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	1461	Jean de Bruges, Heer van Gruuthuse (+ 1512)	Extinct 1742
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
	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 1951
	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