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	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Haag	HRE County				1500: Bavarian Circle 1567: Line died out; to Dukes of Bavaria
Habsburg	County			1040	1305: Annexed to Austria, gave its name to the archducal dynasty which became the de facto imperial dynasty 1414: Annexed to Bern
Habsburg-Lauffenburg (Habsburg-Laufenburg)	County			1239: Partitioned from Habsburg	Partitioned several times 1282-1408: Acquired Landgraviate of Klettgau 1408: Partitions all annexed to Sulz
Hadeln	"Farmer Republic" under loose overlordship of Saxe-Lauenburg			earliest records from mid-12th century	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: To sharply belittled younger Saxony 1260: Overlordship by Saxe-Lauenburg 1305-1401: Joint overlordship by both dynastic Bergedorf-Mölln and Ratzeburg-Lauenburg lines of Saxe-Lauenburg 1330-?: By way of pawn to Hamburg 1402-1481: By way of pawn to Hamburg 1481: Redeemed by Saxe-Lauenburg 1689-1731: Imperial custody for dynasty extinct 1731: Enfeoffed to Hanover 1803-1813: Conquests/annexations in the Napoleonic Wars 1813: Returned to Hanover (kingdom in 1814) 1852: Traditional autonomy cancelled 1866: Annexed to Prussia 1884: Distinct Estates dissolved
Haguenau (Hagenau)	Imperial Free City	Upp Rhen		1260	1648: Annexed to France
Hagenau	"Landvogtei"
Hainaut	County (unification of countship of Bergen, margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern countship of the Brabant shire)	Burg	PR	1071	1299: United with the County of Holland 1436: To Burgundy 1512: Burgundian Circle
Hainburg	County			1240: Partitioned from Regenstein	1368: Re-annexed by Regenstein 1599: Annexed to the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt
Halberstadt	Bishopric 1180: HRE Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	996: diocese est. 1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1648: Secularized as a principality to Brandenburg
Halberstadt	Principality	Low Sax		1648: Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt	From 1648 to 1918, the "Princes of Halberstadt" were the Electors of Brandenburg, the Kings of Prussia and finally the Emperors of Germany, except when Halberstadt was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813.
Haldenstein	Barony
Hall
Hallermund	County	Low Rhen		c. 1163	1398: Annexed to Corvey 1408: Annexed to Minden 1436: Annexed to Brunswick 1707: Annexed to Platen-Hallermund
20px Hals	1280: County			12th century	1443: Annexed to Leuchtenberg 1486: Sold to Aichberg 1511: Inherited by Degenberg 1517: Sold to Bavaria To Cronenstein To Sinzendorf 1715: To Bavaria
Hamburg	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH	1189	1241: Founding member of the Hansa 1510: Imperial city 1810: Annexed to France 1815: Free City
20px (after 1642) Hanau From 1642: Count of Hanau, Rieneck and Zweibrücken, Lord of Münzenberg, Lichtenberg and Ochsenhausen	1429: HRE County	Upp Rhen	WT	13th century	1243: 1st mention of Hanau castle 1458: Divided into Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Lichtenberg 1642: Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Lichtenberg reunited 1736: Line extinct, inherited by Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt
20px Hanau-Lichtenberg	1458: HRE County	Upp Rhen	WT	1458	1458: Created by a division from Hanau-(Münzenberg) 1480: Acquired Lordship of Lichtenberg 1642: Inherited Hanau-Münzenberg after extinction of that line 1736: Line extinct, inherited by Hesse-Darmstadt
Hanau-Münzenberg	1429: County	Upp Rhen	WT	1458	1458: After splitting away Babenhausen (which became later Hanau-Lichtenberg) the county of Hanau was renamed Hanau-Münzenberg 1642: Male line extinct; inherited by Hanau-Lichtenberg 1736: Hanau-Lichtenberg extinct, inherited by Hesse-Kassel
20px Hanover	Duchy 1692: HRE Prince-Elector	Low Sax	EL	1636
Harburg	Principality
Hardegg	1383: HRE County				1188: 1st mention of Counts of Hardegg 1260: To Counts of Plain 1273-1483: To Counts of Maidburg 1495: Sold to Barons and Counts of Pruschenk by Habsburgs Still exists in Seefeld and Stetteldorf lines Acquired Lordships of Kadolz, Seefeld and Stetteldorf
Harrach Count of Harrach in Rohrau and Thannhausen, etc.	1628: HRE County (Personalist)	n/a	SW	1628	Acquired non-immediate County of Rohrau Acquired non-immediate County of Thannhausen
Harmersbach	Imperial Valley
20px Hartelstein	Lordship			1460: Partitioned from Saffig	1477: Annexed to Saffig-Olbrück
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			1418: Line extinct; territory passed to Hatzfeld by female succession 1639: Acquired Gleichen 1640: Imperial estate; immediate HRE Counts of Gleichen 1741: non-immediate Princes of Trachenberg in Prussia 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia
Hauenstein	County
Hausen	Lordship	??			1500: Franconian Circle
20px Havelberg	Bishopric
Hegau	County				Included the Lordships of Aach and Engen
20px Heggbach	Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
20px Heideck (Heydeck)	HRE Lordship				Acquired Bretzenheim 1471: To Bavaria
Heilbronn	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	1350	1803: Mediatized
20px Heiligenberg	County	Swab
Heiligkreuzthal	Abbacy
Heinsberg	County			1085	1479: Annexed to Jülich
20px Helffenstein (Helfenstein)	1351: HRE County			1113	1100: Helfenstein castle built 1200: Marriage of heiress of Counts of Helfenstein with Count of Spitzenberg and Sigmaringen 1226: Union of Counties of Spitzenberg and Helfenstein 1258: Inherited, through female succession, some territories of Counts of Dillingen Wiesenstein line inherited County of Geislingen 1356: Division into Blaubeuren (extinct 1517) and Wiesenstein (extinct 1627)lines 1383: Geislingen and Helfenstein castle pawned to Imperial City of Ulm 1396: Wiesenstein line sold (paid off debts of 123,439 guldens) Helfenstein castle, lands in Ulm and Advocacy of Elchingen Abbey to Ulm 1447: Sold Lordship of Blaubeuren to Wurttemberg 1448: Sold Lordship of Heidenheim to Wurttemberg 1450-1457: Wurttemberg had temporary possession of Wiesenstein 1450-1504: Electorate of Bavaria had temporary possession of Lordship of Heidenheim Heidenheim to Wurttemberg 1626: Male line of Helfensstein died out 1627: Blaubeuren passed to Wurttemberg; 1/3 of Wiesenstein passed to Furstenberg and 2/3 to Electorate of Bavaria 1643: To Bavaria and Wurttemberg
Helmarshausen	RA
20px Henneberg	County 1471: HRE Princely Count of Henneberg	Franc	PR	1037	1096: 1st mention of Henneberg Division into Henneberg, Botenlauben and Strauf 1274: Division into Henneberg-Schleusingen, Henneberg-Aschach-Romhild and Henneberg-Hartenberg 1310: Henneberg-Schleusingen raised to HRE Prince Partitions annexed to Mansfeld-Bornstedt, Meißen, Saxony and Stolberg-Stolberg 1500: Franconian Circle 1554: Pact of mutual succession between Dukes of Saxony and Counts of Henneberg 1582: HRE Council of Princes 1583: Counts of Henneberg died out
Herford Abbey	823: Imperial Abbey 1523: Princess-Abbess	Low Rhen		c. 800	819: Benedictine Abbey of Herford founded by Emperor Louis the Pious 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Prussia
Herford	1631: Free City	Low Rhen	RH		1652: Annexed to Brandenburg
Héricourt	Lordship
Herrenzimmern	Lordship 1530: County			1495: Partitioned from Zimmern	1570: Annexed to Mötzkirch
20px Herrstein	Lordship
20px Hersfeld	HRE Abbey			1232	1432: To Hesse 1606: Under administration by Hesse-Kassel 1648: Secularized to Hesse-Kassel
Hesse HRE Prince-Elector, Sovereign Landgrave of Hesse, Grand Duke of Fulda, Prince of Hersfeld, Hanau, Fritzlar & Isenburg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg	1265: Landgraviate 1292: HRE Prince 1500: Duchy 1806: Grand Duchy 1866: Electorate	Upp Rhen	PR	1247 Split off from Thuringia	Acquired Giessen AcquiredZiegenhain Acquired Nidda Acquired Katzenelnbogen 1432: Overlordship over Abbey of Hersfeld 1567: Partitioned into Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Hesse-Marburg, and Hesse-Rheinfels 1582: HRE Council of Princes
20px Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke of Hesse and of the Rhine	Landgraviate 1806: Grand Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Created on partition of Hesse	1582: HRE Council of Princes 1736: Inherited Hanau-Lichtenberg 1806: Joined Confederation of the Rhine
Hesse-Homburg Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg, Isenburg & Büdingen				1622: Division from Hesse-Darmstadt	1650: Divided into Hesse-Homburg and Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim 1668: Becomes independent of Hesse-Darmstadt 1681: Homburg and Bingenheim reunited 1806: Hesse-Homburg annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt 1815: Hesse-Homburg reinstated 1866: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1866: To Prussia
Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) Prince-Elector of Hesse, Grand Duke of Fulda, Prince of Hersfeld, Hanau, Fritzlar & Isenburg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda & Schaumburg	1265: Landgraviate 1803: Electorate	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Created on partition of Hesse	1582: HRE Council of Princes 1736: Inherited Hanau-Münzenberg 1815: Acquired Prince-Bishopric of Fulda 1866: To Prussia
Hesse-Marburg	1265: Landgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Created on partition of Hesse	1582: HRE Council of Princes 1604: Merged into Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Rheinfels	1265: Landgraviate	Upp Rhen	PR	1567: Created on partition of Hesse	1582: HRE Council of Princes 1583: Territory partitioned between Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Marburg, and Hesse-Rheinfels
Hildesheim	815: Bishopric c. 1221: Prince-Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	888: diocese est. 1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed the Welf Henry the Lion 1180: Stayed under influence of the Welf allodial estates c. 1221: Gained Imperial immediacy 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Brandenburg 1803: Secularized to Prussia
Hildesheim	Free City	Low Sax	EC	1300	1803: Annexed to Brandenburg
20px Hillesheim (Hillesheimb) HRE Count of Hillesheim, (?)Lord of Reipoltskirchen	Barony 1712: HRE County				1722: immediate Lords of Reipoltskirchen
20px Höchberg	Margraviate
Hochstaden	County			1144	1261: Annexed to Abp. of Cologne
20px Hohenberg	HRE County				1280/1287: Acquired Lordship of Altensteig 1381: To Austria (Leopoldine line) Acquired Lordships of Wildberg, Nagold, Altensteig and Horb Purchased Lordship of Oberndorf 1253: Division into Hohenberg-Rottenburg and Hohenberg-Nagold Division of Hohenberg-Nagold into Hohenberg-Nagold and Hohenberg-Wildberg
20px Hohenberg-Altensteig					1397/1398: Sold to Margraves of Baden 1603: To Duchy of Wurttemberg
20px Hohenberg-Nagold	County			1253: Partitioned from Zollern and Hohenberg	1264: Annexed to Zollern-Nuremberg 1363: Sold to Wurttemberg
Hohenberg-Rottenburg	County			1253: Partitioned from Zollern and Hohenberg	1264: Annexed to Zollern-Nuremberg
20px Hohenberg-Wildberg					1200: Wildberg castle built 1237: 1st mention of Wildberg c. 1237: Wildberg, Nagold and other places passed through by marriage from Count Palatine of Tübingen to Counts of Hohenberg 1318: Burkhard V established seat of his territorial lordship, including Altensteig and Neubulach 1355: Division into Hohenberg-Burlach and Hohenberg-Altensteig 1364: To the Electorate of the Palatinate 1440: To Wurttemberg
Hohenems Hohen-Embs HRE Count of Hohenems, Lord of Lustenau	1333: County 1560: HRE County	Swab		c. 1210	?: Immediate Lords of Hohenems 1603: Imperial Estate 1613: Counts of Sulz sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Counts of Hohenems 1613-1712: immediate Counts of Vaduz ?: immediate Lords of Lustenau 1646: Partitioned into Hohenems-Hohenems and Hohenems-Vaduz 17__: Lost Imperial Estate status 1765: Acquired by Austria
Hohenems-Hohenems	County			1646: Partitioned from Hohenems	1718: Annexed to Hohenems-Vaduz
Hohenems-Vaduz	County			1646: Partitioned from Hohenems	1712: Purchased by House of Liechtenstein 1719: Annexed to P. of Liechtenstein
20px Hohenfels	HRE Lordship
Hohengeroldseck	12th century: Lordship 1705: County Principality	Swab			1692-1705: Under Imperial Administration Acquired by Leyen 1815: To Austria 1819: To Baden
Hohenlohe	12th century: County 1450: HRE County	Franc		1192	12th century: Henry I was the 1st to take title of Count of Hohenlohe 1230: Division into Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and Hohenlohe-Brauneck 1256: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Möckmühl, Hohenlohe-Röltingen and Hohenlohe-Weikersheim 1500: Franconian Circle 1390: Hohenlohe-Brauneck line extinct; lands passed to Brandenburg 1412: Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld line extinct 1551: Division into Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 1631: Hohenlohe-Neuenstein inherited County of Gleichen 1805: Senior line of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein extinct 1701: Junion line of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein divided into Hohelohe-Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Kirchberg 1861: Hohenlohe-Kirchberg line died out 1824: Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst inherited the Duchies of Rabibor and Corbie Area (1806): 680 sq. mi.; Pop: 108,000
20px Hohenlohe-Bartenstein	1688: HRE County 1764: HRE Principality			1688: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	1798: Division into Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Hohenlohe-Jagstberg 1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
20px Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen	1701: County 1764: HRE Principality			1701: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1806: Annexed by Bavaria
Hohenlohe-Jagstberg	1798-1806: Principality			1798: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Bartenstein	1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
Hohenlohe-Kirchberg	1650: County 1764: HRE Principality			1650: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1701: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Langenburg	1675: Reunited with Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria 1810: Traded to Wurttemberg
20px Hohenlohe-Künzelsau	1676-1689: County			1676: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	1689: Reunited with Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
20px Hohenlohe-Langenburg	1586: County 1764: HRE Principality			1586: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
20px Hohenlohe-Möckmühl	County			1256: Partitioned from Hohenlohe	1340: Divided between Hohenlohe-Uffenheim and Hohenlohe-Wernsberg
20px Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	1472: County 1772: HRE Principality			1472: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	1698: To Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen 1702: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen 1708: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen
20px Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen HRE Prince of Hohenlohe, Count of Gleichen, Lord of Langenburg & Kranichfeld	1764: HRE Principality
20px Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Kirchberg HRE Prince of Hohenlohe, Count of Gleichen, Lord of Langenburg & Kranichfeld	1764: HRE Principality
20px Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg HRE Prince of Hohenlohe, Count of Gleichen, Lord of Langenburg & Kranichfeld)	1764: HRE Principality
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen	1698: County 1764: HRE Principality				1702: Division into Hohenlohe-Öhringen and Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Hohenlohe-Öhringen	1641: HRE County 1764: HRE Principality			1676: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	1765: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen 1805: Passed to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Hohenlohe-Röltingen	County			1256: Partitioned from Hohenlohe	Extinct in 1290
20px Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	County			1615: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	1688: Partitioned into Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
20px Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim	County			1472: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	1545: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
20px Hohenlohe-Uffenheim	County			1262: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Möckmühl	1387: Annexed to Nuremberg
20px Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	1553: County 1557: HRE Prince 1757: HRE Principality			1553: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	1615, 1679: Partitioned into various states
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (HRE Prince of Hohenlohe, Count of Waldenburg, Lord of Langenburg)	1744: HRE Principality				1746: Franconian Imperial Circle
20px Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst HRE Prince of Hohenlohe, Count of Waldenburg, Lord of Schillingsfürst & Langenburg	1697: HRE County 1744: HRE Principality			1688: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1806: Annexed by Bavaria
20px Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	County			1256: Partitioned from Hohenlohe	1490: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim
20px Hohenlohe-Weikersheim	County			1610: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	1756: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Hohenlohe-Wernsberg	County			1267: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Möckmühl	1350: Annexed to Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
Hohenrechberg	Lordship			1163	1585: Annexed to Staufeneck
Hohenrechberg and Aichen	Lordship 1626: County			1605: Partitioned from Aichen	1676: Annexed to Donzdorf
Hohenwaldeck and Maxlrain Hohen-Waldeck	Lordship				1500: Bavarian Circle
Hohenzollern HRE Prince of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Count of Sigmaringen & Vöringen, Count of Berg, Lord of Haigerloch & Werstein, etc.	County 1363: HRE Prince 1623: HRE Princely County			1309: Emerged from the countships of Zollern	1061: 1st mention of Hohenzollerns 1267: 1st mention of Zollern Castle 1512: Partitioned into Hohenzollern-Hechingen & ?
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch	County 1630: Principality			1575: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen	1767: Annexed 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: HRE Principality	Swab		1512: Partitioned from Hohenzollern	1653: HRE Council of Princes 1806: Joined Confederation of the Rhine 1815: Joined German Confederation 1849: To Prussia 1869: Hohenzollern-Hechingen line became extinct
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		1575: Partitioned from Hohenzollern-Hechingen	1849: To Prussia
Hohnstein (Hohenstein)	County	Upp Sax		1123: county est. as fief of the older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Fief of the older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1238-1267: Counts of Hohenstein acquired County of Klettenberg as a fief of the Prince-Bishop of Halberstadt 1268: Acquired Lordship of Sömmerda 1300s: Acquired County of Lohra 1315: Division into 3 lines 1593: Line of Counts of Hohenstein died out 1648: Annexed to Brandenburg, Schwarzburg and Stolberg Under partial overlordship of Hanover
Holland	11th century: HRE County 1806-1810: Kingdom of Holland			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	County 1111-1474: HRE County 1474-1806:HRE Duchy	Low Sax	PR	1111	1111: Emperor Lothair enfeoffed Adolf of Schauenburg with Holstein and Stormarn 1261: Division into Holstein-Itzehoe, Holstein-Kiel, Holstein-Pinneberg, Holstein-Plön, Holstein-Rendsburg, Holstein-Segeberg 1386: Acquired Duchy of Schleswig 1474: Merged into Schleswig-Holstein 1582: HRE Council of Princes
Holstein-Glückstadt					1582: HRE Council of Princes
Holstein-Gottorp					1582: HRE Council of Princes
and Holstein-Pinneberg HRE Prince, Count of Holstein, Schaumburg and Sternberg, Lord of Gemen
20px Holzapfel (Holzappel)	1641: HRE County	Low Rhen		1641	1727: Passed to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Homburg	Lordship
20px Horburg	County
Horne	County				After 1568: Personal union with Bp. of Liège
20px Horneck	Commandery
Hörstgen (Horstgen)	Lordship				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
20px Hoya	1202: County	Low Rhen		1204	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1202: 1st mention of "Count of Hoya" 1215: Purchased the free county of Nienburg Purchased County of Altbruchhausen Purchased County of Neubruchhausen 1345: Division into Upper Hoya (Nienburg) and Lower Hoya (Hoya) 1497: Hoya line extinct; territories to Nienburg 1512: Occupied by Brunswick-Luneburg 1519: Counts of Hoya regained territories 1582: Line died out; territories to Hanover 1866: To Prussia