Reichsfürsten

Originally a Reichsfürst was a noble who had his fief directly from the Emperor, which meant that in the Middle Ages Kings, Dukes, Counts and (Arch-)bishops were considered Reichsfürsten. In the beginning of the 16th century Reichsfürst became a title in itself.

Title
Creation
First holder and succession
Remarks
Münsterberg
1459
Viktorin Podiebrad (1443-1500)
Extinct 1647
Steenhuys
1475 ca.
Jean de Bruges, Heer van Gruuthuse (+ 1512)
Extinct 1572
Chimay
9-4-1486
Charles de Croy (1460-1527), inherited by Arenberg, Hénin-Liétard and Riquet de Caraman


1494
Hoch- und Deutschmeister
Since 1929 clerical order
Piombino
8-11-1509
Jacopo IV Appiano d’Aragona (1459/60-1510)
Extinct 1510

1517
Imre Perényi v. Siklós (+ 1519)
Extinct 1567
Epinoy
1545
Hugues de Melun, inherited by Rohan
Extinct 1787

1547
Mikolaj Radziwiłł (1515-1565)

Val di Taro
1551
Don Agostino Landi, 5.Conte della Val di Taro (+ 1555), inherited by Doria
Extinct 1633
Gavre
1553
Lamoraal van Egmond (1522-1568), inherited by Pignatelli
Extinct 1801

1553
Don Marcantonio Doria del Carretto, Principe di Melfi (1513-1578)
Extinct 1578
Sedan
1560
Henri Robert de la Marck (+ 1574), inherited by de La Tour d’Auvergne
Annexed by France 1642
Massa and Carrara
23-8-1568
Alberico Cybo-Malaspina (+ 1623), inherited by Modena and Austria-Este


5-3-1576
Carl Graf v. Arenberg

Piombino
1594
Cosimo Iacopo Appiano (1581-1603), inherited by Mendoza, Ludovisi and Boncompagni-Ludovisi

Masserano
1598
Don Francesco Filiberto Ferrero-Fieschi (1576-1629)
Sold to Sardinia in 1767, extinct 1833

1601
Lamoral Comte de Ligne (1563-1624)


20-12-1608
23-6-1620
12-9-1623
Karl Graf v.u.zu Liechtenstein (1569-1627)
Elder branch extinct 1712

26-3-1621
Maximilian Graf v. Dietrichstein (1596-1655)
Extinct 1858

1621
Gabór Bethlen de Iktár (1580-1629)
Extinct 1629

8-1-1623
Philipp Otto Graf v. Salm (1576-1634)
Extinct 1738, renewed for elder branch 1739

1623
Albrecht Graf v. Wallenstein (1583-1634)
Extinct 1634

1623
Jerzy Czartoryski (ca. 1550-1626/32)


1623
Johann Ulrich Freiherr v. Eggenberg (1568-1634)
Extinct 1717

17-8-1624
Zdenko Adalbert v. Lobkowicz


10-11-1626
Giovanni Aquino, Principe di Pietralcina (+ 1632)
Extinct 1690
Robech
31-7-1630
Jean de Montmorency (1581-1631), inherited by Cossé-Brissac, Lévis-Mirepoix and Durfort-Civrac
Extinct 1972

26-9-1632
Don Bernardino Savelli (1604-1658)
Extinct 1672

1634
Jerzy Ossolinski (1595-1650)
Extinct 1650

3-10-1650
Don Ottavio Piccolomini d’Aragona (1599-1656)
Extinct 1757

8-10-1650
Johann Ludwig Graf v. Nassau-Hadamar (1590-1653)
Extinct 1711

25-11-1652
Ludwig Heinrich Graf v. Nassau-Dillenburg (1594-1662)
Extinct 1739

1652
Franz Graf v. Nassau-Siegen (1627-1699)
Extinct 1743

17-9-1653
Johann Weikhard Graf v. Auersperg (1615-1677)


1654
Wilhelm Friedrich Graf v. Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664)
Extinct 1890 (Kings of the Netherlands)

21-4-1654
Carlo Centurione-Scotto (+ 1663)

Venosa
1656
Don Ugo Boncompagni, Duca di Sora e Arce (1614-1676)


1656
Enno Ludwig Graf v. Ostfriesland (1632-1660)
Extinct 1660, renewed 1662, extinct 1744

1659
Don Agostino Chigi della Rovere (1634-1705)


17-2-1662
Conte Palatino Giovanni Ferdinando Porcia (1605-1665)
Extinct 1980, renewed (recognized by Order of Malta) 1980

12-5-1664
Hermann Egon Landgraf zu Fürstenberg (1627-1674)
Extinct 1716, renewed for younger branches 10-12-1716

6-6-1668
Don Giovanni Battista Rospigliosi (1646-1722)


14-7-1670
Johann Adolf Graf zu Schwarzenberg


24-4-1679
Don Antonio Gaetano Gallio Trivulzio
Extinct 1767

7-12-1687/
23-5-1712
Paul Baron Esterházy v. Galántha
First ad personam

4-8-1688
Georg August Graf v. Nassau-Idstein (1665-1621)
Extinct 1721

4-8-1688
Walrad Graf v. Nassau-Usingen (1635-1702)
Extinct 1816

4-8-1688
Johann Ernst Graf v. Nassau-Weilburg (1664-1719)
Extinct 1912 (Granddukes of Luxemburg)

1689
Leopold Philipp Graf Montecuccoli (1663-1698)
Extinct 1698

1691
Franz Anton Graf v. Losenstein (1642-1692)
Extinct 1692

1695
Constantin Brancoveanu (1654-1714)
Extinct 1833
Thurn und Taxis
4-10-1695
Eugen Alexander Graf v. Thurn u. Valsassina u. Taxis (1652-1714)

Vergagni (Vergagne)
1696
Giambattista Spinola
Lost title in 1712 because of fellonies

3-9-1697
Albrecht Anton Graf v. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1641-1710)
Extinct 1971

3-9-1697
Christian Wilhelm Graf v. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1647-1721)
Extinct 1909

26-3-1699
Conte Don Filippo Prospero Hercolani (1663-1722)


1700 ca.
Ercole Giuseppe Turinetti (1658-1726)
Ad personam

1700 ca.
Johann Philipp Graf v. Lamberg (1651-1712)
Extinct 1797, renewed for younger branch 1797, lost title 1862
Pescara
12-3-1704
Don Cesare Michelangelo d’Avalos d’Aquino d’Aragona


28-8-1704
John Churchill (1650-1722)
Extinct 1722
Mindelheim
18-11-1705
John Churchill (1650-1722)
Extinct 1722

30-10-1708
Don Ettore Carafa, 7.Duca di Forli (162-1728)
Extinct 1764
Soragna
4-9-1709
Giampaolo Maria Meli-Lupi, 6.Marchese di Soragna (1654-1729)


18-3-1710
Don Carlo Albani (1687-1724)
Extinct 1852

10-7-1710
Mihály II Reichsgraf Apafi de Apanagyfalu (1676-1713)
Ad personam

3-4-1711
Maximilian Carl Graf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort


6-1-1712
Friedrich Anton Ulrich Graf v. Waldeck u. Pyrmont (1676-1728)


20-3-1714
Don Baldassare Odescalchi (1683-1746)


22-11-1715
Don Carlo Carafa, 2.Principe della Guardia (1678-1717)
Extinct 1829

26-11-1715
Don Marino Caracciolo, 5.Principe di Avelino (1668-1720)
Extinct 1932

1716
Don Giuseppe Alliata, 4.Principe di Villafranca (1684-1727)?

Cardona
1-10-1716
José Alonso Lino Folch de Cardona y Eril (1651-1730)
Extinct 1739

12-3-1720
Don Vincenzo Carafa-Cantelmo-Stuart (1660-1726), Principe di Roccella


27-10-1720
Simon Heinrich Adolf Graf zur Lippe-Detmold (1694-1734)
Extinct 1905

13-11-1722
Marc de Beauvau-Craon (1679-1754)
Extinct 1982

1723
Don Vincenzo Giovanni e Zappata, Principe di Castelbianco (+ 1730)
Extinct 17..

1723
Antonio Pignatelli de Aragón (1700-1746)
Extinct 193.

24-8-1724
Don Ferdinando Bernualdo Filippo Orsini, Duca di Gravina, Principe di Solofra (1685-1734)


16-4-1726
Don Ambrogio Caracciolo, Principe di Torchiarolo (1699-1746)


7-5-1731
Don Giovanni Domenico Milano d’Aragona, Principe di Ardore (1675-1740)
Extinct 1911

18-7-1734
Franz Albrecht Graf v. Oettingen-Spielberg


1742
Louis Joseph d’Albert de Luynes, Prince de Grimbergen (1672-1758)
Extinct 1758

18-2-1742
Friedrich Karl Graf zu Stolberg-Gedern
Extinct 1804

22-5-1742
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf zu Solms-Braunfels
Extinct 1970

1743
Charles Louis Foucquet, Duc de Gisors (1684-1761)
Extinct 1761

23-3-1744
Wolfgang Ernst Graf zu Ysenburg und Büdingen (Birstein)


21-5-1744
Karl Philipp Graf zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein


21-5-1744
Philipp Ernst Graf zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst


1-1-1747
Stephan Wilhelm Kinsky, Graf v. Wchinitz u. Tettau


2-11-1754
Alexander Josef Graf Sulkowski (1695-1752)


8-6-1757
Joseph de Bauffremont-Courtenay (1714-1781)


28-5-1759
Victor François 2.Duc de Broglie (1718-1804)

Torriglia u. Santo Stefano d’Aveto
1760
Don Giovanni Andrea IV Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Principe di Melfi
Extinct 1958

1761
Charles Hyacinthe de Galléan des Issarts (1737-after 1763)
Extinct ca. 1763

24-12-1763
Rudolf Josef Graf v. Colloredo zu Waldsee (1706-1788)


30-12-1763
Johann Joseph Graf v. Khevenhüller-Metsch


3-1-1764
Károly József Graf Batthyány-Strattmann (1697-1772)
Extinct 1772, renewed 15-4-1772, extinct 1914

7-1-1764
Philipp and August Graf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Elder branch renamed Hohenlohe-Oehringen

7-1-1764
Karl August Graf zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1707-1767)
Extinct 1861

7-1-1764
Ludwig Graf zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Kaunitz-Rietberg
1764
Wenzel Anton Graf v. Kaunitz (1711-1794)
Extinct 1848

18-11-1765
Georg Adam Graf v. Starhemberg
Extinct 1860, renewed for younger branch

2-2-1767
Franz Wenzel Graf v. Clary u. Aldringen


21-7-1769
Grigori Grigorievitch Orlov (1734-1783)
Extinct 1783
Belgioioso
5-8-1769
Don Antonio Barbiano di Belgioioso (1693-1779)
Extinct 1944

1-8-1769
Wenzel Paar (1719-1792)

Montbarrey
5-3-1774
Alexandre de Saint Mauris Montbarrey (1732-1795)
Extinct 1795

5-3-1774
Kraft Ernst Graf zu Oettingen-Wallerstein


1776
Grigori Potemkin
Extinct 1791
Nassau d’Auverquerque
31-1-1778
George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3.Earl Cowper (1738-1789)
Extinct 1905

12-5-1778
Heinrich XI Graf Reuß zu Greiz
Extinct 1927

3-7-1779
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Graf zu Leiningen-Dagsburg


24-7-1783
Karl Joseph Graf v. Palm-Gundelfingen (1749-1814)
Extinct 1851

1784
Antal Graf Grassalcovich v. Gyárak (1734-1794)
Extinct 1841

29-5-1784
Johann Friedrich Alexander Graf zu Wied-Neuwied


27-11-1788
Vinzenz Joseph Graf v. Schrattenbach (1747-1816)
Ad personam
Bretzenheim
1789
Karl August Graf v. Heideck (1769-1823)
Extinct 1863

9-10-1790
Wolfgang Franz Xaver Graf v. Orsini u. Rosenberg


9-10-1790
Otto Karl Friedrich Graf v. Schönburg (Waldenburg)


12-10-1790
Carl Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1750-1838)


22-7-1791
Christian Ludwig Graf zu Wied-Runkel (1732-1791)
Extinct 1824

14-7-1792
Carl Graf zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1725-1803)


4-9-1792
Christian Heinrich Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg


1801
Lady Augusta Berkeley (1750-1828)
Ad personam

20-6-1801
Friedrich Karl Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein


21-3-1803
Joseph Anton Xaver Reichserbtruchseß Freiherr v. Waldburg, Graf zu Wolfegg


21-3-1803
Maximilian Wunibald Reichserbtruchseß Freiherr v. Waldburg, Graf zu Zeil


21-3-1803
Eberhard Reichserbtruchseß Freiherr v. Waldburg, Graf zu Zeil in Wurzach
Extinct 1903

30-6-1803
Franz Georg Graf v. Metternich-Winneburg
Extinct 1992

1-8-1803
Anton Anselm Graf Fugger zu Babenhausen


10-12-1803
Prosper Graf v. Sinzendorf (1751-1822)
Extinct 1822

7-1-1804
Franz Wilhelm Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedbur
Extinct 1958

24-5-1804
Alfred Graf zu Windisch-Graetz (1787-1862)


12-1-1805
Ferdinand Graf v.u.zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg


9-4-1806
Heinrich LI Graf Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1761-1822)
Extinct 1853

9-4-1806
Heinrich XLII Graf Reuß zu Schleiz (1752-1818)
Extinct 1945
End of the Holy Roman Empire 6-8-1806

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