Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Latin: princeps imperii, German: Reichsfürst, cf. Fürst) was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate...

Master is also its Head of State. If within the Holy Roman Empire, a Reichsfürst and Head of Government, and thus a true territorial Prince of the church...

Fürst, like Wrede). Several titles were derived from the term Fürst: Reichsfürst (Prince of the Empire) was a ruling Prince whose territory was part of...

sovereign military orders. In 1607 its Grand masters were also made Reichsfürst (princes of the Holy Roman Empire) by the Holy Roman Emperor, granting...

rank or exercising the more extensive authority of an Imperial prince (Reichsfürst). While nominally retaining only a comital title, he was accorded princely...

("Lightning") (Lithuanian: Kristupas Radvila „Perkūnas“, 1547–1603) was a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian...

October 1790, Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg was elevated to Reichsfürst von Orsini-Rosenberg. Vincenz, 1st Prince 1790-1794 (1722-1794) Franz...

Prince-elector Kurfürst(in) Electorate Kurfürstentum Prince of the Empire Reichsfürst(in)1 Principality with Imperial Immediacy Reichsfürstentum Duke/Duchess...

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 –...

Rudolf II created the Grand Master a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsfürst). This grant was renewed by the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II on July...

Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (October 11 [O.S. September 30] 1739 – October 16 [O.S. October 5] 1791) was a Russian military leader...

French King Louis XV and the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire Reichsfürst from Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. In 1759, he won the Battle of Bergen...

European history and culture. The Radziwiłł family received the title of Reichsfürst (prince) from the Holy Roman Emperor in the mid 16th-century. The Nesvizh...

    bishopric 975 1295 • Gained Reichsfreiheit 1295 • Abbot raised to     Reichsfürst 1731 • Mediatised to new     Archbishopric¹ 1803 • Ceded to Bavaria on...

Radvila also known as Mikołaj Radziwiłł The Seventh (1546–1589) was Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a Polish–Lithuanian noble (szlachcic), Great...

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (German: Wenzel Anton Reichsfürst von Kaunitz-Rietberg, Czech: Václav Antonín z Kounic a Rietbergu; 2 February...

comprising the island of Malta until 1797, who had already been made a Reichsfürst (i.e., prince of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1607, became (in terms of...

Lithuanian Chancellor, and the Grand Hetman of Lithuania. He was also Reichsfürst (Prince) of the Holy Roman Empire. Alternate renditions of his name include...

scion of the Radziwiłł family he also held the honorific title of a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire. Between 1815 and 1831 he acted as Duke-Governor...

Elisabeth Sophia (13 July 1589 – 24 December 1629), married: in 1613 to Reichsfürst (Prince) Janusz Radziwiłł; on 27 February 1628 to Duke Julius Henry of...

Roman Empire, the title, borne by feudal nobles having the status of Reichsfürst (princes of the Empire), obtained a quasi-royal significance. Like other...

(a younger branch of the House of Leiningen) to the rank of Reichsfürst (Prince of the Holy Roman Empire) on 3 July 1779. Together with all other...

Karl I of Hohenzollern Johann, Count 1606–1623 (1578–1638), created Reichsfürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1623 Johann, 1st Prince 1623–1638 (1578–1638)...

Denhoff, 1587–1645) was a Polish nobleman of Baltic-German extraction, a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and Governor of Dorpat Province within the Polish–Lithuanian...

Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein [de], who had been elevated to Reichsfürst in 1804. Moses left the Wittgensteiner Land with his family and moved...

Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi (11 November 1599 – 11 August 1656) was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish...

1726 were granted the rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (German: Reichsfürst) with the style of Serene Highness (German: Durchlaucht). The princes...

1607, the Grand Master of the Hospitallers was granted the status of Reichsfürst (Prince of the Holy Roman Empire), even though the Order's territory...

Margraves of Baden were recognized for the first time as princeps regni (Reichsfürst). He married Matilde of Sponheim, daughter of Count John III of Sponheim...

I of Hohenzollern Johann Georg, Count 1605–1623 (1577–1623), created Reichsfürst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1623 Johann Georg, 1st Prince Mar 23 – Sep...