List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (G)

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

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Name	Type	Imperial circle	Imperial diet	History
Gandersheim	Abbacy	Upp Sax	RP	856 919: Imperial immediacy 1206: HRE Princess 1802: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1807: To Westphalia 1815: To Brunswick
Gdańsk See: Danzig	Imperial City
Gelnhausen	Imperial Free City	Upp Rhen	RH	1170: Formed 1803: Annexed to Hesse-Cassel 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Hesse-Cassel
Gemen	Lordship	Low Rhen	WE	10th Century: Formed To local Lords of Gemen 1282: Gemen a fief of Cleves 14th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Münster 13??: Imperial immediacy 1492: Extinct; to Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg 1640: To Limburg-Styrum 1644: To Limburg-Styrum-Gemen 1782: To Limburg-Styrum-Illeraichen 1800: To Bömelberg 1806: To Salm-Kyrburg 1810: To France 1814: To Prussia
Gemert	HRE Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century: Formed To local Lords of Gemert as fief of Brabant 1220: Half to the Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant 1331: Gemert half to 's-Hertogenbosch 1366: All to Teutonic Order as fief of Brabant 1478: Imperial immediacy 1648-1662: To the Netherlands 1794: To France 1795: To Batavian Republic
Geneva	County	n/a	n/a	9th Century: Formed 1394: Extinct; to Thoire and Villars 1401-5: Sold to Savoy
Geneva	Bishopric	n/a	n/a	5th Century: Formed 1154: HRE Prince 1526: Joined the Swiss Confederation as ally 1535: Secular power lost to the City 1798: To France 1815: To Switzerland
Gengenbach	Abbacy	Swab	SP	betw. 727-735 9th Century: Imperial immediacy 1007: To Bishopric of Bamberg 1139: Imperial immediacy 1751: Bench of Swabian Prelates 1803: To Baden
Gengenbach	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c1250: Formed 1360: Free Imperial City 1803: To Baden
Gera	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1244: Partitioned from Plauen and Gera 1314: Acquired Schleiz, Saalburg and Burgk 1425: Partitioned into Gera-Burgk, Gera-Lobenstein and Gera-Schleiz
Gera-Burgk	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Gera 1426: Extinct; to Gera-Lobenstein
Gera-Gera	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1482: Partitioned from Gera-Lobenstein 1502: Sold to Gera-Schleiz 1508: Extinct
Gera-Lobenstein	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Gera 1482: Partitioned into Gera-Gera, Gera-Schleiz and itself 1489: Extinct; divided between Gera-Gera and Gera-Schleiz 1509: Partitioned from Gera-Schleiz 1538: Extinct; to Gera-Schleiz
Gera-Schleiz	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1425: Partitioned from Gera 1448: Acquired Rochsburg 1456: Extinct; to Gera-Lobenstein 1482: Partitioned from Gera-Lobenstein 1509: Partitioned into itself and Gera-Lobenstein 1547: To Reuss-Plauen 1550: Extinct
Gerlachsheim	Abbacy	n/a	n/a	1197: Formed To Lords of Zimmern-Lauda as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg To Wertheim as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1319: Gerlachsheim Abbey fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1552: Formed Direct possession of Bishopric of Würzburg 1717: To Oberzell Abbey as fief of Bishopric of Würzburg 1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim 1806: To Baden
Geroldseck	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1080: First mentioned 1139: Established around Hohengeroldseck 1186: Side line established at Ochsenstein 1270: Acquired Veldenz 1277: Partitioned into itself and Hohengeroldseck 1279: Sold Diersburg to Schwarzenberg 1300: Sold additional territory to Baden 1426: Extinct; to Moers-Saarwerden in succession dispute with Hohengeroldseck 1442: Half sold to Baden 1522: Other half sold to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1629: All to Nassau-Saarbrücken 1803: To Baden
Geroldseck-Sulz	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1333: Partitioned from Hohengeroldseck 1451: Extinct 1473: Sold to Württemberg
Geyer von Giebelstadt	1685: HRE County	Franc	FR	1685: HRE Count 1693: Bench of Counts of Franconia 1708: Extinct
Giech HRE Count & Lord of Giech	Lordship 1680: HRE Barony 1695: HRE County	Franc	FR	12th Century: Formed 1680: HRE Baron 1695: HRE Count 1726: Bench of Counts of Franconia 1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia
Giengen	Imperial City	Swab	SW	11th Century: Formed 1391: Free Imperial City 1803: To Württemberg
Gimborn Gimborn and Neustadt	Lordship 1631: Imperial Lordship 1783: County	Low Rhen	WE	? To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Berg 1273: To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Mark 1550: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Mark 1610: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Brandenburg 1631: Imperial immediacy 1682: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1702: Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1782: To Wallmoden-Gimborn 1783: HRE Count 1806: To Berg 1815: To Prussia
Glarus	Imperial valley	n/a	n/a	1395: Formed Until 1395: To Säckingen Abbey 1352: Joined Swiss Confederation, though subject to Säckingen Abbey 1395: Free Imperial Valley; member of Swiss Confederation 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation 1798: To Linth Canton within Helvetic Confederation 1803: Canton of Glarus within Switzerland
Gleichen	County	n/a	n/a	1162: Title "Count of Gleichen" used by Counts of Tonna 1228: Partitioned from Tonna 1343: Partitioned into Gleichen-Blankenhain and Gleichen-Tonna
Gleichen-Blankenhain	County	Upp Sax	WT	1343: Partitioned from Gleichen 1378: Partitioned into Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder Line, Gleichen-Blankenhain Intermediate Line and Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line 1456: Reunited by Younger Line 1627: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1631: To Hatzfeld 1794: To Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder Line	County	n/a	n/a	1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain 1456: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line
Gleichen-Blankenhain Intermediate Line	County	n/a	n/a	1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain 1385: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain Elder Line
Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line	County	n/a	n/a	1378: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain 1415: Partitioned into Gleichen-Rembda and itself 1456: Renamed to Gleichen-Blankenhain
Gleichen-Rembda	County	Upp Sax	WT	1415: Partitioned from Gleichen-Blankenhain Younger Line 1596: Extinct; to Gleichen-Blankenhain
Gleichen-Tonna	County	Upp Sax	WT	1343: Partitioned from Gleichen 1631: Extinct; divided between Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schenk von Tautenburg
Gleichenstein	County	n/a	n/a	1228: Partitioned from Tonna 1294: Sold to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1297: Extinct 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Gmünd see: Schwäbisch Gmünd
Godesberg	County			1276: Partitioned from Neuenahr 1465: Partitioned into Alpheim and Bedburg
Goldineshundare	County			950: Partitioned from Cläven 1067: Extinct
Goltstein	1694: HRE Count	n/a	n/a	1305: First mentioned in Moravia 15th Century: Fief of Jülich 1771: immediate Lords of Slenaken 1794: To France
Gorizia (Görz)	County 1365: HRE Princely County 1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca	Aust	n/a	11th Century: Formed 1031: To Counts of Eppenstein 1090: To Counts of Lurn 1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335) 1500: Extinct; to Austria 1754: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca 1809: To France 1813: To Austria
Goslar	Imperial City	Low Sax	RH	922 1290: Free Imperial City 1803: To Prussia 1806: To Westphalia 1813: To Prussia
Gradisca	1647: County 1754: Princel County of Gorizia and Gradisca	Aust	-	1511: Annexed to Austria 1647: To Eggenberg 1717: To Austria 1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
Graevenitz (Grävenitz)	Lordship 1707: County	Franc	FR	1290: First mentioned; ministerialis in Mecklenburg 1707: HRE Count 1718: Acquired Welzheim 1728: Joined the Franconian Counts 1733: Welzheim to Württemberg; retained personalist vote in the Franconian Circle
Grandvillars	Barony	n/a	n/a	11th Century: Formed Barons of Grandvillars were fiefs of Montbéliard and Pfirt 1648: To France
Granges	Lordship
Gravenegg				Acquired Eglingen
Grävenitz See: Graevenitz	Lordship
Grävenstein (Gravenstein or Gråsten)	Lordship
Greifensee	Lordship	n/a	n/a	1300: Created on transfer from Rapperswil to Landenburg 1369: Sold to Toggenburg 1402: To Zürich 1798: Abolished
Greiz and Reichenbach	Advocacy (Vogtei)	n/a	n/a	1209: Partitioned from Weida 1240: Extinct; to Plauen and Gera
Groningen	Lordship	Burg	n/a	1498: Formed Free Frisians 1498: Invested on the Duchy of Saxony but was unable to gain control of the region 1514/15: To Guelders 1536: To Spanish Netherlands 1579: To the Netherlands
Grubenhagen see "Brunswick-Grubenhagen"	Principality
Gruyères (Greyerz)	County	n/a	n/a	11th Century: Formed 1246: Fief of Savoy 1536: Imperial immediacy 1554: Bankrupt; divided between Fribourg and Bern
Guastalla	County 1621: Duchy	n/a	n/a	1406: Created for Guido Torelli 1539: To Gonzago-Guastalla 1621: Duchy 1746: To Austria 1748: To Parma 1808: To France 1814: To Parma
Guelders	Duchy	Burg	n/a	1082/1096: Formed c1088: Landgraviate 1096: County 1339: Duchy 1179: Inherited County of Zutphen by marriage 1247: Acquired the pawned Imperial city of Nijmegen 1393: Inherited Duchy of Jülich 1473: To the Duchy of Burgundy 1492: To House of Egmond 1543: To the Duchy of Burgundy After 1581: divided between United Provinces (no more HRE) and Spanish Netherlands 1672: French occupation 1713: Southern South Gelderland fell to Prussia 1795: To France 1806: To Kingdom of Holland 1810: To France 1815: To the Netherlands and Prussia
Gundelfingen	Lordship	Swab	SC	11th Century: Formed 1008: 1st mention of Gundelfingen after 1251: Partitioned into Gundelfingen-Hellenstein, Gundelfingen-Hohengundelfingen and Gundelfingen-Niedergundelfingen 1647-1768: To Furstenberg
Gundelfingen-Hellenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	after 1251: Partitioned from Gundelfingen 1273: Extinct; to Burgau 1280: To Austria 1292: To Rechberg 1351: To Helfenstein-Blaubeuren 1448: To Württemberg-Stuttgart 1450: To Bavaria-Landshut 1503: To Württemberg 1521: To Ulm 1536: To Württemberg
Gurk	1072: Bishopric Prince-Bishopric	Aust	n/a	1072: Formed 1803: To Austria (annexed to Carinthia)
Gutenstein	Lordship	n/a	n/a	12th Century: Formed Originally to the Lords of Gutenstein 13th Century: To Austria 1306: To Magenbuch as fief of Austria 1455: To Zimmern 1594: To Austria 1609: To Burgau 1618: To Austria 1624: To Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as fief of Austria 1652: To Mohr as fief of Austria 1655: To Castell as fief of Austria 1735: To Castell directly 1806: To Württemberg 1810: To Baden
Gutenzell	Abbacy	Swab	SP	1237: Formed 1417: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Toerring-Jettenbach 1806: To Württemberg