| Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
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Waadt
See: Vaud | County |
| Wädenswil | Lordship
1330: Commandry | n/a | n/a | 1130: First mentioned | 1287: Sold to the Order of St John; attached to the Commandry of Bubikon
1330: Separate commandry
1549: Sold to Zürich
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Waldbott (Walpode) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1136: First mentioned | 1267: Acquired Waltmannshausen as fief of Dietz; known henceforth as Waldbott von Waltmannshausen |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim | Lordship
1654: Barony
1720: County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1337: Side line of Waldbott von Waltmannshausen established at Bassenheim | 1477: Acquired Olbrück
1512: Acquired Gudenau
1554: Partitioned into itself, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück and Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Gudenau
1652: Acquired half of Pyrmont
1654: HRE Baron; acquired Kransberg
1710: Acquired rest of Pyrmont
1788: Joined the Westphalian Counts' benches
1794: To France
1803: Compensated with Heggbach
1806: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1589: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Gudenau | Lordship
1659: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim | 1659: HRE Baron
1663: Acquired Odenhausen
1735: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld | Lordship
1646: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1589: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück | 1646: HRE Baron
1763: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim | 1589: Partitioned into Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim and itself
1744: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim |
| Waldbott von Waltmannshausen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1267: Renamed from Waldbott (Walpode) | 13th Century: Acquired Bassenheim
1337: Side line Waldbott von Bassenheim established |
| Waldburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1108: First mentioned | 1210: Extinct; inherited by and renamed from Tanne
1214: Side line Winterstetten founded
c. 1237: Partitioned into Waldburg-Rohrdorf, Waldburg-Waldburg and Waldburg-Warthausen |
| Waldburg-Capustigall | Lordship
1686: County | n/a | n/a | c. 1524: Line founded by Frederick I of Waldburg-Trauchburg in Prussia | 1686: HRE Count |
| Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer | Barony
1628: County | Swab | SC | 1580: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg | 1593: Acquired Trauchburg
1612: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg
1628: HRE Count
1696: Placed under Imperial administration
1717: Extinct; to Joseph William Eusebius of Waldburg-Trauchburg
1756: Extinct; to Leopold Augustus of Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg
1764: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg |
| Waldburg-Messkirch (Waldburg-Meßkirch) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1300: Partitioned from Waldburg-Rohrdorf | 1354: Extinct; to Zimmern by marriage |
| Waldburg-Rohrdorf | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg | c. 1300: Partitioned into Waldburg-Messkirch and itself
c. 1432: Extinct |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg | Lordship
1463: County | n/a | n/a | 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg | 1433: Acquired Scheer
1452: Acquired Friedberg
1455: Acquired Sonnenberg
1463: HRE Count
1474: Sold Sonnenberg to Austria
1480: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg | County | Swab | SC | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg | 1511: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg | 1483: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg | County | Swab | SC | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg | 1510: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Trauchburg | Lordship
16th Century: Barony
1628: County | Swab | SC | 1339: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg | 1365: Sold Isny its sovereign rights
1374: Sold Trauchburg to Waldburg-Waldburg
1386: Extinct
1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg
c. 1524: Side line Waldburg-Capustigall founded
15??: HRE Baron
1580: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Scheer and Friedberg
1593: Extinct; to Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer
1612: Partitioned from Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer
1628: HRE Count
1717: Partitioned into Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer and Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg |
| Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg | County | Swab | SC | 1717: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg | 1764: Acquired Scheer and Friedberg
1772: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Waldburg | Lordship | Swab | SC | c. 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1339: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg
1429: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Zeil
1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil
1600: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Warthausen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1290: Extinct; to Waldburg-Waldburg |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg | Lordship
1628: County | Swab | SC | 1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil | 1628: HRE Count
1672: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | County
1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg | 1803: HRE Prince
1806: To Württemberg |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg | County | Swab | SC | 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg | 1798: Extinct; to Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee |
| Waldburg-Zeil | Lordship
1628: County | Swab | SC | 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg | 1595: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg, Waldburg-Waldburg and itself
1628: HRE Count
1675: Partitioned into Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil and Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems | County | n/a | n/a | 1777: Established by marriage of Clemens of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg with Maria Walburga of Harrach-Rohrau, heiress of Hohenems | 1790: Acquired Lustenau
1806: To Bavaria
1811: Restored
1814: To Austria
1817: Restored
1830: Sold to Austria |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg | County
1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1779: Renamed from Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil | 1803: HRE Prince
1806: To Württemberg; Alt-Trauchburg to Bavaria |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach | County
1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil | 1803: HRE Prince
1806: To Württemberg; Ferthofen to Bavaria |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil | County | Swab | SC | 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil | 1772: Acquired Trauchburg
1777: Side line Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems founded
1779: Renamed to Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg |
| Waldeck | Lordship
1349: County
1692: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1219: Partitioned from Schwalenberg | 1349: HRE County
1397: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and Waldeck-Waldeck
1692: Reunited by Waldeck-Wildungen
1706: Appanage Waldeck-Bergheim created
1711: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont
1805: Partitioned from Waldeck and Pyrmont
1812: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau | Principality | Upp Rhen | WT / PR | 1711: Renamed from Waldeck | 1712: Bench of Secular Princes
1805: Partitioned into Waldeck and Pyrmont
1812: Reunited by Waldeck |
| Waldeck-Bergheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1706: Appanage created in Waldeck | 1816: Sideline Waldeck-Limpurg created |
| Waldeck-Eisenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck | 1539: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and itself
1607: Partitioned into Waldeck-Wildungen and itself
1625: Acquired Pyrmont
1682: HRE Prince
1692: Extinct; to Waldeck-Wildungen |
| Waldeck-Landau | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck | 1495: Extinct; divided between Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen
1539: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg
1597: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg |
| Waldeck-Waldeck | County | n/a | n/a | 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck | 1486: Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen |
| Waldeck-Wildungen | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck | 1598: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg
1607: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg
1692: Renamed to Waldeck |
| Waldsassen | Abbacy | Bav | SP | 1133: Abbey established | 1147: Imperial immediacy
1348: Sold Luby to Sparneck
1537: Made fief of the Palatinate
1571: Abbey dissolved
1661: Restored; fief of Bavaria
1803: Secularised and suppressed |
| Walkenried | Abbacy | Upp Sax | RP | 1137: Abbey established | 1542: Imperial immediacy
1593: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1629: Abbey restored
1631: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1648: Abbey secularised and suppressed |
Wallis
See: Valais | County |
| Wallmoden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1154: First mentioned; ministerialis of Hildesheim | 1529: Partitioned into Wallmoden-Heinde and Wallmoden-Alt-Wallmoden |
| Wallmoden-Alt-Wallmoden (Wallmoden Younger Line) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1529: Partitioned from Wallmoden; fief of Hildesheim |
| Wallmoden-Gimborn | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1783: Renamed from Wallmoden-Heinde; HRE Count | 1806: To Berg
1813: To Prussia |
| Wallmoden-Heinde (Wallmoden Elder Line) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1529: Partitioned from Wallmoden; fief of Hildesheim | 1782: Acquired Gimborn and Neustadt
1783: Renamed to Wallmoden-Gimborn |
Walpode
See: Waldbott | Lordship |
| Wangen im Allgäu | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1286: Free Imperial City | 1802: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg |
| Warburg | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1020: To the Bishopric of Paderborn | 1364: Joined the Hanseatic League
1622: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1802: To Prussia
1807: To Westphalia
1815: To Prussia |
| Warmia (Ermland) | Bishopric | n/a | n/a | 1243: Diocese established; 1/3 independent, 2/3 to the Teutonic Order | 1356: HRE Prince of the Empire
1454: Teutonic share to Poland as part of Royal Prussia
1466: Independence abolished
1772: To Prussia |
| Wartau | Lordship | n/a | n/a | Originally part of the territory of Pfäfers Abbey | 1261: To Wildenberg
1320: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
1413: Sold to Austria
1414: To Toggenburg
1429: To Thierstein
1483: Sold to Zürich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus and Zug in condominium
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland |
| Wartenberg | County | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1699: Renamed from Kolb von Wartenberg; HRE Count | 1707: Joined the Upper Rhenish Circle
1709: Acquired Mettenheim
1794: To France
1803: Compensated with Roth Abbey; renamed to Wartenberg-Roth |
| Wartenberg-Roth | County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1803: Renamed from Wartenberg | 1806: To Württemberg |
| Wasserburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 10th Century: To Kißlegg as advocates for St Gall's Abbey | 1280: Sold to Schellenberg
1386: Sold to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang
1439: To Montfort-Tettnang-Rothenfels
1574: To Montfort-Bregenz-Peggau
1592: Sold to Fugger-Weißenhorn
1690: To Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn
1755: Sold to Austria
1805: To Bavaria |
| Weida | Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1122: First mentioned | 1206: Title of "vogt" confirmed
1209: Partitioned into itself, Plauen and Gera and Greiz and Reichenbach
1421: Weida sold to Meissen
1454: Acquired Wildenfels
1531: Extinct; to Saxony |
| Weil | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1075: First mentioned; to Hirsau Abbey | c. 1275: Free Imperial City
1803: To Württemberg |
| Weimar | County | n/a | n/a | 949: First mentioned | 1062: Inherited by Orlamünde; renamed to Weimar-Orlamünde |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1062: Weimar and Orlamünde united | 1112: Extinct; succession war between Andechs-Meran and the Rhenish Palatinate
1121: To Siegfried II, pretender to the Rhenish Palatinate, who took the name Weimar-Orlamünde
1140: Extinct; to Brandenburg |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1170: Partitioned from Brandenburg | 1265: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde and Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal | County | n/a | n/a | 1295: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde | 1406: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg, itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein
1426: Sold Gräfenthal to Saxony
1460: Extinct |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Lauenstein | 1427: Lauenstein to Brandenburg
1486: Extinct; Schauenforst to Reuss von Plauen |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein | 1427: Lichtenberg to Waldenfels
1445: Magdala to Saxony
1447: Extinct |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1265: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde | 1295: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal
1344: Orlamünde sold to Meissen
1346: Made fief of Meissen
1411: Extinct; to Meissen |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Plassenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1285: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar | 1340: Extinct; to the Burgraviate of Nuremberg |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar | County | n/a | n/a | 1265: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde | 1285: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Plassenburg
1312: Acquired Wiehe
1321: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Wiehe
1346: Made fief of Meissen
1365: Extinct; permanently attached to Meissen |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Wiehe | County | n/a | n/a | 1321: Partitioned from Weimar-Weimar | 1346: Made fief of Meissen
1367: To Brunswick
1372: Extinct |
| Weingarten | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1056: Abbey established | 1268: Protectorate of Austria
1274: Imperial immediacy
1613: Acquired Blumenegg
1803: To Nassau-Orange-Fulda; secularised and suppressed
1806: To Württemberg |
| Weinsberg | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1283: Half made Free Imperial City | 1417: Semi-independence revoked
1420: Joined the Weinsberg League
1430: Free Imperial City
1440: To the Palatinate
1504: To Württemberg
1546: To Austria
1635: To Trauttmansdorff
1646: To Württemberg
1649: To Württemberg-Neuenstadt
1742: To Württemberg |
| Weinsberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: First mentioned; Imperial fortress | 1140: Given to ministerialis of Schwäbisch Gmünd, who took the name Weinsberg
1283: City of Weinsberg acquired half-sovereignty
1325: Partitioned into itself and Scheuerberg
1401: Acquired Reichelsberg
1430: City of Weinsberg acquired full sovereignty
1450: Sold all but Reichelsberg to the Palatinate
1507: Extinct; to Würzburg |
| Weissenau (Weißenau) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1145: Abbey established | c. 1260: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid
1806: To Württemberg |
Weissenburg in Alsace
(Weißenburg; Wissembourg) | Abbacy
1524: Provostry | Upp Rhen | EC | c. 660: Abbey established | 8th Century: Imperial immediacy
1524: Converted to secular provostry
1546: In personal union with the Bishopric of Speyer
1678: Made part of France
1789: Abbey suppressed |
Weissenburg in Alsace
(Weißenburg; Wissembourg) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1354: Free Imperial City | 1648: Made part of France
1678: Formally ceded to France |
Weissenburg in Bavaria
(Weißenburg im Nordgau) | Imperial City | Franc | SW | 1296: Free Imperial City | 1802: To Bavaria
1804: To Prussia
1806: To Bavaria |
| Welzheim | Lordship | Franc | FR | Originally a territory of Limpurg | 1379: Half sold to Württemberg
1418: Remainder sold to Württemberg
1718: To Graevenitz
1728: Joined the Franconian Counts
1733: To Württemberg |
| Werd | County | n/a | n/a | 1189: Title assumed by the Landgraves of Alsace | 1218: Partitioned into itself and Rixingen
c. 1340: Sold to Oettingen with remainder of Alsace
1344: Extinct |
Werden
See also: St Ludger | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 809 | Always in personal union with St Ludger in Helmstedt
877: HRE Prince of the Empire; imperial immediacy
1803: To Prussia
1806: To Berg
1808: To Westphalia
1815: To Prussia |
| Werdenberg | County | n/a | n/a | Name given to the descendents of Rudolf I, co-Count of Montfort (1228-1243) | 1258: Werdenberg-Heiligenberg and Werdenberg-Sargans partitioned from Montfort |
| Werdenberg-Alpeck | County | n/a | n/a | 1349: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | 1385: Sold to Ulm
1416: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Bludenz | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1394: Sold to Austria
1418: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Montfort | 1274: Acquired Oberschwaben and Churwalden
1277: Acquired Heiligenberg
1377/8: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Werdenberg, Werdenberg-Rheineck, Werdenberg-Bludenz and itself
1413: Sold to Austria
1414: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1441: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | 1475: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen, itself and Werdenberg-Sigmaringen
1503: Extinct; divided between Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen and Werdenberg-Sigmaringen
1508: Renamed from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen
1534: Extinct in male line
1535: Divided between Fürstenberg and Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
| Werdenberg-Rheineck | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1395: Acquired Werdenberg-Werdenberg
1395: Most sold to Austria
1402: Werdenberg to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang
1428: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen |
| Werdenberg-Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Montfort | 1289: Acquired Alpeck
1312: Partitioned into itself and Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen
1342: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz and Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans |
| Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1342: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans | 1396: Sold to Austria
1436: Repurchased Sargans from Austria; rest remained lost
1483: Sold to the Swiss Confederation
1501: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz | County | n/a | n/a | 1342: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans | 1416: Extinct; to Brandis |
| Werdenberg-Sigmaringen | County | n/a | n/a | 1475: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1508: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen |
| Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | County | n/a | n/a | 1312: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans (in Alpeck) | 1316: Acquired Trochtelfingen
1349: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Alpeck and itself
1399: Acquired Sigmaringen and Veringen
1413: Sold Schmalegg to Ravensburg
1434: Acquired Werdenberg-Rheineck
1441: Partitioned into itself and Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
1475: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, then given to George III
1508: Renamed to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg |
| Werdenberg-Werdenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1390: Extinct; succession war between Werdenberg-Rheineck and Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans
1395: To Werdenberg-Rheineck |
| Werdenfels | County | n/a | n/a | Originally to Eschenlohe | 1294: To Freising
1803: To Bavaria |
| Werl | County | n/a | n/a | 987: First mentioned | 1062: Lost the Emsgau to the Archbishopric of Bremen
c. 1070: Partitioned into Werl-Arnsberg and Werl-Werl |
| Werl-Arnsberg | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1070: Partitioned from Werl | 1124: Extinct in male line
1132: To Cuijk-Arnsberg by marriage |
| Werl-Werl | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1070: Partitioned from Werl | 1102: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne |
| Werle | Principality | n/a | n/a | c. 1235: Partitioned from Mecklenburg | 1282: Partitioned into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Parchim
1307: Reunited by Werle-Parchim
1316: Partitioned into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Goldberg
1425: Reunited by Werle-Güstrow
1436: Extinct; 1/3 to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 2/3 to Mecklenburg-Stargard |
| Werle-Goldberg | 1316: Principality | n/a | n/a | 1316: Partitioned from Werle | 1375: Extinct; to Werle-Waren |
| Werle-Güstrow | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1282: Partitioned from Werle | 1307: Extinct; to Werle-Parchim
1316: Partitioned from Werle
1347: Partitioned into itself and Werle-Waren
1425: Renamed to Werle |
| Werle-Parchim | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1282: Partitioned from Werle | 1307: Renamed to Werle |
| Werle-Waren | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1347: Partitioned from Werle-Güstrow | 1425: Extinct; to Werle-Güstrow |
| Wernigerode | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1121: First mentioned | 1268: Made fief of Brandenburg
1381: Made fief of Magdeburg
1429: Extinct; to Stolberg |
| Wertheim | County | Franc | FR | 1132: Established as a branch of the Reginbodons | 1329: Acquired part of Breuberg
1497: Acquired all of Breuberg
1407: Partitioned into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Wertheim
1509: Reunited by Wertheim-Breuberg
1556: Extinct; to Stolberg-Königstein
1574: To Löwenstein-Wertheim
1806: Divided between Baden and Bavaria |
| Wertheim-Breuberg | County | Franc | FR | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim | 1482: Partitioned into itself and Wertheim-Freudenberg
1509: Renamed to Wertheim |
| Wertheim-Freudenberg | County | Franc | FR | 1482: Partitioned from Wertheim-Breuberg | 1509: Extinct; to Wertheim-Breuberg |
| Wertheim-Wertheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim | 1497: Extinct; to Wertheim-Breuberg |
| Westphalia | Duchy | n/a | n/a | Originally part of the Stem Duchy of Saxony | 1180: To the Archbishopric of Cologne
1202: Acquired Werl
1368: Acquired Arnsberg
1803: To Hesse-Darmstadt
1815: To Prussia |
| Westerburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1198: First mentioned; to Leiningen | 1209: First mentioned as territory of Runkel after transfer by marriage
1227: To Runkel-Westerburg
1467: To Leiningen-Westerburg
1547: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg
1597: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg
1698: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
1806: To Berg
1815: To Prussia |
| Wettenhausen | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1130: Abbey established | unknown: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Bavaria; secularised and suppressed |
| Wetzlar | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1180: Free Imperial City | 1803: To the Archbishopric of Regensburg
1810: To Frankfurt
1815: To Prussia |
| Wiblingen | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1093: Abbey established; to Kirchberg | 1504: Sold to Austria
1701: Acquired autonomy
1805: To Bavaria
1806: To Württemberg; secularised and suppressed |
| Wickrath (Wickerode; Wykradt) | Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 1105: First mentioned; to Are | 1144: To Are-Hochstaden
1166: To Are-Wickrath
1309: Extinct; to Guelders
14th Century: To Broichhausen as fief of Guelders
1482: To Hompesch as fief of Austria
1488: Imperial immediacy
1502: To Quadt-Buschfeld
1518: To Quadt-Wickrath
1599: To Quadt-Wickrath-Schwanenberg
1752: Joined the Westphalian Counts
1794: To France
1815: To Prussia |
| Wied | County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: First mentioned; gau counts of the Engersgau, fiefs of the County Palatine of the Rhine | 1190: Acquired Olbrück
1244: 1st Extinct; divided between Isenburg-Wied and Eppstein
1306: Eppstein share sold to Virneburg
1462: Isenburg-Wied extinct; to Runkel-Runkel who took the name Wied-Runkel |
Wied-Neuwied
Count of Wied & Isenburg, Lord of Runkel | County
1784: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1533: Partitioned from Wied-Runkel | 1535: Extinct; to Wied-Runkel
1581: Partitioned from Wied-Runkel
1631: Partitioned into itself and Wied-Runkel
1784: HRE Prince
1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
Wied-Runkel
Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen | County
1791: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1454: Renamed from Runkel-Runkel after acquisition of half of Wied | 1462: Acquired remainder of Wied
1493: Acquired Moers
1519: Moers to Neuenahr-Bedburg
1533: Partitioned into itself and Wied-Neuwied
1581: Partitioned into Wied-Neuwied and itself
1612: Extinct; to Wied-Neuwied
1631: Partitioned from Wied-Neuwied
1709: Extinct; to Maximilian Henry of Wied-Neuwied
1791: HRE Prince
1806: To Berg (Runkel) and the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt)
1815: Runkel to Prussia |
| Wiesensteig | Lordship | Swab | SC | 12th Century: To Helfenstein | 1356: To Helfenstein-Wiesensteig
1627: Divided between Fürstenberg-Meßkirch, Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen-Baldern
1642: Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen shares sold to Bavaria
1752: Fürstenberg share sold to Bavaria
1806: To Württemberg |
| Wiesentfels | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1333: To Giech as fief of Bamberg | 1412: 2/3 given to Schaumberg as fief of Bamberg
1632: To Salis
1654: To Giech
1806: To Bavaria |
| Wiesentheid | Lordship | Franc | FR | Originally to Würzburg | 1681: To Dernbach
1697: To Hatzfeld-Gleichen
1701: To Schönborn-Eschbach by marriage
1711: To Schönborn-Buchheim
1717: To Schönborn-Wiesentheid
1806: To Bavaria; then Würzburg
1814: To Bavaria |
| Wildgraviate | Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: Gau counts in the Nahegau assumed the title Wildgrave | 1113: Partitioned into Veldenz and itself
c. 1148: Partitioned into itself and Baumburg
1258: Partitioned into Kyrburg and Dhaun |
| Wildenberg | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1126: First mentioned | 1257: Acquired advocacy of Disentis Abbey
1261: Acquired advocacy of Pfäfers Abbey, Freudenberg and Wartenstein
1302: Extinct in male line
1334: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg by marriage |
| Wildenburg in Eifel | Lordship | n/a | n/a | c. 1195: First mentioned; to the younger line of Reifferscheid | 1328: Extinct in male line
1335: Sold to Jülich |
| Wildenburg in Wildenburger Land | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from Arenberg | 1418: Extinct; to Hatzfeld
1794: To Mainz
1806: To Berg
1815: To Prussia |
| Wildeshausen | County | n/a | n/a | 1143: Partitioned from Oldenburg | 1199: Partitioned into Bruchhausen and itself
1270: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Bremen |
| Wimpfen | Imperial City | Swab | SW | c. 1300: Free Imperial City | 1803: To Baden; then to Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Windisch-Graetz | Lordship
1682: County | Swab | FR / SW | 1218: First mentioned; knights in the service of Andechs-Meran | 1251: To the Patriarchate of Aquileia
1270: To Styria
1341: To Patriarchate of Aquileia
1401: To Styria
1629: Relocated to Bohemia
1682: HRE Count
1802: Partitioned into Windisch-Graetz Elder Line and Windisch-Graetz Younger Line |
| Windisch-Graetz Elder Line | County
1804: Principality | Swab | FR / SW | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Graetz | 1804: Acquired Eglofs
1806: Eglofs to Württemberg |
| Windisch-Graetz Younger Line | County | n/a | n/a | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Graetz |
| Windsheim | Imperial City | Franc | SW | By 1248: Free Imperial City | 1802: To Bavaria
1804: To Prussia
1807: To France
1810: To Bavaria |
| Winneburg | Lordship
1652: County | Low Rhen | WE | 13th Century: First mentioned | 1362: Acquired Beilstein as fief of Trier
1488: To Trier
1503: Restored
1637: Extinct; to Trier
1652: To Metternich-Winneburg and Beilstein
1794: To France
To Prussia |
| Winterstetten | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1214: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1243: Extinct; to Schmalegg by marriage
1331: To Austria
1438: To Waldburg |
Wissembourg
See: Weissenburg in Alsace | Abbacy |
Wissembourg
See: Weissenburg in Alsace | Imperial City |
| Wittgenstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1174: First mentioned; to Battenburg | 1238: Partitioned from Battenburg
1295: Made fief of Cologne
1322: Acquired Berleburg
1361: Extinct; to Sayn-Homburg who took the name Sayn-Wittgenstein |
| Wolfratshausen | County | n/a | n/a | c. 1030: Partitioned from Diessen | 1073: Acquired Thanning
1121: Acquired Tegernsee
1157: Extinct; to Andechs |
| Wolfstein | Lordship
1522: Barony
1673: County | Bav | FR | 1290: Renamed from Sulzbürg | 1305: Acquired Allersberg as fief of Eichstätt
1322: Partitioned into Wolfstein-Wolfstein, Wolfstein-Sulzbürg and Wolfstein-Allersberg
1516: Reunited by Wolfstein-Sulzbürg
1522: HRE Baron; Bavarian Circle
1673: HRE Count; Franconian Bench of Counts
1740: Extinct; divided between Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Giech
1768: Sold to Bavaria |
| Wolfstein-Allersberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein as fief of Bavaria-Landshut | 1474: Extinct; Allersberg to Bavaria-Landshut, rest to Wolfstein-Sulzbürg |
| Wolfstein-Sulzbürg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein | 1353: Imperial immediacy
1403: Acquired Niedersulzbürg
1420: Partitioned into itself and Wolfstein-Untersulzbürg
1516: Renamed to Wolfstein |
| Wolfstein-Untersulzbürg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1420: Partitioned from Wolfstein-Sulzbürg | 1516: Extinct; to Wolfstein-Sulzbürg |
| Wolfstein-Wolfstein | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein | 1346: Acquired Pyrbaum
1353: Imperial immediacy
1362: Acquired Mühlhausen
1383: Extinct; divided between Wolfstein-Sulzbürg and Wolfstein-Allersberg |
| Worms | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 346: Diocese first mentioned | 861: Imperial immediacy
1793: Left bank to France
1803: Right bank to Hesse-Darmstadt
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| Worms | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1074: Free Imperial City | 1792: To France
1815: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
Wurmbrand-Stuppach
HRE Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Baron of Steyersberg, Reittenau | Lordship
1607: Barony
1701: County | n/a | FC | 1194: First mentioned; fief of Styria | 1607: HRE Baron
1701: HRE Count
1726: Joined the Franconian Counts (personalist) |
| Württemberg (Wirtemberg; Wurttemberg) | Lordship
1135: County
1495: Duchy
1803: Electorate
1806: Kingdom | Swab | PR | 1081: First mentioned | 1135: HRE Count
1251: Acquired Stuttgart
1381: Acquired Teck
1442: Partitioned into Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart
1482: Reunited by Württemberg-Urach
1495: HRE Duke
1519: Württemberg proper to Austria
1526: Württemberg-Mömpelgard split off
1534: Restored
1553: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Mömpelgard
1593: Inherited by Württemberg-Mömpelgard
1617: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen, Württemberg-Neuenbürg and Württemberg-Neustadt
1649: Appanages Württemberg-Neuenbürg and Württemberg-Neustadt created
1677: Appanage Württemberg-Winnental created
1733: Inherited by Württemberg-Winnental
1803: HRE Elector
1806: King1792: Reunited |
| Württemberg-Bernstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1672: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels | 1697: Inherited and renamed to Württemberg-Oels; Bernstadt to Charles of Württemberg-Juliusburg
1745: Extinct; to Württemberg-Oels |
| Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1649: Side line Württemberg-Oels founded
1705: Extinct; to Württemberg |
| Württemberg-Juliusburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1672: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels | 1697: Acquired Württemberg-Bernstadt; Juliusburg to Württemberg-Oels |
| Württemberg-Mömpelgard (Württemberg-Montbéliard) | County
1526: Principality
1553: Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1473: Partitioned from Württemberg-Urach | 1482: To Württemberg-Urach
1526: Partitioned from Württemberg
1534: To Württemberg
1553: Partitioned from Württemberg
1593: Inherited Württemberg
1617: Partitioned from Württemberg
1723: Extinct; to Württemberg |
| Württemberg-Neuenbürg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1622: Extinct; to Württemberg
1649: Appanage created within Württemberg
1671: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Württemberg-Neuenstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1631: Extinct; to Württemberg
1649: Appanage created within Württemberg
1679: Acquired Gochsheim
1742: Extinct; appanage abolished |
| Württemberg-Oels | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1649: Line established when Silvius Nimrod of Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen acquired Oels by marriage | 1672: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Bernstadt and Württemberg-Juliusburg
1697: Extinct; to Charles Ulrich I of Württemberg-Bernstadt
1704: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Wilhelminenort
1805: Extinct; to Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Württemberg-Stuttgart | County | n/a | n/a | 1442: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1482: Sovereignty surrendered to Württemberg-Urach in exchange for succession to the united state |
| Württemberg-Urach | County | n/a | n/a | 1442: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1444: Acquired Montbéliard
1473: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Mömpelgard
1482: Renamed to Württemberg |
| Württemberg-Wilhelminenort | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1704: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels | 1744: Inherited Württemberg-Oels; appanage abolished |
| Württemberg-Winnental | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1677: Appanage created in Württemberg | 1733: Inherited Württemberg; appanage abolished |
| Würzburg | Bishopric | Franc | EC | 743: Diocese established | 1168: Acquired East Franconia
1441: HRE Duke
1803: To Bavaria
1805: To the Grand Duchy of Würzburg
1814: To Bavaria |
| Würzburg | Electorate
1806: Grand Duchy | Franc | EL | 1805: Former Bishopric of Würzburg given to the Elector of Salzburg in exchange for Salzburg | 1806: Grand Duke
1814: To Bavaria |
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