List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (L)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter L:

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Lage	Lordship
Landau	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1260: Built by Leiningen-Landeck	1291: Free Imperial City 1324: To the Bishopric of Speyer 1511: Free Imperial City 1648: To France 1815: To Austria 1816: To Bavaria
Landsberg in Alsace	Lordship 1583: Barony	n/a	n/a	1234: First mentioned; to Lords of Landsberg	1281: To Austria 1363: Sold to Rappoltstein 1398: To Lupfen (state) 1563: To Schwendi 1568: HRE Baron 1697: To France
Landsberg in Saxony	Margraviate	n/a	n/a	1170: Built and title held by Meissen	1261: Partitioned from Meissen 1291: Extinct; to Meissen then sold to Brandenburg 1341: To Meissen
Langwies	Jurisdiction
Lauenburg see: Saxe-Lauenburg
Laurenburg	County	n/a	n/a	1093: First mentioned	1159: Partitioned into itself and Nassau 1197: Extinct; to Nassau
Lausanne	Prince-Bishopric	Swab	EC	517	1270: HRE Prince of the Empire 1536: To Bern
Lausanne	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1434	1536: To Bern
Lavant (St. Andra)	Prince-Bishopric	Aust	n/a	1228	15th Century: HRE Prince of the Empire; no secular territory Originally represented in the Austrian Circle
Leas	County	n/a	n/a	1529	1597: became an unlanded title
Lebus	Prince-Bishopric	Upp Sax	EC	1125	1248: Joined the empire; condominium of Brandenburg and Magdeburg 1518: Acquired Beeskow and Storkow 1555: To Brandenburg
Leiningen	County	n/a	n/a	early 12th Century	1128: 1st mentioned c. 1212: Extinct; to Saarbrücken-Hardenburg who assumed the name Leiningen 1241: Acquired Dagsburg 1237: Partitioned into Leiningen-Dagsburg and Leiningen-Landeck
Leiningen Prince of Leiningen, Count-Palatine of Mosbach, Lord of Miltenberg, Amorbach, Düren, Bischofsheim, Hardheim & Lauda, etc.	Principality	Upp Rhen	PR	1803: Formed for Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg	1806: To Baden
Leiningen-Billigheim Count of Leiningen, Lord of Billigheim, Allfeld, Mühlbach, Katzenthal, and Neuburg at the Neckar, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1803: Renamed from Leiningen-Guntersblum	1806: To Baden
Leiningen-Dagsburg (Leiningen-Dachsburg)	County 1444: Landgraviate 1658: County	Upp Rhen	WT	1237: Partitioned from Leiningen	1317: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Hardenburg 1444: HRE Landgrave 1467: Extinct; Most to Runkel-Westerburg who assumed the name Leiningen-Westerburg, Dagsburg to Leiningen-Hardenburg who assumed the name Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg 1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1706: Extinct; to Leiningen-Heidesheim
Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1560: Renamed from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg	1658: Partitioned into Leiningen-Heidesheim, Leiningen-Dagsburg and Leiningen-Guntersblum
Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg	County 1779: Principality	Upp Rhen	WT	1467: Renamed from Leiningen-Hardenburg	1560: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1779: HRE Prince 1796: To France 1803: Compensated with Amorbach and other territories; renamed to Leiningen
Leiningen-Guntersblum	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg	1774: Partitioned into itself and Leiningen-Heidesheim 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Billigheim; renamed to Leiningen-Billigheim
Leiningen-Hardenburg (Leiningen-Hartenburg)	County	n/a	n/a	1317: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg	1343: Partitioned into Leiningen-Rixingen and itself 1467: Acquired Dagsburg; renamed to Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg
Leiningen-Heidesheim	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1658: Partitioned from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg	1766: Extinct; to Leiningen-Guntersblum 1774: Partitioned from Leiningen-Guntersblum 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Neudenau; renamed to Leiningen-Neudenau
Leiningen-Landeck	County	n/a	n/a	1237: Partitioned from Leiningen	1289: Extinct; Madenburg to Leiningen-Dagsburg, Landeck to Ochsenstein, rest to Zweibrücken
Leiningen-Neudenau Count of Leiningen, Lord of Herzbolzheim, Count of Dagsburg & Aspremont	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1803: Renamed from Leiningen-Heidesheim	1806: To Baden
Leiningen-Rixingen	County	Upp Rhen	WE	1343: Partitioned from Leiningen-Hardenburg	1506: Extinct; Rixingen to Zweibrücken-Bitsch; rest divided between Daun and Hohenfels
Leiningen-Westerburg	Lordship 1481: County	Upp Rhen	WT	1467: Renamed from Runkel-Westerburg after inheriting much of Leiningen-Dagsburg	1481: HRE Count 1547: Partitioned into Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen, Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg and Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg
Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1698: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg	1705: Inherited half of Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Ilbenstadt 1806: To Berg and Hesse-Darmstadt
Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg	1570: Acquired Rixingen and Oberbronn 1622: Partitioned into itself, Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn 1635: Extinct; divided between Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn
Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen Count of Leiningen, Lord of Westerburg, Grünstadt, Oberbrunn & Forbach	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1698: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg	1705: Inherited half of Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Engelthal 1806: To Nassau
Leiningen-Westerburg-Oberbronn	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1622: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen	1665: Extinct in male line; divided between Sinclair and Hesse-Homburg
Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1622: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen	1705: Extinct; divided between Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg	1656: Sold to Holzappel 1698: Partitioned into Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen
Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg	County	Upp Rhen	WT	1547: Partitioned from Leiningen-Westerburg	1597: Extinct; to Leiningen-Westerburg-Leiningen
Lemgo	Imperial City	Low Rhen	RH		Annexed to Lippe
Leuchtenberg	Lordship c. 1160: County 1196: Landgraviate 1488: Princely Landgraviate	Bav	PR	early 12th Century	1119: Acquired Waldeck; also known as Lord of Waldeck c. 1160: HRE Count 1196: Landgrave 1209: Partitioned into Waldeck and itself 1259: Acquired Waldeck 1366: Partitioned into Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg and Leuchtenberg-Grafenau 1488: Renamed from Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg 1646: Extinct; to Bavaria-Leuchtenberg 1705: To Bavaria 1707: To the Bishopric of Bamberg 1708: To Lamberg 1712: To Austria 1714: To Bavaria
Leuchtenberg-Grafenau	Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	1366: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg	1423: Territory to Lower Bavaria 1456: Extinct
Leuchtenberg-Hals	Princely Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	1463: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg	1486: To Aichberg 1488: Extinct
Leuchtenberg-Leuchtenberg	Landgraviate 1440: Princely Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	1366: Partitioned from Leuchtenberg	1375: In succession dispute with Ortenburg over Hals 1378: Acquired Crailsheim 1399: Sold Crailsheim to Nuremberg 1400: Acquired Weiden and Parkstein 1407: Acquired Hals 1413: Sold Stierenberg to Palatinate-Neuburg 1440: HRE Princely Landgrave 1463: Partitioned into itself and Leuchtenberg-Hals 1488: Renamed to Leuchtenberg
Leutkirch im Allgäu	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1293: Free Imperial City	1803: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg
Leyen (Gondorf; Petra)	Lordship	n/a	n/a	13th Century	1272: First mentioned as ministerialis of the Archbishopric of Trier 1320: Acquired Weinberg as fief of Katzenelnbogen c. 1395: Partitioned into Leyen-Neustadt and Leyen-Gondorf
Leyen HRE Prince of and at Leyen & Hohengeroldseck, Baron of Adendorf, Lord of Bliescastel, Burrweiler, Münchweiler, Orterbach, Niewern, Saffig, Ahrenfels, Bongard, Simpelfeld, etc.	Principality	Swab	SC	1806: Renamed from Leyen-Hohengeroldseck	1815: To Austria 1819: To Baden
Leyen-Adendorf	Lordship 1653: Barony	Swab	SC	1539: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig	1629: Acquired Nievern 1653: HRE Baron 1660: Acquired Blieskastel 1667: Acquired Forbach 1670: Acquired Arenfels and Hönningen 1697: Acquired Hohengeroldseck 1705: Renamed to Leyen-Hohengeroldseck
Leyen-Gondorf	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1395: Partitioned from Leyen	c. 1420: Partitioned into Leyen-Hartelstein and Leyen-Saffig 1611: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig 1692: Extinct; to Leyen-Nickenich
Leyen-Hartelstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1420: Partitioned from Leyen-Gondorf	1479: Extinct; to Leyen-Saffig
Leyen-Hohengeroldseck	Barony 1711: County	Swab	SC	1705: Renamed from Leyen-Adendorf	1711: HRE Count 1794-6: Lost left-bank territory to France 1806: Renamed to Leyen
Leyen-Neustadt	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1395: Partitioned from Leyen	1625: Extinct; to Boos von Waldeck
Leyen-Nickenich	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1611: Partitioned from Leyen-Saffig	1714: Extinct; to Leyen-Hohengeroldseck
Leyen-Saffig	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1420: Partitioned from Leyen-Gondorf	1444: Acquired Nickenich as fief of the Archbishopric of Trier 1481: Acquired Saffig and Olbrück as fief of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1486: Acquired Blieskastel 1520: Acquired Adendorf 1525: Acquired Münchhausen and Schäferei 1539: Partitioned into itself and Leyen-Adendorf 1611: Partitioned into Leyen-Nickenich, itself and Leyen-Gondorf 1703: Extinct; to Leyen-Adendorf
Lichtenberg	Lordship 1458: County	n/a	n/a	13th Century ?	1206: First mentioned 1249: Advocates of Strasbourg c. 1330: Partitioned into Lichtenberg Elder Line and Lichtenberg Younger Line 1405: Reunited by Lichtenberg Younger Line 1458: HRE Count 1480: Extinct; divided between Hanau-Babenhausen and Zweibrücken-Bitsch 1570: Zweibrücken half to Hanau-Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg Elder Line	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1330: Partitioned from Lichtenberg	1390: Extinct; divided between Lichtenberg Intermediate Line and Lichtenberg Younger Line
Lichtenberg Intermediate Line	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1335: Partitioned from Lichtenberg Younger Line	1405: Extinct; to Lichtenberg Younger Line
Lichtenberg Younger Line	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1330: Partitioned from Lichtenberg	c. 1335: Partitioned into Lichtenberg Intermediate Line and itself 1405: Renamed to Lichtenberg
Lichtenthal (Lichtental)	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	1245: Founded and given Lichtental in fief of Baden	1288: Acquired Geroldsau as fief of Baden 1803: Secularised to Baden
Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau & Jägerndorf, Count of Rietberg, etc	Principality	Swab	EC	c. 1140: Family first mentioned as lower nobility in Austria	1699: Acquired Schellenberg 1707: Swabian Circle: Bench of Princes 1712: Acquired of Vaduz 1713: Bench of Secular Princes 1719: Schellenberg and Vaduz united to form Principality of Liechtenstein
Liège (Lüttich, Liege)	Bishopric	Low Rhen	EC	340s	972: Acquired Huy; Prince-Bishopric 1096: Acquired Bouillon 1366: Acquired Loon 1568: Acquired Horne 1795: To France 1815: To the Netherlands 1830: To Belgium
Ligne HRE Prince of Ligne & Amblise/Amblia, Margrave of Roubaix/Roubais & Dormans, Count of Fauquemberghe, Baron of Werchin, Beloeil, Antoing, Cisoing, Villiers, Silly & Herzelles; Sovereign of Fagnolle; Lord of Baudour, Wallincourt,& other lands	Lordship 12th Century: Barony 1544: County 1601: Principality	Low Rhen	WE / PR	1020: First mentioned as fiefs of Hainaut	12th Century: HRE Baron 1503: Acquired Fauquembergues as fief of France 1544: HRE County 1601: HRE Prince 1770: Acquired Fagnolle 1786: Lower Rhine-Westphalian Circle 1789: Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1795: To France 1803: Compensated with Edelstetten; Bench of Princes 1804: Sold to Esterházy von Galántha
Limburg	1106: Duchy	Burg	PR	c. 1100	1155: Duchy of Limburg independent from Lower Lorraine 1288: Passed to Brabant 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1648: Dalhem, Falkenberg and Maastricht to the Netherlands 1713: To the Austrian Netherlands 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia 1918: To Belgium
Limburg an der Lahn	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1221: To Isenburg-Cleeberg	1258: To Isenburg-Limburg 1342: Half of Limburg to the Archbishopric of Trier 1406: Isenburg-Limburg extinct; rest to Trier 1803: To Nassau
Limburg (Hohenlimburg; Limburg an der Lenn)	1242: County of Isenberg-Limburg	n/a	n/a	c. 1242: Hohenlimburg built and an imperial immediate territory consolidated around it	1225: To Altena-Isenberg 1253: To Isenberg-Limburg 1304: To Limburg-Hohenlimburg 1442: To Neuenahr-Alpen 1459: Half to Limburg-Broich 1508: Limburg half to Daun-Falkenstein 1542: All to Neuenahr-Alpen 1592: To Bentheim 1610: To Bentheim-Limburg 1626: To Bentheim-Alpen 1629: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 1808: To Berg 1813: To Prussia
Limburg-Broich	County	Low Rhen	WE	1372: Created when Dietrich of Limburg-Styrum inherited Broich; fief of Berg	1422: Acquired Bedburg and Hackenbroich 1432: Fief of Cleves 1442: Fief of Berg 1444: Acquired half of Limburg 1450: Acquired Bürgel 1459: Acquired half of Limburg-Hohenlimburg 1482: Acquired Hardenberg 1508: Extinct; to Daun-Falkenstein
Limburg-Hohenlimburg	County	n/a	n/a	1304: Partitioned from Isenberg-Limburg	1370: Acquired Vitinghof and Neu-Isenberg 1372: Acquired Broich; to Limburg-Broich 1442: Extinct; to Neuenahr-Alpen though in succession dispute with Limburg-Broich
Limburg-Styrum	County	Low Rhen	WE	1304: Partitioned from Isenberg-Limburg	1553: Acquired Bronckhorst 1615: Acquired Borculo 1640: Acquired Gemen 1644: Partitioned into Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo, Limburg-Styrum-Gemen and Limburg-Styrum-Styrum
Limburg-Styrum-Borculo	County	n/a	n/a	1766: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo	Non-immediate line with territories within the Netherlands
Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst	County	n/a	n/a	1766: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo	Non-immediate line with territories within the Netherlands
Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst-Borculo	County	n/a	n/a	1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum	1721: Bronckhorst sold 1726: Borculo sold 1766: Partitioned into Limburg-Styrum-Bronckhorst and Limburg-Styrum-Borculo
Limburg-Styrum-Gemen	County	Low Rhen	WE	1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum	1677: Side line Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen created 1782: Extinct; to Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen
Limburg-Styrum-Illereichen	County	Low Rhen	WE	1677: Formed when Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg-Styrum-Gemen acquired Illereichen by marriage	1772: Sold Illereichen to Palm 1782: Acquired Gemen 1800: Extinct; To Boyneburg-Bömelberg
Limburg-Styrum-Styrum Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borkelo and Gemen, Hereditary Banner-Lord of the Principality of Gelderland and the County of Zütphen	County	Low Rhen	WE	1644: Partitioned from Limburg-Styrum	1773: Acquired two thirds of Oberstein 1806: To Berg
Limpurg (Schenk von Limpurg)	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1138: Mentioned as milisterialis in the service of King Conrad III	1230: Acquired Bielriet 1235: Lost their core territories along the Main and Tauber rivers 1251: Acquired Lohrbach c. 1277: Partitioned into itself and Lohrbach 1356: HRE Hereditary Arch-Cupbearer of the Imperial Household 1413: Acquired half of Hohenlohe-Speckfeld 1441: Partitioned into Limpurg-Gaildorf and Limpurg-Limpurg
Limpurg-Gaildorf	Lordship	Franc	FR	1441: Partitioned from Limpurg	1557: Partitioned into itself and Limpurg-Schmiedelfeld 1690: Extinct in male line; 2 heiresses 1707: Divided; half to Limpurg-Obersontheim and half to the 2 heiresses. Over the next 99 years Limpurg-Gaildorf was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg
Limpurg-Limpurg	Lordship	Franc	FR	1441: Partitioned from Limpurg	1475: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1530: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1541: Limpurg sold to Schwäbisch-Hall; renamed to Limpurg-Obersontheim
Limpurg-Obersontheim (Limpurg-Sontheim)	Lordship	Franc	FR	1541: Renamed from Limpurg-Limpurg	1596: Partitioned into Limpurg-Speckfeld and itself 1713: Extinct in the male line; 5 heiresses. Over the next 95 years Limpurg-Obersontheim was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg
Limpurg-Schmiedelfeld	Lordship	Franc	FR	1557: Partitioned from Limpurg-Gaildorf	1682: Extinct; to Limpurg-Gaildorf
Limpurg-Speckfeld	Lordship	Franc	FR	1475: Partitioned from Limpurg-Limpurg	1521: Extinct; to Limpurg-Limpurg 1530: Partitioned from Limpurg-Limpurg 1581: Extinct; to Limpurg-Obersontheim 1596: Partitioned from Limpurg-Obersontheim 1705: Extinct in the male line; 3 heiresses. Over the next 101 years Limpurg-Speckfeld was inherited and divided between numerous owners 1806: All to Württemberg
Lindau	Abbacy	Swab	EC	c. 822	1466: HRE Princess 1803: To Bretzenheim 1804: To Austria 1805: To Bavaria
Lindau	1275: Imperial City	Swab	SW	1275: Imperial Free City	1803: To Bretzenheim 1804: To Austria 1805: To Bavaria
Lindow-Ruppin	County	Upp Sax	WE	c. 1214: Line established when Gebhard of Arnstein acquired Ruppin	1349: Acquired Wusterhausen and Gransee 1407: Acquired Neustadt 1524: Extinct; to Brandenburg
Lingen	County	Low Rhen	WE	13th Century: Part of Tecklenburg	1493: To Tecklenburg-Lingen 1526: Fief of Guelders 1541: To Tecklenburg in fief to Guelders 1547: To Buren 1551: To Mary of Hungary 1555: To the Spanish Netherlands 1597: To Maurice of Orange 1605: To the Spanish Netherlands 1632: To Nassau-Orange 1702: To Prussia 1807: To France 1809: To Berg 1810: To France 1814: To Prussia 1815: To Hanover
Lippe	Lordship 1528: County	Low Rhen	WE	1123: First mentioned	1190: Acquired Rheda 1323: Acquired Langenholzhausen and Varenholz 1344: Partitioned into Lippe-Lippe and Lippe-Rheda 1365: Reunited by Lippe-Lippe; acquired half of Schwalenberg 1400: Acquired Barntrup und Salzuflen 1401: Rheda and Lipperode to Tecklenburg 1405: Acquired Sternberg 1444: Lippstadt in condiminium with Mark 1528: HRE Count 1568: Simon of Lippe founded sideline of Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont 1621: Partitioned into Lippe-Detmold and appanages Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen
Lippe-Alverdissen	County	n/a	n/a	1621: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold	1640: Acquired half of Schaumburg 1647: Renamed to Schaumburg-Lippe
Lippe-Biesterfeld	County	n/a	n/a	1768: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold	1781: Appanage Lippe-Falkenflucht created
Lippe-Brake	County	n/a	n/a	1621: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold	1709: Extinct; to Lippe-Detmold
Lippe-Detmold HRE Prince, Count & Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg & Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht	County 1789: Principality	Low Rhen	WE / PR	1621: Partitioned from Lippe	1762: Appanages Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Weissenfeld created 1789: HRE Prince
Lippe-Falkenflucht	County	n/a	n/a	1781: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold from Lippe-Biesterfeld
Lippe-Lippe	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1344: Partitioned from Lippe	1365: Renamed to Lippe
Lippe-Rheda	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1344: Partitioned from Lippe	1365: Extinct; to Lippe-Lippe in succession dispute with Tecklenburg 1401: To Tecklenburg
Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont	County	Low Rhen	WE	1568: Simon of Lippe acquired Spigelberg and Pyrmont through marriage	1583: Extinct; to Gleichen-Tonna
Lippe-Weissenfeld	County	n/a	n/a	1768: Appanage created within Lippe-Detmold
Livonia	Bishopric	n/a	n/a	1186: Established at Üxküll	1202: Renamed to the Bishopric of Riga
Livonian Order	Order of Chivalry	n/a	n/a	1237: Created from the Swordbrothers Order remnants, within the Teutonic Order	1346: Acquired Estonia 1435: Joined the Livonian Confederation 1561: Order abolished; Courland and Semigallia created; Estonia to Denmark and the rest to Lithuania
Lobkowitz Prince Lobkowitz, Duke of Roudnice, Princely Counts of Sternstein, etc.	Principality	Bav	PR	1417: Nicholas of Újezd received Lobkovice in Bohemia; took the name Lobkowicz	1459: HRE Baron 1562: Acquired Neustadt and Sternstein 1624: HRE Prince 1653: Bench of Secular Princes 1742: Bavarian Circle 1806: To Bavaria
Lohrbach	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1000: First mentioned as a property of the Lauffen family	1219: To Dürn 1251: To Limpurg c. 1277: Partitioned from Limpurg 1291: To the Order of St. John 13??: Sold to Limpurg 1413: Sold to Palatinate-Mosbach 1499: To the Palatinate 1803: To Leiningen-Billigheim 1806: To Baden
Lommersum see: Kerpen
Loon (Looz)	County	n/a	n/a	944	1015: First definitive mention of Loon 1108: Acquired Rieneck c. 1194: Acquired Duras 1227: Acquired Chiny 1336: Extinct; to Heinsberg 1366: To the Bishopric of Liège; Rieneck to the Archbishopric of Mainz
Looz-Corswarem Duke and HRE Princely Count of Looz, Hesbaye, Horne, Niel, Duke of Corswarem-Looz, Count of Fresing and Nieurlet, Upper-Court-Lord of the City and the Castellany of Cassel, Margrave of Ligny, Tongrinne and Pont-d'Oie, Baron of Longchamps and Cranewyck, Vice-Count of St. Gertrude at Liernu, Lord of the free City of Wavre, the City of Fleurus and the Lordships of Landelis, Bommeree, Denee, St. Marie, Vitry, Grand-Lez, Betisart, Clermont, Veleine, and other places	County 1734: Duchy	Low Rhen	PR	12th Century: Emerged as a sideline of Loon in Corswarem, Ghoer, Nandrin and Fresin	1250: Acquired Niel 1734: HRE Duchy 1795: All lands to France 1803: Compensated with Rheina-Wolbeck; Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle and Bench of Princes 1806: To Berg
Lorraine	1048: Duchy	Upp Rhen	PR	959: Upper Lotharingia (Lorraine) divided from Lotharingia	1048: Conferred upon Count Gerhard of Alsace 1473: Inherited by Vaudemont 1480: Permanently united with Bar 1552-1559: French occupation 1633-1659: French occupation 1670-1697: French occupation 1702-1714: French occupation 1766: To France
Lorraine-Nomény	Principality (personalist)	n/a	PR	1736: Personalist vote created for Francis of Lorraine	1803: Reichstag seat revoked
Lorsch	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	764	852: Imperial immediacy 1232: To the Archbishopric of Mainz 1461: To the Palatinate 1556: Abbey dissolved
Löwenberg (Lwowek Slaski)	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1281: Partitioned from Jauer	1281: Partitioned from Jauer into Löwenberg and Jauer 1285: Extinct; to Jauer
Löwenstein	1494: County	Swab	SC	c. 1090: Territory acquired by Calw	1123: Lowenstein founded by Calw 1255: To Calw-Löwenstein 1277: Sold to the Bishopric of Würzburg 1281: To Austria 1283: To Albert of Schenkenberg who took the title Löwenstein 1382: Half sold to the Palatinate 1441: Rest sold to the Palatinate 1464: Extinct 1488: To Louis of Scharfeneck 1494: HRE Count of Löwenstein 1504: To Württemberg 1510: Löwenstein restored but as fief of Württemberg 1552: Partitioned into Löwenstein-Löwenstein and Löwenstein-Scharfeneck
Löwenstein-Löwenstein	County	Swab	SC	1552: Partitioned from Löwenstein	1574: Inherited 1/3 of Wertheim; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim
Löwenstein-Scharfeneck	County	Swab	SC	1552: Partitioned from Löwenstein	1622: Under imperial ban; sized by the Emperor 1633: Extinct 1634: To Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1794: To France 1815: To Bavaria
Löwenstein-Wertheim	County	Franc	FR	1574: Renamed from Löwenstein-Löwenstein	1611: Partitioned into Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen and Kasselburg	County 1711: Principality	Low Rhen	PR	1803: Renamed from Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg	1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Baden and the Archbishopric of Regensburg (Wertheim), Württemberg (Limpurg) and Bavaria
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort	County 1711: Principality	Franc	FR	1611: Partitioned from Löwenstein-Wertheim	1711: HRE Prince 1730: Acquired Rosenberg 1794: Lost left-bank territory to France 1803: Compensated with Bronnbach and Rothenfels; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg HRE Prince of Löwenstein and Wertheim, Count of Rochefort, Montaigu, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont, Neufchâteau, Kerpen & Kasselburg	County 1711: Principality	Franc	PR	1803: Renamed from Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort	1803: Bench of Princes 1806: To Hesse-Darmstadt (Breuberg, Heubach & Habizheim), Baden and the Archbishopric of Regensburg (Wertheim), Württemberg (Limpurg) and Bavaria
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg	County	Low Rhen	WE	1611: Partitioned from Löwenstein-Wertheim	1794: Lost left-bank territory to France 1803: Compensated with Freudenberg; renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Lower Alsace (Nordgau)	Landgraviate	n/a	n/a	1192: Enfeoffed upon Sigebert III of Werd	1340: Half to Oettingen 1359: All to the Bishopric of Strasbourg 1648: To France
Lower Austria (Austria below the Ems)	Archduchy	Aust	n/a	1379: Partitioned from Austria	1493: Re-annexed to Austria
Lower Bavaria	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1255: Partitioned from Bavaria	1340: Extinct; to Upper Bavaria 1349: Partitioned from Bavaria 1353: Partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing
Lower Isenburg	County	El Rhin	WE	Name given to the territories of the House of Isenburg in the original homelands after the acquisition of Büdingen in 1340	1439: Only Isenburg-Isenburg line remaining in Lower Isenburg, and became known as Lower Isenburg 1502: To Isenburg-Grenzau 1664: Isenburg-Grenzau extinct; to the Archbishopric of Trier
Lower Lotharingia (Lower Lorraine)	Duchy	n/a	n/a	977: Emperor Otto II granted Lower Lorraine as a duchy to Charles, brother of Lothair of France, as a German fief	1033: United with Upper Lorraine when Gozelo I succeeded 1106: Superseded by Counts of Leuven (later Dukes of Brabant)
Lower Salm See: Salm in the Ardennes	County
Lübeck	Bishopric	Low Sax	EC	1149	1180: Imperial immediacy 1803: Secularised to Oldenburg as Principality of Lübeck below
Lübeck	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH	1226: Free Imperial City	1810: To France 1815: Sovereign Free City
Lübeck	Principality	Low Sax		1803: Bishopric of Lübeck secularised for Oldenburg	1810: To France 1814: To Oldenburg
Lucerne	Imperial City	Swab	SW	1415: Free Imperial City	1178: To Murbach Abbey 1291: To Austria 1332: Joined the Swiss Confederation 1415: Free Imperial City 1648: Left the Empire
Lüneburg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1269: Partitioned from Brunswick and Lüneburg	1369: Extinct; War of the Lüneburg Succession between Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Saxony 1373: To Saxony 1385: To Henry and Bernard I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1388: Saxony renounced claims to Lüneburg; henceforth known as Brunswick-Lüneburg
Lustenau	Imperial Farm	n/a	n/a	1395: Ceded to Hohenems from Werdenberg	1759: To Austria 1790: To Harrach-Hohenems / Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1806: To Bavaria 1811: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1814: To Austria 1817: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems 1830: To Austria
Luxembourg (Luxemburg) Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein	1059: County 1354: Duchy 1815: Grand Duchy	Burg	n/a	963: To Sigfried of Ardennes	c. 1060: Title Count of Luxembourg first used by the Ardennes 1136: Extinct; to Namur 1196: To Burgundy 1197: To Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg 1353: To Bohemia 1354: HRE Duke 1364: Acquired Chiny 1443: To Burgundy 1483: To the Burgundian Netherlands 1516: To the Spanish Netherlands 1713: To the Austrian Netherlands 1795: To France 1815: Grand Duchy; in personal union with the Netherlands 1830: Partitioned between France, Belgium and Luxembourg

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