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The Napoleonic Germany
The Confederation of the Rhine
(Rheinbund)
The 16 territorial rulers of South and West
Germany, who left the Empire in July 1806, created the Confederation of the
Rhine (Rheinbund) under the protection of Napoleon I. The
Confederation had an Assembly or Diet, which consisted of the
Council of Kings and the Council of Princes.
The Council of Kings included kings and
grand dukes (the Prince-Primate of the Confederation was also
included):
1. the Prince of Regensburg and Aschaffenburg
(the Prince-Primate, 1810 Grand Duke of Frankfurt);
2. the King of Bavaria;
3. the King of Württemberg;
4. the Grand Duke of Baden;
5. the Grand Duke of
Hesse-Darmstadt;
6. the Grand Duke of Berg.
The Council of Princes included dukes and
princes.
7. the Duke of Arenberg;
8. the Duke of Nassau-Usingen;
9. the Prince of
Nassau-Weilburg;
10. the Prince of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen;
11. the Prince of
Hohenzollern-Hechingen;
12. the Prince of Salm-Salm;
13. the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg;
14. the Prince of
Isenburg-Birstein;
15. the Prince of Liechtenstein;
16. the Prince of
Leyen-Hohengeroldseck.
Several rulers upgraded their titles when they
joined the Confederation of the Rhine:
- the Elector and margrave of Baden to Grand
Duke;
- the Langrave of Hesse-Darmstadt to Grand
Duke;
- the Prince of Nassau-Usingen to
Duke;
- the Duke of Berg to Grand
Duke;
- the Count of Leyen-Hohengeroldseck to
Prince.
Napoleon I introduced in Germany the title of
Grand Duke (Grossherzog) for rulers that were too small to
be kings. This title was considered as of the royal rank. Only the ruler of
Tuscany bore it before the 19th century. The title of Russian and Lithuania
senior rulers in Latin was Magnus Dux. It s more appropriate to translate
it as Grand Prince not Grand Duke. The title of Grand Prince was used in
the Western Europe by the Austrian monarchs in Transylvania and by the kings of
Sweden in Finland.
The Mediatization (Mediatisierung) of July 1806 in
South and West Germany
The lesser territorial rulers in South and West
Germany, who were not allowed to join the Confederation, were mediatized
in July 1806. There were two categories of the mediatized houses: the
Imperial Estate houses (see the Appendix A) and the Imperial Knightly houses.
The mediatization did not deprive the mediatized houses their lands, but it
changed their position as sovereign houses because their immediate territories
came under overlordship (Landeshoheit) of the members the Confederation.
The status of the former Imperial knights became similar to the territorial
nobility. The houses that had the status of the Imperial Estate by 1806, were
called Standesherren (see the Appendix B). The
Standesherrliche Häuser were given important political
privileges that distinguished those houses from territorial titled families.
Officially, Standesherren were considered as equal by birth
(Ebenbürtigkeit) to the sovereign houses of Europe. In many
German countries Standesherren had hereditary right to sit in the first
chambers of state assemblies (similar to the House of Lords in the British
Parliament). In 1825, the Assembly of the German Confederation recognized the
predicate of "Most Serene Highness" (Durchlaucht) for the Heads of the
Princely houses and in 1829 the predicate of "Most Illustrious Highness"
(Erlaucht) for the Heads of the Comital houses. From the end of the
19th century Almanach
de Gotha listed Standesherren
as one separate group in its second part.
The former Personalist members of the Colleges of
Imperial Counts of the Imperial Assembly were recognized as the
Standesherren. Most of the Personalist houses owned no immediate
territories and, thus, cannot be called the mediatized houses.
The mediatization of 1806 created two distinct
categories of the former Imperial estates (sovereign and non-sovereign). In
general, members of Ancient Princely houses were not mediatized. The only
exceptions were the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym, who did not ruled Anhalt
proper, but in the County of Holzapfel; and Langrave of Hesse-Homburg, whose
sovereignty was disputed by Hesse-Darmstadt. All the New Princely houses, who
acquired Imperial immediacy only in the
17th and
18th centuries, were
meditiazed (the only exception was the house of Liechtenstein). The houses of
Bretzenheim, Abensberg-Traun, Ligne and Nostitz were not recognized as
Standesherren because they lost their immediate lands and the status of
Imperial Estate before July 1806. The houses of Bentinck, Pappenheim and
Croÿ, which did not have the status of Imperial Estate, were also counted
among Standesherren. The house of Pappenheim was present in the Imperial
Assembly as the Imperial Hereditary Marshall (Reichserbmarschall). (In
1582-1639 one branch of this house possessed the Langraviate of Stühlingen
and had the status of Imperial Estate). When the family of Esterházy
acquired Edelstetten, it was implied the family would be accepted in the Council
of Princes, where Prince of Ligne, the former owner of Edelstetten, got an
individual voice by the provision of the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation.
Napoleon I and North and East Germany
Immediately after its creation, the Confederation
of the Rhine started to gain new members. The first who joined was Archduke
Ferdinand, Prince-Elector of Würzburg on September 25, 1806. He received
the title of Grand Duke. Ferdinand mediatized possessions of Joseph-Karl, Count
of Ortenburg-Tambach, and the neighboring Imperial Knights.
The war of France against Prussia and Russia
(1806-1807) changed the political map of North and East Germany. After the
Prussian Army was routed at Jena in October 1806 the French army occupied
possessions of the King of Prussia and the rulers, which Napoleon considered as
the Prussian allies, the Elector-Langrave of Hesse-Kassel, the Duke of
Brunswick-Wolfenbütel, the Duke of Oldenburg, the Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Prince of Nassau-Orange, etc.
During the war some rulers of North and East
Germany joined the Confederation:
in December 1806 rulers from the Saxon house,
- the Elector-Duke of Saxony,
- the Duke of
Saxony/Saxe-Weimar,
- the Duke of Saxony/Saxe-Gotha,
- the Duke of
Saxony/Saxe-Meiningen,
- the Duke of
Saxony/Saxe-Coburg;
and in April 1807 rulers of lesser houses in
Thuringia and Westphalia,
- the Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg,
- the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau,
- the Duke of
Anhalt-Köthen,
- the Prince of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt,
- the Prince of
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
- the Prince of Lippe-Detmold,
- the Prince of
Schaumburg-Lippe,
- the Prince of Waldeck,
- the Prince of Reuss-Greiz,
- the Prince of Reuss-Schleiz,
- the Prince of
Reuss-Lobenstein,
- the Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf.
Some of the new members upgraded their titles
when they joined the Confederation of the Rhine:
- the Elector-Duke of Saxony to
King;
- the Prince of Anhalt-Dessau to
Duke;
- the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen to
Duke;
- the Count of Schaumburg-Lippe to
Prince.
(By 1810, there was no sovereign ruler in Europe
with the rank less than of Prince).
The treaty of Tilsit in July 1807 restored
the Dukes of Oldenburg and Mecklenburg-Schwerin, relatives of Alexander I,
Emperor of Russia. Another his relative, Ernst III, an heir to the throne of
Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld, was now allowed to succeed his father, who died in 1806.
The Elector and margrave of Brandenburg (the King of Prussia) lost a half of his
possessions but formally preserved his independence. Louis, King of Holland, a
Napoleon's brother, was to receive East Frisia, the free lordship of Knyphausen
(a possession of Counts of Bentinck) and the free lordship of Jever (a
possession of the Emperors of Russia).
The treaty recognized a new creation of Napoleon,
the Kingdom of Westphalia, which would consist of the former possessions of the
houses of Brandenburg, Hanover, Stolberg (the county of Hohnstein under
Hanover's overlordship), Platen (the county of Hallermund under control of
Hanover), Hesse-Kassel, Brunswick-Wolfenbütel, Nassau-Orange (Fulda,
Corvey, etc), Kaunitz (the County of Rietberg), etc. In December 1807 Napoleon
gave the kingdom of Westphalia to his brother Hieronymus
(Jérôme), who immediately joined the Confederation of the
Rhine.
As a result of the war four Imperial Estates lost
their status of sovereign rulers:
- Wilhelm I, Elector-Langrave of Hesse-Kassel;
- Friedrich-Wilhelm, Duke of
Brunswick-Wolfenbütel;
- Wilhelm-Friedrich, Prince Nassau-Orange (his
other lands were mediatized in July 1806);
- Dominik-Andreas, Prince of
Kaunitz-Rietberg;
The last members of the Confederation of the
Rhine joined it in 1808:
- the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (in
February);
- the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (in March) and
- the Duke of Oldenburg (in
October).
In 1808 Joachim Murat became King of Naples and
returned the Grand Duchy of Berg to Napoleon I. In 1809 Napoleon I gave the
Grand Duchy to his nephew, Napoleon-Ludwig Bonapartee, Prince of
Holland.
In North and East Germany only two former
Imperial Estates did not become members of the Confederation and were
mediatized:
- Emil, Count Bentheim-Tecklenburg, in Rheda
(1808) and
- Christian-Friedrich, Count of
Stolberg-Wernigerode, in Schwarza (April 1809).
Four bigger Imperial Estates preserved
sovereignty in their German possessions without joining the Confederation. These
rulers were the same time kings of the countries outside the Holy Roman
Empire:
- the Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg was the
King of Prussia;
- the Archduke of Austria was the King of
Hungary;
- the Duke of Pomerania was the King of Sweden;
- the Duke of Holstein was the King of Denmark.
In December 1810, some lands along the
North Sea coast were incorporated in France to support the Continental Blockade.
As a result, four members of the Confederation were dispossessed:
- the Duke of Oldenburg,
- the Duke of Arenberg,
- the Prince of Salm-Salm and
- the Prince of Salm-Kyrburg.
The last free cities (Lübeck, Hamburg,
Bremen) were also included in the French Empire.
The End of the Confederation of the Rhine
Soon after the catastrophic retreat of Napoleon I
from Russia, the new anti-French coalition was created (February-March 1813).
Austria finally joined the Alliance in August 1813. To mobilize resources of the
German lands the Allies were going to enter during the war, they established the
Central Administrative Bureau. Karl, Baron of Stein headed it. He suggested
treating members of the Confederation of the Rhine as enemies and their
territories as conquered. But prevailed another point of view formulated by
Klemens, Count of Metternich, the Austrian foreign minister. He preferred not
to fight the members of the Confederation but to bring them on the Aliens' side.
This helped to save the sovereign status of most members of the Confederation.
The first to left the Confederation of the Rhine were the two Dukes of
Mecklenburg (March 1813). The next was the King of Bavaria (October 1813). The
Battle of the Nations at Leipzig (October 16-19) marked the end of the
Napoleonic Germany. On November 1813, Napoleon I crossed the Rhine, and
Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Baden, and the remaining members of the
Confederation joined the Allies. In the territories, whose rulers joined the
Alliance, the Central Administrative Bureau operated in accordance with the
local authorities. Lands of Brunswick-Hanover, Brunswick-Wolfenbütel,
Hesse-Kassel and Oldenburg, where old rulers were restored, had the same
treatment. The German territories annexed by France or held by the rulers that
did not join the Allies (the Kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia, the Grand
Duchies of Berg and Frankfurt, the Principalities of Reuss and Isenburg, etc),
were governed directly by the Bureau. A lot of the German liberated lands
remained under such temporary government until the Congress of Vienna (September
1814-June 1815) decided their fate in the context of the general territorial
rearrangements.
Appendix A.
The territorial rulers from the Imperial Estate houses that
were mediatized in July 1806
- Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym, in
Holzapfel and Schaumburg;
- Johann-Nepomuk-Gobert, Count of
Aspremont-Lynden, in Baindt;
- Wilhelm, Prince of Auersperg, in
Thengen;
- Ludwig-Wilhelm-Geldricus-Ernst, Count of
Bentheim-Steinfurt;
- Alois-Sebastian, Baron of Bömelberg, in
Gemen;
- Albrecht-Friedrich-Karl, Count of
Castell-Castell;
- Christian-Friedrich, Count of
Castell-Rüdenhausen;
- Franz-Gandakkar, Prince of Colloredo-Mansfeld,
in Limpurg-Speckfeld and Rieneck;
- Johann-Baptist-Karl, Prince of Dietrichstein,
in Neu-Ravensberg;
- Albrecht-August-Ludwig, Count of
Erbach-Fürstenau;
- Franz, Count of Erbach-Erbach;
- Karl, Count of
Erbach-Schönberg;
- Nikolaus, Prince of Esterházy, in
Edelstetten;
- Karl-Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg, in Baar,
Stühlinen, Heiligenberg, Werdenberg, etc;
- Anselm-Maria, Prince of Fugger-Babenberg, in
Boos, Babenberg, Heimertingen, etc;
- Friedrich V, Langrave of
Hesse-Homburg;
- Ludwig-Alois, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein;
- Karl-Joseph, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Jagstberg;
- Christian-Friedrich-Karl, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Kirchberg;
- Karl-Ludwig, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg;
- Friedrich-Ludwig, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Öhringen;
- Karl-Albrecht III, Prince of
Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst;
- Ernst-Kasimir III, Count of
Isenburg-Büdingen-Büdingen, in Ober-Isenburg;
- Karl-Wilhelm-Ludwig and Joseph, Counts of
Isenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz, in Ober-Isenburg;
- Louise, Countess of Pückler (born Countess
of Isenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz), in Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Ludwig-Maximilian II, Count of
Isenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach, in Ober-Isenburg and
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Franz-Xaver-Karl, Count of
Königsegg-Aulendorf;
- Karl-Friedrich-Wilhelm, Prince of
Leiningen-Hartenburg, in Amorbach, Miltenberg, Mosbach, Dürn,
etc;
- Wilhelm-Karl, Count of
Leiningen-Güntersblum, in Billigheim, Allfeld, Katzenthal,
etc;
- Wenzel-Joseph, Count of Leiningen-Heidesheim,
in Neudenau and Herzbolzheim;
- Louise, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt (born
Countess of Leiningen), in Bruch;
- Karoline-Sophie, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels
(born Countess of Leiningen), in Limpurg-Gaildorf,
- Christian-Karl, Count of
Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen, in Westerburg, Schadeck,
Ilbenstadt;
- Karl III, Count of
Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen, in Westerburg, Schadeck;
- Ernst-Maria, Count of
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst, in Styrum;
- Joseph, Prince of Lobkowitz, in
Sternstein;
- Johann-Karl-Ludwig and Friedrich-Karl-Gottlieb,
Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, in Wertheim and
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Dominik-Konstantin, Prince of
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, in Wertheim;
- Joseph-Arnold, Duke of Looz-Corswarem, in
Rheina-Wolbeck;
- Augusta, Countess of Sternberg (born Countess
of Manderscheid), and Franz-Joseph, Count of Sternberg in
Schussenried;
- Franz-Georg-Karl-Joseph, Prince of Metternich,
in Ochsenhausen;
- (?) Johann-Franz-Joseph, Count of Nesselrode in
Reichenstein;
- Johann-Alois III, Prince of
Öttingen-Spielberg;
- Ludwig-Kraft-Ernst-Karl, Prince of
Öttingen-Öttingen;
- Johann-Friedrich-Karl-Maximilian, Counts of
Ostein in Buxheim;
- Maximilian-Friedrich, Counts of Plettenberg in
Mietingen;
- Friedrich, Count of Pückler in
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Otto-Wilhelm, Count of Quadt, in
Isny;
- Friedrich-Ludwig, Count of Rechteren, in
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach, in
Horstmar;
- Augusta, Princess of Solms-Braunfels (born
Countess of Salm-Grumbach), in Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Franz-Wilhelm-Joseph-Anton, Prince of
Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedbur, in Krautheim;
- Albrecht, Prince of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, in Wittgenstein;
- Friedrich-Karl, Prince of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein, in Wittgenstein and
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Friederike-Wilhelmine, Countesses of
Salm-Grumbach(born Countesses of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein), in
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Karoline, Countesses of Isenburg-Meerholz (born
Countesses of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein), in
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Louise, Countesses of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
(born Countesses of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein), in
Limpurg-Speckfeld;
- Martin-Richard, Count of Schäsberg, in
Tannheim;
- Karl-Heinrich-Johann-Wilhelm, Count of Schlitz
named Görtz;
- Hugo, Count of Schönborn, in Wiesentheid
and Reichelsberg;
- Joseph-Johann, Prince of
Schwarzenberg;
- (?) Franz-Anton-Joseph and Wilhelm, Count of
Sickingen;
- Prosper, Princes of Sinzendorf, in
Winterrieden;
- Wihelm-Christian-Karl,
Karl-Ludwig-Wilhelm,Wilhelm-Christoph, Ludwig-Rudolf-Wilhelm,
Anton-Wilhelm-Friedrich, Princes of Solms-Braunfels;
- Friedrich-Ludwig-Christian, Count of
Solms-Laubach;
- Karl-Ludwig-August, Prince of
Solms-Lich-Hohensolms;
- Ernst, Count of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim,
in Münzenberg, Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Christiane-Wilhelmina-Louise,Princess of
Leiningen (born Countesses of Solms-Rödelheim), in
Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Friedrich-Magnus II, Count of Solms-Wildenfels,
in Engelthal;
- Johann-Georg, Count of Stadion, in
Thannhausen;
- Johann-Wilhelm-Christoph, Count of
Stolberg-Rosla, in Königstein;
- Karl-Alexander, Prince of Thurn-Taxis, in
Friedberg-Scheer, Buchau, Eglingen, etc;
- Joseph-August, Count of
Törring-Jettenbach, in Guttenzell;
- Franz-Ferdinand, Prince of Trauttmansdorff, in
Umpfenbach;
- Friedrich-Karl, Count of Walbott, Count of
Bassenheim, in Hegbach;
- Joseph-Anton-Xaver, Prince of
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee;
- Maximilian-Wunibald, Prince of
Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg;
- Eberhard I, Prince of
Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach;
- Karl, Georg, Karoline and Karoline, Counts and
Countesses of Waldeck-Bergheim, in Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Johann-Ludwig, Count of Wallmoden, in
Neustadt-Gimborn;
- Ludwig, Count of Wartenberg, in
Roth;
- Karl-Ludwig-Friedrich-Alexander, Prince of
Wied-Runkel;
- Johann-Karl-August, Prince of
Wied-Neuwied;
- Alfred, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, in
Egloffs.
Joseph-Sebastian-Eligius, Count of
Fugger-Glött, Joseph-Hugo, Count of Fugger-Kirchheim, and Karl-Anton, Count
of Fugger-Norndorf, were mediatized in April 1806.
In July 1806 some of territories of
Wilhelm-Friedrich,Prince of Nassau-Orange, and Christian-Friedrich, Count of
Stolberg-Wernigerode, were mediatized. Nevertheless, they remained sovereign
rulers in their other possessions: the Prince of Nassau-Orange in Corvey and
Fulda and the Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode in Schwarza.
Appendix B.
The Standesherrliche Häuser recognized in the
German countries.
1 Ducal and Princely
houses:
- Arenberg (Austria, Prussia,
Hanover);
- Auersperg (Austria);
- Bentheim-Bentheim (Austria, Prussia,
Hanover);
- Bentheim-Steinfurt (Austria, Prussia,
Hanover);
- Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (Austria, Prussia,
Hanover);
- Colloredo-Mannsfeld (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Croÿ (Austria, Prussia);
- Dietrichstein (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Esterhazy of Galantha (Austria,
Bavaria);
- Fürstenberg (Austria, Württemberg,
Baden, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen);
- Fugger-Babenhausen (Austria,
Bavaria);
- Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (Austria,
Bavaria, Württemberg);
- Isenburg-Birstein (Austria, Hesse-Kassel,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Kaunitz-Rietberg (Austria,
Prussia);
- Khevenhuller-Metsch (Austria);
- Leiningen (Austria, Bavaria, Baden,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Leyen (Austria, Baden);
- Lobkowitz (Austria);
- Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (Austria,
Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (Austria,
Bavaria,Würtemberg, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Looz-Corswarem (Austria, Prussia,
Hanover);
- Metternich (Austria);
- Öttingen-Spielberg (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Öttingen-Wallerstein (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Rosenberg (Austria);
- Salm-Salm (Austria, Prussia);
- Salm-Kyrburg (Austria,
Prussia);
- Salm-Horstmar (Austria,
Prussia);
- Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (Austria,
Baden);
- Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz
(Austria);
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Austria,
Prussia);
- Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (Austria, Prussia,
Württemberg);
- Schönburg-Waldenburg (Austria,
Saxony);
- Schönburg-Hartenstein (Austria,
Saxony);
- Schwarzenberg (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Solms-Braunfels (Austria, Prussia,
Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Solms-Lich (Austria, Prussia, Württemberg,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Starhemberg (Austria);
- Thurn-Taxis (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen);
- Trauttmansdorff (Austria);
- Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (Austria, Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Wied (Austria, Prussia,
Nassau);
- Windisch-Grätz (Austria,
Württemberg);
2. Comital houses:
- Bentinck (recognized in 1845);
- Castell-Remlingen (Bavaria);
- Castell-Rudenhausen (Bavaria);
- Erbach-Erbach (Bavaria, Württemberg,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Erbach-Wartenberg-Roth (Bavaria,
Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Fugger-Kirchberg-Weissenhorn
(Württemberg);
- Fugger-Glött (Bavaria);
- Fugger-Kirchheim (Bavaria);
- Fugger-Nordendorf (Bavaria,
Württemberg);
- Giech (Bavaria);
- Harrach (Austria);
- Isenburg-Philippseich
(Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Isenburg-Büdingen (Hesse-Kassel,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Isenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz
(Württemberg, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Königsegg-Aulendorf
(Württemberg);
- Küfstein (Austria);
- Leiningen-Billigheim (Baden);
- Leiningen-Neudenau (Baden);
- Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen
(Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
(Nassau);
- Neipperg (Württemberg);
- Ortenburg (Bavaria);
- Pappenheim (Bavaria);
- Platen-Hallermund (Hanover);
- Plettenberg
(Württemberg);
- Pückler-Limpurg
(Württemberg);
- Quadt (Württemberg);
- Rechberg (Württemberg);
- Rechteren-Limpurg (Bavaria);
- Schäsberg
(Württemberg);
- Schlitz genannt
Görtz(Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Schönborn-Wiesentheid
(Bavaria);
- Schönborn-Buchheim (Austria,
Bavaria);
- Schönburg-Hinterglauchau
(Saxony);
- Schönburg-Rochsburg
(Saxony);
- Schönburg-Wechselburg
(Saxony);
- Solms-Laubach
(Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Solms-Rödelheim (Hesse-Kassel,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Solms-Wildenfels
(Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Stadion (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Stadion-Thannhausen (Bavaria);
- Sternberg-Manderscheid (Austria,
Württemberg);
- Stolberg-Wernigerode (Prussia, Hanover,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Stolberg-Stolberg (Prussia,
Hanover);
- Stolberg-Rossla (Prussia,
Hesse-Darmstadt);
- Törring
(Württemberg);
- Waldbott-Bassenheim (Württemberg, Bavaria,
Nassau);
- Waldeck-Pyrmont
(Württemberg);
- Wallmoden-Gimborn
(Mecklenburg);
- Wurmbrand (Austria);