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Copyright © Val Rozn 1999-2002


The Secular Voices in the Council of Princes (Fürstenrat)
of the Imperial Assembly (Reichstag) in 1582



Austria (the Austria Habsburgs);
Tyrol (the Austria Habsburgs);
Styria (the Austria Habsburgs);
Burgundy (the Spanish Habsburgs);
Bavaria (the Bavarian Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Kaiserslautern/Lautern (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Simmern (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Neuburg (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Zweibrücken (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Veldenz  (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Saxe-Weimar (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Eisenach (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Coburg (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Altenburg (the Ernestine Wettins);
Ansbach & Bayreuth (the Franconian Hohenzollerns);
Brunswick-Celle (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Kalenberg (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (the Welfs);
Hither Pomerania;
Farther Pomerania;
Mecklenburg-Schwerin (the Niklotides);
Mecklenburg-Güstrow (the Niklotides);
Württemberg;
Hesse-Kassel (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Darmstadt (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Rheinfels (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Marburg (the Brabant house);
Baden-Baden (the Zähringens);
Baden-Durlach (the Zähringens);
Baden-Hochberg (the Zähringens);
Baden-Sausenberg (the Zähringens);
Holstein-Glückstadt (the Danish Oldenburgs);
Holstein-Gottorp(the Gottorp Oldenburgs);
Saxony-Lauenburg (the Lauenburg Ascaniens);
Savoy;
Leuchtenberg;
Anhalt (the Anhalt Ascaniens);
Henneberg;
Lorraine;
Mömpelgard (Württemberg)
Arenberg (the Ligne house).





The Council of Princes (Fürstenrat) in 1793


The Ecclesiastical bench (Geistlichebank)

Austria
Burgundy (Austria)
Salzburg
Besançon
The Teutonic Order
Bamberg
Würzburg
Worms
Eichstaedt
Speyer
Strassburg
Konstanz
Augsburg
Hildesheim
Paderborn
Freising
Regensburg
Passau
Trient
Brixen
Basel
Münster
Osnabrück
Lüttich
Lübeck
Chur
Fulda
Kempten
Ellwangen
The Order of St.John
Berchtesgaden
Weissenburg
Prüm
Stablo
Korvey
the Pretates of Swabia
the Pretates of the Rhine


The Pretates of Swabia

Baindt
Elchingen
Gengenbach
Gutenzell
Heggbach
Irsee
Kaisheim / Kaiserheim
Marchtal
Neresheim
Ochsenhausen
Petershausen
Roggenburg
Roth
Rottenmuenster
Salmansweiler
Schussenried
Soeflingen
Ursperg
Weingarten
Weissenau
Wettenhausen
Zwiefalten


The Pretates of the Rhine

Bruchsal and Odenheim
Buchau
Burtscheid
Ballei of Koblenz (the Teutonic Order)
St Kornelimuenster
Ballei of Alsatia (Elsass) and Burgundy (the Teutonic Order)
St Emmeran in Regensburg
Essen
Gandersheim
St Georg in Isny
Gernrode
Herford
Niedermuenster in Regensburg
Obermuenster in Regensburg
Quedlinburg
Thorn
St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg
Werden



The Secular bench (Weltlichebank)

Bavaria
Magdeburg (Brandenburg)
Palatinate-Kaiserslautern (Bavaria)
Palatinate-Simmern (Bavaria)
Palatinate-Neuburg (Bavaria)
Bremen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Veldenz (Bavaria)
Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Altenburg
Ansbach  
Bayreuth (Ansbach)
Brunswick-Celle (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Kalenberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Halberstadt (Brandenburg)
Hither Pomerania (Brandenburg)
Farther Pomerania (King of Sweden)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Württemberg
Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Darmstadt
Baden-Baden
Baden-Durlach
Verden (Brunswick-Hanover)
Baden-Hochberg
Holstein-Glückstadt (King of Denmark)
Saxony-Lauenburg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Minden (Brandenburg)
Oldenburg (before 1774 Holstein-Gottorp)
Savoy
Leuchtenberg (Bavaria)
Anhalt
Henneberg (Saxony)
Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
Kammin (Brandenburg)
Ratzeburg (Mecklenburg)
Hersfeld(Hesse-Kassel)
Nomeny (Austria)
Mömpelgard (Württemberg)
Arenberg
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Lobkowitz
Salm
Dietrichstein
Nassau-Hadamar (Nassau-Orange)
Nassau-Dillenburg (Nassau-Orange)
Auersperg
East Frisia (Brandenburg)
Fürstenberg
Schwarzenberg
Liechtenstein
Thurn-Taxis
Schwarzburg
the Counts of Swabia
the Counts of Wetterau
the Counts of Franconia
the Counts of Westphalia



The Counts of Swabia

Heilingenberg & Werdenberg
Abbess of Buchau
Aschenhausen (the Teutonic Order)
Öttingen-Spielberg
Öttingen-Wallerstein
Tettnang & Argen /Montfort (Austria)
Helfenstein (Bavaria)
Klettgau & Sulz (Schwarzenberg)
Königsegg
Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
Waldburg-Wurzach
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee
Eberstein (Baden)
Hohengeroldseck(Leyen)
Fugger ( ? 5 or 6 voices)
Hohenems (Austria)
Egloff(Abensberg-Traun; 1804 Windisch-Grätz)
Bonndorf (Abbot of St.Blasien)
Thannhausen(Stadion)
Eglingen(Turn &Taxis)
Sickingen

Personalists:
Khevenhüller
Küfstein
Colloredo
Harrach
Sternberg
Neipperg
Trauttmansdorff

The former members:
(1643)  Passaun/Bassano (Schlick)
(1654) Wallenstein/Waldstein
(1654) Breiteneck (Tilly)
Weissenfolf
Hohenwaldeck(Maxelrein/Machselrein)
Justingen (Freyberg)
(1631) Weinsberg (Trauttmansdorff)
(1613) Illeraichen (Rechberg, Limburg-Styrum)
Vaduz and Schellenberg (Hohenems, Liechtenstein)


The Counts of Wetterau

Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Saarbrücken
Solms-Braunfels
Solms-Lich-Hohensolms
Solms-Rödelheim
Solms-Laubach
Isenburg-Birstein
Isenburg-Büdingen
Stolberg-Gedern-Ortenberg
Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Wernigerode
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
Grumbach
Rheingrafenstein
Leiningen
Leiningen-Westerburg
Reuss
Schönburg
Ortenburg
Kriechingen (Wied-Runkel)

The former members:
Hanau-Münzenberg
Hanau-Lichtenberg
Waldeck
Wartenberg
Gleichen (Hatzfeld)


The Counts of Franconia

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Hohenlohe-Idelfingen
Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
Castell-Remlingen
Castell-Rüdenhausen
Erbach (2voices)
Wertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg)
Wertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort)
Limpurg-Gaildorf
Limpurg-Speckfeld
Reineck (Nostitz)
Seinsheim (Schwarzenberg)
Wolfstein (Giech & Hohenlohe)
Reichelsberg(Schönborn)
Wiesentheid(Schönborn)

Personalists:
Windisch-Graetz/Windischgrätz
Starhemberg
Wurmbrand
Griech
Grävenitz
Pückler




The Counts of Westphalia

Sayn-Altenkirchen (Ansbach)
Sayn-Hachenburg (Kirchberg; 1802 Nassau-Usingen)
Tecklenburg (Brandenburg)
Wied-Runkel
Wied-Neuwied
Schaumburg (Hesse-Kassel & Lippe)
Oldenburg
Lippe
Bentheim
Hoya (Brunswick-Hanover)
Diepholz (Brunswick-Hanover)
Spiegelberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Virneburg (Löwenstein)
Rietberg (Kaunitz)
Pyrmont (Waldeck)
Gronsfeld(Törring-Jettenbach)
Reckheim(Aspremont-Linden)
Anholt (Salm)
Winnenburg & Beilstein(Metternich)
Holzapfel (Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym)
Blankenheim & Gerolstein(Manderscheid; 1780 Sternberg)
Wittem(Plettenberg)
Gemen (Limburg-Styrum; 1800 Bömelberg)
Gimborn & Neustadt (1702 Schwarzenberg, 1782 Wallmoden)
Wickrath (Quadt)
Mylendonk (Ostein)
Reichenstein (Nesselrode)
Schleiden  (Mark)
Saffenburg (Mark)
Kerpen & Lommersum(Schäsberg)
Hallermund (Platen)
Rheineck (Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn)
Dyck (Salm-Reifferscheidt)
Bretzenheim (Heydeck)
Fagnolles (Ligne)
Ollbrück(Waldbott-Bassenheim)

The former members:
Barby
Rantzau/Ranzau





The Council of Princes in 1803
(according the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)


Austria
Upper Bavaria (Bavaria)
Styria (Austria)
Magdeburg (Brandenburg)
Salzburg
Lower Bavaria (Bavaria)
Regensburg
Palatinate-Sulzbach (Bavaria)
The Teutonic Order
Palatinate-Neuburg (Bavaria)
Bamberg (Bavaria)
Bremen (Brunswick-Hanover)
The Markgraviate of Meissen (Saxony)
Berg (Bavaria)
Würzburg (Bavaria)
Carinthia (Austria)
Eichstaedt (Salzburg)
Saxony-Coburg
Bruchsal (former Speyer) (Baden)
Saxony-Gotha
Ettenheim (former Strassburg) (Baden)
Saxony-Altenburg
Konstanz (Baden)
Saxony-Weimar
Augsburg (Bavaria)
Saxony-Eisenach
Hildesheim (Brandenburg)
Ansbach (Brandenburg)
Paderborn (Brandenburg)
Bayreuth (Brandenburg)
Freising (Bavaria)
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Thuringia (Saxony)
Brunswick-Celle (Brunswick-Hanover)
Passau (Bavaria)
Brunswick-Kalenberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Trient (Austria)
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brixen (Austria)
Halberstadt (Brandenburg)
Carniola (Austria)
Baden-Baden
Teck (Württemberg)
Baden-Durlach
Osnabrück (Brunswick-Hanover)
Verden (Brunswick-Hanover)
Münster (Brandenburg)
Baden-Hochberg
Lübeck (Oldenburg)
Württemberg
Hanau (Hesse-Kassel)
Holstein-Glückstadt (King of Denmark)
Fulda (Nassau-Orange)
Oldenburg
Kempten (Bavaria)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Ellwangen (Württemberg)
Mecklenburg-Güstrow
The Order of St.John
Hesse-Darmstadt
Berchtesgaden (Salzburg)
Hesse-Kassel
Westphalia (Hesse-Darmstadt)
Farther Pomerania (King of Sweden)
Holstein-Plön (Holstein-Glückstadt)
Hither Pomerania (Brandenburg)
Breisgau (Modena-Este)
Saxony-Lauenburg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Korvey (Nassau-Orange)
Minden (Brandenburg)
The Burggraviate of Meissen (Saxony)
Leuchtenberg (Bavaria)
Anhalt
Henneberg (Saxony)
Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
Kammin (Brandenburg)
Ratzeburg (Mecklenburg)
Hersfeld (Hesse-Kassel)
Tyrol (Austria)
Tübingen (Württemberg)
Querfurt (Saxony)
Arenberg
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Fritzlar (Hesse-Kassel)
Lobkowitz
Salm-Salm
Dietrichstein
Nassau-Hadamar (Nassau-Orange)
Zwiefalten (Württemberg)
Nassau-Dillenburg (Nassau-Orange)
Auersperg
Starkenburg (Hesse-Darmstadt)
East Frisia (Brandenburg)
Fürstenberg
Schwarzenberg
Brunswick-Göttingen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Mindelheim (Bavaria)
Liechtenstein
Thurn-Taxis
Schwarzburg
Ortenau (Modena-Este)
Aschaffenburg (Regensburg)
Eichsfeld (Brandenburg)
Blankenburg (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
Stargard (Mecklenburg)
Erfurt (Brandenburg)
Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Weilburg
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Salm-Kyrburg
Baar & Stuhlingen (Fürstenberg)
Klettgau (Schwarzenberg)
Buchau (Thurn-Taxis)
Waldeck
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Öttingen-Spielberg
Öttingen-Wallerstein
Solms-Braunfels
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Isenburg-Birnstein
Kaunitz-Rietberg
Reuss-Greiz
Leiningen
Ligne
Looz-Corswarem
the Counts of Swabia;
the Counts of Wetterau;
the Counts of Franconia;
the Counts of Westphalia.
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