List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (L)
This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter L:
Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
| Lage | Lordship | ||||
| Landau | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1260: Built by Leiningen-Landeck | 1291: Free Imperial City 1324: To the Bishopric of Speyer 1511: Free Imperial City 1648: To France 1815: To Austria 1816: To Bavaria |
| Landsberg in Alsace | Lordship 1583: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1234: First mentioned; to Lords of Landsberg | 1281: To Austria 1363: Sold to Rappoltstein 1398: To Lupfen 1563: To Schwendi 1568: HRE Baron 1697: To France |
| Landsberg in Saxony | Margraviate | n/a | n/a | 1170: Built and title held by Meissen | 1261: Partitioned from Meissen 1291: Extinct; to Meissen then sold to Brandenburg 1341: To Meissen |
| Langwies | Jurisdiction | ||||
| Lauenburg see: Saxe-Lauenburg | |||||
| Laurenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1093: First mentioned | 1159: Partitioned into itself and Nassau 1197: Extinct; to Nassau |
| Lausanne | Prince-Bishopric | Swab | EC | 517 | 1270: HRE Prince of the Empire 1536: To Bern |
| Lausanne | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1434 | 1536: To Bern |
| Lavant ' | Prince-Bishopric | Aust | n/a | 1228 | 15th Century: HRE Prince of the Empire; no secular territory Originally represented in the Austrian Circle |
| Leas | County | n/a | n/a | 1529 | 1597: became an unlanded title |
| Lebus | Prince-Bishopric | Upp Sax | EC | 1125 | 1248: Joined the empire; condominium of Brandenburg and Magdeburg 1518: Acquired Beeskow and Storkow 1555: To Brandenburg |
| Leiningen | County | n/a | n/a | early 12th Century | 1128: 1st mentioned c. 1212: Extinct; to Saarbrücken-Hardenburg who assumed the name Leiningen 1241: Acquired Dagsburg 1237: Partitioned into Leiningen-Dagsburg and Leiningen-Landeck |
| Leiningen Prince of Leiningen, Count-Palatine of Mosbach, Lord of Miltenberg, Amorbach, Düren, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, etc. | Principality | Upp Rhen | PR | 1803: Formed for Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg | 1806: To Baden |
| Leiningen-Billigheim Count of Leiningen, Lord of Billigheim, Allfeld, Mühlbach, Katzenthal, and Neuburg at the Neckar, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1803: Renamed from Leiningen-Guntersblum | 1806: To Baden |
| Leiningen-Dagsburg ' | County 1444: Landgraviate 1658: County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1237: Partitioned from Leiningen | 1317: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Hardenburg 1444: HRE Landgrave 1467: Extinct; Most to Runkel-Westerburg who assumed the name Leiningen-Westerburg, Dagsburg to Leiningen-Hardenburg who assumed the name Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg 1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1706: Extinct; to Leiningen-Heidesheim |
| Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1560: Renamed from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg | 1658: Partitioned into Leiningen-Heidesheim, Leiningen-Dagsburg and Leiningen-Guntersblum |
| Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg | County 1779: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1467: Renamed from Leiningen-Hardenburg | 1560: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1779: HRE Prince 1796: To France 1803: Compensated with Amorbach and other territories; renamed to Leiningen |
| Leiningen-Guntersblum | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg | 1774: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Heidesheim 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Billigheim; renamed to Leiningen-Billigheim |
| Leiningen-Hardenburg ' | County | n/a | n/a | 1317: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg | 1343: Partitioned into Leiningen-Rixingen and itself 1467: Acquired Dagsburg; renamed to Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg |
| Leiningen-Heidesheim | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg | 1766: Extinct; to Leiningen-Guntersblum 1774: Partitioned from Leiningen-Guntersblum 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Neudenau; renamed to Leiningen-Neudenau |
| Leiningen-Landeck | County | n/a | n/a | 1237: Partitioned from Leiningen | 1289: Extinct; Madenburg to Leiningen-Dagsburg, Landeck to Ochsenstein, rest to Zweibrücken |
| Leiningen-Neudenau Count of Leiningen, Lord of Herzbolzheim, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1803: Renamed from Leiningen-Heidesheim | 1806: To Baden |
| Leiningen-Rixingen | County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1343: Partitioned from Leiningen-Hardenburg | 1506: Extinct; Rixingen to Zweibrücken-Bitsch; rest divided between Daun and Hohenfels |
| Leiningen-Westerburg | Lordship 1481: County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1467: Renamed from Runkel-Westerburg after inheriting much of Leiningen-Dagsburg | 1481: HRE Count 1547: Partitioned into Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen, Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg and Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1698: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg | 1705: Inherited half of Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Ilbenstadt 1806: To Berg and Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg | 1570: Acquired Rixingen and Oberbronn 1622: Partitioned into itself, Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn 1635: Extinct; divided between Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1698: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg | 1705: Inherited half of Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Engelthal 1806: To Nassau |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1622: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen | 1665: Extinct in male line; divided between Sinclair and Hesse-Homburg |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1622: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen | 1705: Extinct; divided between Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg | 1656: Sold to Holzappel 1698: Partitioned into Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen |
| Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg | 1597: Extinct; to Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen |
| Lemgo | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | Annexed to Lippe | |
| Leuchtenberg | Lordship c. 1160: County 1196: Landgraviate 1488: Princely Landgraviate | Bav | PR | early 12th Century | 1119: Acquired Waldeck; also known as Lord of Waldeck c. 1160: HRE Count 1196: Landgrave 1209: Partitioned into Waldeck and itself 1259: Acquired Waldeck 1366: Partitioned into Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg and Leuchtenberg-Grafenau 1488: Renamed from Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg 1646: Extinct; to Bavaria-Leuchtenberg 1705: To Bavaria 1707: To the Bishopric of Bamberg 1708: To Lamberg 1712: To Austria 1714: To Bavaria |
| Leuchtenberg-Grafenau | Landgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1366: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg | 1423: Territory to Lower Bavaria 1456: Extinct |
| Leuchtenberg-Hals | Princely Landgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1463: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg | 1486: To Aichberg 1488: Extinct |
| Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg | Landgraviate 1440: Princely Landgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1366: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg | 1375: In succession dispute with Ortenburg over Hals 1378: Acquired Crailsheim 1399: Sold Crailsheim to Nuremberg 1400: Acquired Weiden and Parkstein 1407: Acquired Hals 1413: Sold Stierenberg to Palatinate-Neuburg 1440: HRE Princely Landgrave 1463: Partitioned into itself and Leuchtenberg-Hals 1488: Renamed to Leuchtenberg |
| Leutkirch im Allgäu | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1293: Free Imperial City | 1803: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg |
| Leyen ' | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 13th Century | 1272: First mentioned as ministerialis of the Archbishopric of Trier 1320: Acquired Weinberg as fief of Katzenelnbogen c. 1395: Partitioned into Leyen-Neustadt and Leyen-Gondorf |
| Leyen HRE Prince of and at Leyen & Hohengeroldseck, Baron of Adendorf, Lord of Bliescastel, Burrweiler, Münchweiler, Orterbach, Niewern, Saffig, Ahrenfels, Bongard, Simpelfeld, etc. | Principality | Swab | SC | 1806: Renamed from Leyen-Hohengeroldseck | 1815: To Austria 1819: To Baden |
| Leyen-Adendorf | Lordship 1653: Barony | Swab | SC | 1539: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig | 1629: Acquired Nievern 1653: HRE Baron 1660: Acquired Blieskastel 1667: Acquired Forbach 1670: Acquired Arenfels and Hönningen 1697: Acquired Hohengeroldseck 1705: Renamed to Leyen-Hohengeroldseck |
| Leyen-Gondorf | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1395: Partitioned from Leyen | c. 1420: Partitioned into Leyen-Hartelstein and Leyen-Saffig 1611: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig 1692: Extinct; to Leyen-Nickenich |
| Leyen-Hartelstein | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1420: Partitioned from Leyen-Gondorf | 1479: Extinct; to Leyen-Saffig |
| Leyen-Hohengeroldseck | Barony 1711: County | Swab | SC | 1705: Renamed from Leyen-Adendorf | 1711: HRE Count 1794-6: Lost left-bank territory to France 1806: Renamed to Leyen |
| Leyen-Neustadt | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1395: Partitioned from Leyen | 1625: Extinct; to Boos von Waldeck |
| Leyen-Nickenich | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1611: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig | 1714: Extinct; to Leyen-Hohengeroldseck |
| Leyen-Saffig | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1420: Partitioned from Leyen-Gondorf | 1444: Acquired Nickenich as fief of the Archbishopric of Trier 1481: Acquired Saffig and Olbrück as fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1486: Acquired Blieskastel 1520: Acquired Adendorf 1525: Acquired Münchhausen and Schäferei 1539: Partitioned into itself and Leyen-Adendorf 1611: Partitioned into Leyen-Nickenich, itself and Leyen-Gondorf 1703: Extinct; to Leyen-Adendorf |
| Lichtenberg | Lordship 1458: County | n/a | n/a | 13th Century ? | 1206: First mentioned 1249: Advocates of Strasbourg c. 1330: Partitioned into Lichtenberg Elder Line and Lichtenberg Younger Line 1405: Reunited by Lichtenberg Younger Line 1458: HRE Count 1480: Extinct; divided between Hanau-Babenhausen and Zweibrücken-Bitsch 1570: Zweibrücken half to Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Lichtenberg Elder Line | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1330: Partitioned from Lichtenberg | 1390: Extinct; divided between Lichtenberg Intermediate Line and Lichtenberg Younger Line |
| Lichtenberg Intermediate Line | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1335: Partitioned from Lichtenberg Younger Line | 1405: Extinct; to Lichtenberg Younger Line |
| Lichtenberg Younger Line | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1330: Partitioned from Lichtenberg | c. 1335: Partitioned into Lichtenberg Intermediate Line and itself 1405: Renamed to Lichtenberg |
| Lichtenthal ' | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1245: Founded and given Lichtental in fief of Baden | 1288: Acquired Geroldsau as fief of Baden 1803: Secularised to Baden |
| Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau & Jägerndorf, Count of Rietberg, etc | Principality | Swab | EC | c. 1140: Family first mentioned as lower nobility in Austria | 1699: Acquired Schellenberg 1707: Swabian Circle: Bench of Princes 1712: Acquired of Vaduz 1713: Bench of Secular Princes 1719: Schellenberg and Vaduz united to form Principality of Liechtenstein |
| Liège ' | Bishopric | Low Rhen | EC | 340s | 972: Acquired Huy; Prince-Bishopric 1096: Acquired Bouillon 1366: Acquired Loon 1568: Acquired Horne 1795: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium |
| Ligne HRE Prince of Ligne & Amblise/Amblia, Margrave of Roubaix/Roubais & Dormans, Count of Fauquemberghe, Baron of Werchin, Beloeil, Antoing, Cisoing, Villiers, Silly & Herzelles; Sovereign of Fagnolle; Lord of Baudour, Wallincourt,& other lands | Lordship 12th Century: Barony 1544: County 1601: Principality | Low Rhen | WE / PR | 1020: First mentioned as fiefs of Hainaut | 12th Century: HRE Baron 1503: Acquired Fauquembergues as fief of France 1544: HRE County 1601: HRE Prince 1770: Acquired Fagnolle 1786: Lower Rhine-Westphalian Circle 1789: Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Edelstetten; Bench of Princes 1804: Sold to Esterházy von Galántha |
| Limburg | 1106: Duchy | Burg | PR | c. 1100 | 1155: Duchy of Limburg independent from Lower Lorraine 1288: Passed to Brabant 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1648: Dalhem, Falkenberg and Maastricht to the Netherlands 1713: To the Austrian Netherlands 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia 1918: To Belgium |
| Limburg an der Lahn | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1221: To Isenburg-Cleeberg | 1258: To Isenburg-Limburg 1342: Half of Limburg to the Archbishopric of Trier 1406: Isenburg-Limburg extinct; rest to Trier 1803: To Nassau |
| Limburg ' | 1242: County of Isenberg-Limburg | n/a | n/a | c. 1242: Hohenlimburg built and an imperial immediate territory consolidated around it | 1225: To Altena-Isenberg 1253: To Isenberg-Limburg 1304: To Limburg-Hohenlimburg 1442: To Neuenahr-Alpen 1459: Half to Limburg-Broich 1508: Limburg half to Daun-Falkenstein 1542: All to Neuenahr-Alpen 1592: To Bentheim 1610: To Bentheim-Limburg 1626: To Bentheim-Alpen 1629: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 1808: To Berg 1813: To Prussia |
| Limburg-Broich | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1372: Created when Dietrich of Limburg-Styrum inherited Broich; fief of Berg | 1422: Acquired Bedburg and Hackenbroich 1432: Fief of Cleves 1442: Fief of Berg 1444: Acquired half of Limburg 1450: Acquired Bürgel 1459: Acquired half of Limburg-Hohenlimburg 1482: Acquired Hardenberg 1508: Extinct; to Daun-Falkenstein |
| Limburg-Hohenlimburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1304: Partitioned from Isenberg-Limburg | 1370: Acquired Vitinghof and Neu-Isenberg 1372: Acquired Broich; to Limburg-Broich 1442: Extinct; to Neuenahr-Alpen though in succession dispute with Limburg-Broich |
| Limburg-Styrum | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1304: Partitioned from Isenberg-Limburg | 1553: Acquired Bronckhorst 1615: Acquired Borculo 1640: Acquired Gemen 1644: Partitioned into Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo, Limburg-Styrum-Gemen and Limburg-Styrum-Styrum |
| Limburg-Styrum-Borculo | County | n/a | n/a | 1766: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo | Non-immediate line with territories within the Netherlands |
| Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst | County | n/a | n/a | 1766: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo | Non-immediate line with territories within the Netherlands |
| Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo | County | n/a | n/a | 1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum | 1721: Bronckhorst sold 1726: Borculo sold 1766: Partitioned into Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst and Limburg-Styrum-Borculo |
| Limburg-Styrum-Gemen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum | 1677: Side line Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen created 1782: Extinct; to Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen |
| Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1677: Formed when Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg-Styrum-Gemen acquired Illereichen by marriage | 1772: Sold Illereichen to Palm 1782: Acquired Gemen 1800: Extinct; To Boyneburg-Bömelberg |
| Limburg-Styrum-Styrum Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borkelo and Gemen, Hereditary Banner-Lord of the Principality of Gelderland and the County of Zütphen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum | 1773: Acquired two thirds of Oberstein 1806: To Berg |
| Limpurg ' | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1138: Mentioned as milisterialis in the service of King Conrad III | 1230: Acquired Bielriet 1235: Lost their core territories along the Main and Tauber rivers 1251: Acquired Lohrbach c. 1277: Partitioned into itself and Lohrbach 1356: HRE Hereditary Arch-Cupbearer of the Imperial Household 1413: Acquired half of Hohenlohe-Speckfeld 1441: Partitioned into Limpurg-Gaildorf and Limpurg-Limpurg |
| Limpurg-Gaildorf | Lordship | Franc | FR | 1441: Partitioned from Limpurg | 1557: Partitioned into itself and Limpurg-Schmiedelfeld 1690: Extinct in male line; 2 heiresses 1707: Divided; half to Limpurg-Obersontheim and half to the 2 heiresses. Over the next 99 years Limpurg-Gaildorf was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg |
| Limpurg-Limpurg | Lordship | Franc | FR | 1441: Partitioned from Limpurg | 1475: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1530: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1541: Limpurg sold to Schwäbisch-Hall; renamed to Limpurg-Obersontheim |
| Limpurg-Obersontheim ' | Lordship | Franc | FR | 1541: Renamed from Limpurg-Limpurg | 1596: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1713: Extinct in the male line; 5 heiresses. Over the next 95 years Limpurg-Obersontheim was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg |
| Limpurg-Schmiedelfeld | Lordship | Franc | FR | 1557: Partitioned from Limpurg-Gaildorf | 1682: Extinct; to Limpurg-Gaildorf |
| Limpurg-Speckfeld | Lordship | Franc | FR | 1475: Partitioned from Limpurg-Limpurg | 1521: Extinct; to Limpurg-Limpurg 1530: Partitioned from Limpurg-Limpurg 1581: Extinct; to Limpurg-Obersontheim 1596: Partitioned from Limpurg-Obersontheim 1705: Extinct in the male line; 3 heiresses. Over the next 101 years Limpurg-Speckfeld was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg |
| Lindau | Abbacy | Swab | EC | c. 822 | 1466: HRE Princess 1803: To Bretzenheim 1804: To Austria 1805: To Bavaria |
| Lindau | 1275: Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1275: Imperial Free City | 1803: To Bretzenheim 1804: To Austria 1805: To Bavaria |
| Lindow-Ruppin | County | Upp Sax | WE | c. 1214: Line established when Gebhard of Arnstein acquired Ruppin | 1349: Acquired Wusterhausen and Gransee 1407: Acquired Neustadt 1524: Extinct; to Brandenburg |
| Lingen | County | Low Rhen | WE | 13th Century: Part of Tecklenburg | 1493: To Tecklenburg-Lingen 1526: Fief of Guelders 1541: To Tecklenburg in fief to Guelders 1547: To Buren 1551: To Mary of Hungary 1555: To the Spanish Netherlands 1597: To Maurice of Orange 1605: To the Spanish Netherlands 1632: To Nassau-Orange 1702: To Prussia 1807: To France 1809: To Berg 1810: To France 1814: To Prussia 1815: To Hanover |
| Lippe | Lordship 1528: County | Low Rhen | WE | 1123: First mentioned | 1190: Acquired Rheda 1323: Acquired Langenholzhausen and Varenholz 1344: Partitioned into Lippe-Lippe and Lippe-Rheda 1365: Reunited by Lippe-Lippe; acquired half of Schwalenberg 1400: Acquired Barntrup und Salzuflen 1401: Rheda and Lipperode to Tecklenburg 1405: Acquired Sternberg 1444: Lippstadt in condiminium with Mark 1528: HRE Count 1568: Simon of Lippe founded sideline of Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont 1621: Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and appanages Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen |
| Lippe-Alverdissen | County | n/a | n/a | 1621: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold | 1640: Acquired half of Schaumburg 1647: Renamed to Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Lippe-Biesterfeld | County | n/a | n/a | 1768: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold | 1781: Appanage Lippe-Falkenflucht created |
| Lippe-Brake | County | n/a | n/a | 1621: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold | 1709: Extinct; to Lippe-Detmold |
| Lippe-Detmold HRE Prince, Count & Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht | County 1789: Principality | Low Rhen | WE / PR | 1621: Partitioned from Lippe | 1762: Appanages Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Weissenfeld created 1789: HRE Prince |
| Lippe-Falkenflucht | County | n/a | n/a | 1781: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold from Lippe-Biesterfeld | |
| Lippe-Lippe | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1344: Partitioned from Lippe | 1365: Renamed to Lippe |
| Lippe-Rheda | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1344: Partitioned from Lippe | 1365: Extinct; to Lippe-Lippe in succession dispute with Tecklenburg 1401: To Tecklenburg |
| Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1568: Simon of Lippe acquired Spigelberg and Pyrmont through marriage | 1583: Extinct; to Gleichen-Tonna |
| Lippe-Weissenfeld | County | n/a | n/a | 1768: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold | |
| Livonia | Bishopric | n/a | n/a | 1186: Established at Üxküll | 1202: Renamed to the Bishopric of Riga |
| Livonian Order | Order of Chivalry | n/a | n/a | 1237: Created from the Swordbrothers Order remnants, within the Teutonic Order | 1346: Acquired Estonia 1435: Joined the Livonian Confederation 1561: Order abolished; Courland and Semigallia created; Estonia to Denmark and the rest to Lithuania |
| Lobkowitz Prince Lobkowitz, Duke of Roudnice, Princely Counts of Sternstein, etc. | Principality | Bav | PR | 1417: Nicholas of Újezd received Lobkovice in Bohemia; took the name Lobkowicz | 1459: HRE Baron 1562: Acquired Neustadt and Sternstein 1624: HRE Prince 1653: Bench of Secular Princes 1742: Bavarian Circle 1806: To Bavaria |
| Lohrbach | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1000: First mentioned as a property of the Lauffen family | 1219: To Dürn 1251: To Limpurg c. 1277: Partitioned from Limpurg 1291: To the Order of St. John 13??: Sold to Limpurg 1413: Sold to Palatinate-Mosbach 1499: To the Palatinate 1803: To Leiningen-Billigheim 1806: To Baden |
| Lommersum see: Kerpen | |||||
| Loon ' | County | n/a | n/a | 944 | 1015: First definitive mention of Loon 1108: Acquired Rieneck c. 1194: Acquired Duras 1227: Acquired Chiny 1336: Extinct; to Heinsberg 1366: To the Bishopric of Liège; Rieneck to the Archbishopric of Mainz |
| Looz-Corswarem Duke and HRE Princely Count of Looz, Hesbaye, Horne, Niel, Duke of Corswarem-Looz, Count of Fresing and Nieurlet, Upper-Court-Lord of the City and the Castellany of Cassel, Margrave of Ligny, Tongrinne and Pont-d'Oie, Baron of Longchamps and Cranewyck, Vice-Count of St. Gertrude at Liernu, Lord of the free City of Wavre, the City of Fleurus and the Lordships of Landelis, Bommeree, Denee, St. Marie, Vitry, Grand-Lez, Betisart, Clermont, Veleine, and other places | County 1734: Duchy | Low Rhen | PR | 12th Century: Emerged as a sideline of Loon in Corswarem, Ghoer, Nandrin and Fresin | 1250: Acquired Niel 1734: HRE Duchy 1795: All lands to France 1803: Compensated with Rheina-Wolbeck; Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle and Bench of Princes 1806: To Berg |
| Lorraine | 1048: Duchy | Upp Rhen | PR | 959: Upper Lotharingia divided from Lotharingia | 1048: Conferred upon Count Gerhard of Alsace 1473: Inherited by Vaudemont 1480: Permanently united with Bar 1552-1559: French occupation 1633-1659: French occupation 1670-1697: French occupation 1702-1714: French occupation 1766: To France |
| Lorraine-Nomény | Principality | n/a | PR | 1736: Personalist vote created for Francis of Lorraine | 1803: Reichstag seat revoked |
| Lorsch | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 764 | 852: Imperial immediacy 1232: To the Archbishopric of Mainz 1461: To the Palatinate 1556: Abbey dissolved |
| Löwenberg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1281: Partitioned from Jauer | 1281: Partitioned from Jauer into Löwenberg and Jauer 1285: Extinct; to Jauer |
| Löwenstein | 1494: County | Swab | SC | c. 1090: Territory acquired by Calw | 1123: Lowenstein founded by Calw 1255: To Calw-Löwenstein 1277: Sold to the Bishopric of Würzburg 1281: To Austria 1283: To of Schenkenberg who took the title Löwenstein 1382: Half sold to the Palatinate 1441: Rest sold to the Palatinate 1464: Extinct 1488: To Louis of Scharfeneck 1494: HRE Count of Löwenstein 1504: To Württemberg 1510: Löwenstein restored but as fief of Württemberg 1552: Partitioned into Löwenstein-Löwenstein and Löwenstein-Scharfeneck |
| Löwenstein-Löwenstein | County | Swab | SC | 1552: Partitioned from Löwenstein | 1574: Inherited 1/3 of Wertheim; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim |
| Löwenstein-Scharfeneck | County | Swab | SC | 1552: Partitioned from Löwenstein | 1622: Under imperial ban; sized by the Emperor 1633: Extinct 1634: To Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1794: To France 1815: To Bavaria |
| Löwenstein-Wertheim | County | Franc | FR | 1574: Renamed from Löwenstein-Löwenstein | 1611: Partitioned into Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
| Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen and Kasselburg | County 1711: Principality | Low Rhen | PR | 1803: Renamed from Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg | 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Baden and the Archbishopric of Regensburg, Württemberg and Bavaria |
| Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | County 1711: Principality | Franc | FR | 1611: Partitioned from Löwenstein-Wertheim | 1711: HRE Prince 1730: Acquired Rosenberg 1794: Lost left-bank territory to France 1803: Compensated with Bronnbach and Rothenfels; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
| Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen & Kasselburg | County 1711: Principality | Franc | PR | 1803: Renamed from Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | 1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt, Baden and the Archbishopric of Regensburg, Württemberg and Bavaria |
| Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1611: Partitioned from Löwenstein-Wertheim | 1794: Lost left-bank territory to France 1803: Compensated with Freudenberg; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg |
| Lower Alsace ' | Landgraviate | n/a | n/a | 1192: Enfeoffed upon Sigebert III of Werd | 1340: Half to Oettingen 1359: All to the Bishopric of Strasbourg 1648: To France |
| Lower Austria ' | Archduchy | Aust | n/a | 1379: Partitioned from Austria | 1493: Re-annexed to Austria |
| Lower Bavaria | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1255: Partitioned from Bavaria | 1340: Extinct; to Upper Bavaria 1349: Partitioned from Bavaria 1353: Partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing |
| Lower Isenburg | County | El Rhin | WE | Name given to the territories of the House of Isenburg in the original homelands after the acquisition of Büdingen in 1340 | 1439: Only Isenburg-Isenburg line remaining in Lower Isenburg, and became known as Lower Isenburg 1502: To Isenburg-Grenzau 1664: Isenburg-Grenzau extinct; to the Archbishopric of Trier |
| Lower Lotharingia ' | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 977: Emperor Otto II granted Lower Lorraine as a duchy to Charles, brother of Lothair of France, as a German fief | 1033: United with Upper Lorraine when Gozelo I succeeded 1106: Superseded by Counts of Leuven |
| Lower Salm See: Salm in the Ardennes | County | ||||
| Lübeck | Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 1149 | 1180: Imperial immediacy 1803: Secularised to Oldenburg as Principality of Lübeck below |
| Lübeck | Imperial City | Low Sax | RH | 1226: Free Imperial City | 1810: To France 1815: Sovereign Free City |
| Lübeck | Principality | Low Sax | 1803: Bishopric of Lübeck secularised for Oldenburg | 1810: To France 1814: To Oldenburg | |
| Lucerne | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1415: Free Imperial City | 1178: To Murbach Abbey 1291: To Austria 1332: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1415: Free Imperial City 1648: Left the Empire |
| Lüneburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1269: Partitioned from Brunswick and Lüneburg | 1369: Extinct; War of the Lüneburg Succession between Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Saxony 1373: To Saxony 1385: To Henry and Bernard I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1388: Saxony renounced claims to Lüneburg; henceforth known as Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Lustenau | Imperial Farm | n/a | n/a | 1395: Ceded to Hohenems from Werdenberg | 1759: To Austria 1790: To Harrach-Hohenems / Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1806: To Bavaria 1811: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1814: To Austria 1817: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1830: To Austria |
| Luxembourg ' Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein | 1059: County 1354: Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy | Burg | n/a | 963: To Sigfried of Ardennes | c. 1060: Title Count of Luxembourg first used by the Ardennes 1136: Extinct; to Namur 1196: To Burgundy 1197: To Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg 1353: To Bohemia 1354: HRE Duke 1364: Acquired Chiny 1443: To Burgundy 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1713: To the Austrian Netherlands 1795: To France 1815: Grand Duchy; in personal union with the Netherlands 1830: Partitioned between France, Belgium and Luxembourg |