in 1740
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Schwarzburg
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County
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United under the House of Schwarzburg 1538-1583
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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County
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subdivision established in 1599, raised to principality in 1697
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
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County
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subdivision established in 1599 as Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, raised to principality in 1697/1710
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Stolberg
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County
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Stolberg-Stolberg from 1548, under Saxon supremacy from 1738
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Stolberg-Rossla
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County
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Split off Stolberg-Stolberg in 1706, under Saxon supremacy from 1738
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Walkenried
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Abbacy
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Established in 1127, fell to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1648
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Wernigerode
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County
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Held by Stolberg from 1429, Stolberg-Wernigerode from 1645, under Prussian supremacy from 1714
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