Index Part Two
This section contains those families, which once ruled over independent states or countries. That is to say that they could sign laws and generally possessed the rights normally attributed to a Head of State. In some cases, they also had an over-lord or formed part of an empire. But, within their own territories they were considered to be sovereign. Many possessed the cherished 'coinage right'. Most of these families have a coat-of-arms normally depicted with the 'closed' crown of their rank. Many were mediatised by Napoleon, at the end of the Holy Roman Empire, around 1806. For this reason we have included some families which only ever achieved the rank of Count - although they were accorded the style of Illustrious Highness. For the most part, therefore, this section applies to the various German states. The list is denoted by country or state, though sometimes the name is the same as that of the territory. We have included several junior branches, even though some of these do not strictly count as ex-ruling families.
H.I.R.H = His Imperial and Royal Highness
H.M. = His Majesty
H.R.H. = His Royal Highness
H.S.H. = His Serene Highness (Durchlaucht)
H.H. = His Highness
H.ILL.H. = His Illustrious Highness (Erlaucht)
His = Her, either by marriage or in her own right
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Albania (Zogu) - H.M. King Leka of the Albanians
Altenburg - Prince von Altenburg
Andronikov - Prince Andronikof
Anhalt (Ascania) - H.H Duke of Anhalt
Arenberg (Arenberg) - H.S.H Duke of Arenberg
Arenberg (France) - Duke d'Arenberg
Auersperg (Auersperg) - H.S.H. Prince of Auersperg
Auersperg-Breunner - Prince von Auersperg-Breunner
Auersperg-Trautson (Auersperg) - Prince von Auersperg-Trautson
Austria (Habsburg-Lorraine) - See Habsburg
Baden (Zäbringen) H.R.H. Margrave of Baden
Bagration-Moukransky - Prince of Bagration-Moukransky
Bavaria (Wittelsbach) H.R.H. Duke of Bavaria
Bavaria (Line 2) - Extinct 1973
Bentheim & Steinfurt (Bentheim) - H.S.H. Prince zu Bentheim und Steinfurt
Bentheim-Tecklenburg (Bentheim) - H.S.H. Prince zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg
Bentinck (Bentinck) - H.ILL.H. Count Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg
Biron von Curland - Prince Biron von Curland
Bonaparte - Prince of Canino (Extinct 1882)
Borbon-Dos-Sicilios - H.R.H Duke of Calabria
Borbon-Dos-Sicilios - H.R.H. Duke of Castro
Bourbon-Orleans - H.R.H Count of Paris
Bourbon-Parma (Bourbon) H.R.H. Duke of Parma
Braganza - H.R.H. Duke of Braganza
Bulgaria (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) H.M. King II Simeon of the Bulgarians
Cantacuzino - Prince Cantacuzino
Castell-Castell (Castell) - H.S.H. Prince zu Castell-Castell
Castell-Ruedenhausen (Castell) - H.S.H. Prince zu Castell-Ruedenhausen
Chervachidze - Prince Chervachidze
Clary und Aldringen - H.S.H Prince von Clary und Aldringen
Colleredo-Mannsfeld (Colleredo-Mannsfeld) - H.S.H. Prince von Colleredo-Mannsfeld
Croy (Croy-Dulmen) - H.S.H. Duke of Croy
Croy (Austrian Branch) - Prince of Croy
Croy (Belgian Branch 2) - Prince of Croy
Croy (Bohemian Branch) - Prince of Croy
Croy (French Branch) - Prince of Croy
Dadeschkeliani - Prince Dadeschkeliani
Erbach-Erbach (Erbach) H. ILL. H. Count zu Erbach-Erbach
Erbach-Fuerstenau (Erbach) H. ILL.H. Count zu Erbach-Fürstenau
Erbach-Schoenberg (Erbach) - H.S.H. Prince and Count zu Erbach-Schoenberg
Esterhazy de Galantha (Esterhazy) - H.S.H. Prince Esterhazy de Galantha
France Imperial - See Napoleon
France Royal - See Orléans-Bourbon
Fugger von Babenhausen (Fugger) H.S.H. Prince Fugger von Babenhausen
Fugger von Glött - Extinct 1981
Fugger von Kirchberg - Extinct 1968
Fuerstenberg (Fuerstenberg) H.S.H Prince zu Fürstenberg
Fuerstenberg-Koenigshof - Extinct
Greece (Oldenburg) H.M. King Constantine of the Hellenes
Habsburg (Habsburg-Lorraine) - H.I.R.H Archduke Otto
Habsburg-Lorraine - S.A.S. Prince of Habsburg-Lorraine
Habsburg-Tuscany - H.I.R.H Prince of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria
Hanau (Hanau) - H.S.H. Prince von Hanau und Horowitz
Hannover (Guelph) H.R.H. Prince of Hannover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Harrach (Harrach) H.ILL.H. Count von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen
Harrach (Line 2) - H.ILL.H. Count von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen
Hesse (Lorraine-Brabant) - H.R.H Landgrave of Hesse
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Prince zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Prince zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg
Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Hohenlohe-Oehringen (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Prince zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst
Hohenlohe-Waldenberg (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Prince zu Hohenlohe-Waldenberg Schillingsfürst
Hohenzollern (Hohenzollern) H.R.H. Prince von Hohenzollern
Imeritinsky - Prince Imertinsky
Isenburg-Birstein (Isenburg) - H.S.H. Prince von Isenburg
Isenburg und Buedingen in Waechtersbach (Isenburg) - H.S.H. Prince
Isenburg-Philippseich - Extinct in legitimate male line since 1920
Khevenhueller-Metsch - (Khevenhueller-Metsch) - H.S.H Prince von Khevenhueller-Metsch
Koenigsegg-Aulendorf (Koenigsegg) - H.ILL.H Count zu Königsegg-Aulendorf
Kuefstein (Kuefstein) - H.ILL.H. Count von Küfstein
Leiningen (Counts of Sarrbruck) - H.S.H. Prince zu Leiningen
Lippe (Lippe) - H.S.H. Prince of Lippe (Extinct)
Lippe-Biesterfeld - H.S.H. Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Lippe-Weissenfeld (Lippe) - H.S.H Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Lobkowitz - H.S.H Prince von Lobkowitz von Raudnitz und Sternstein
Lobkowitz (Belgian Line) - Prince von Lobkowitz
Looz & Corswarem (Looz) - H.S.H. Duke of Looz and Corswarem
Loewenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (Löwenstein) - H.S.H. Prince
Loewenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (Löwenstein) - H.S.H. Prince
Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg) - Extinct 1996
Mecklenburg--Strelitz (Mecklenburg) - H.H .Duke of Mecklenburg
Metternich-Winneburg - Extinct
Montenegro (Petrovic-Njegos) - H.R.H Crown Prince
Napoleon - H.I.H Prince Napoleon
Neipperg (Neipperg) - H.ILL.H. Count and Lord von Neipperg
Oettingen-Spielberg (Oettingen) - H.S.H. Prince zu Oettingen-Oettingen
Oettingen-Wallerstein (Oettingen) - H.S.H. Prince zu Oettingen-Wallerstein
Oldenburg (Oldenburg) - H.R.H. Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Orleans-Bourbon (Orleans-Bourbon) - H.R.H. Count of Paris
Orsini-Rosenberg (Orsini) - H.S.H Prince von Orsini und Rosenberg
Ortenburg (Ortenburg) - H.LL.H . .Count zu Ortenburg
Pappenheim (Pappenheim) - H.ILL.H Count and Lord zu Pappenheim
Platen-Hallermund (Platen) - H.ILL.H. Count and Noble Lord von Platen-Hallermund
Portugal (Bragança) - see H.R.H. Duke of Bragança
Prussia (Hohenzollern) - H.I.R.H. Prince of Prussia
Pueckler und Limburg - (Extinct 1963)
Quadt (Quadt) H.S.H. Prince von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny
Ratibor & Corvey (Hohenlohe) - H.S.H. Duke von Ratibor and Prince von Corvey
Rechberg (Rechberg) - H.ILL.H. Count von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg
Rechberg (Line 2) - H.ILL.H Count von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
Rechteren Limpurg (Heeckeren) - H.ILL.H. Count von Rechteren Limpurg
Rechteren-Limpurg (Line 2) - H.ILL.H Count von Rechteren-Limpurg
Reuss (Reuss) - H.S.H Prince of Reuss (Previously known as Younger Line)
Reuss-Creitz (Reuss) - Extinct 1927
Reuss-Koestritz (Reuss) - H.S.H. Prince Reuss Köstritz
Reuss-Schleitz (Reuss) - H.S.H. Prince Reuss-Schleitz
Romania (Hohenzollern) - H.M. King Michael
Romanov (Romanov) - H.I.H. Prince Romanov
Russia (Romanov) - H.I.H Grand Duchess Maria
Salm-Horstmar (Salm) - H.S.H. Prince and Rheingraf zu Salm-Horstmar
Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim und Dyck (Salm) - H.S.H Prince and Altgraf
Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz (Salm) - H.S.H. Prince and Altgraf
Salm-Salm (Salm) - H.S.H. Prince zu Salm-Salm
Savoy - H.R.H. Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy
Saxe (Wettin) H.R.H. Margrave of Meissen
Saxe-Altenburg (Wettin) Extinct 1991
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Wettin) H.R.H. Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg-Kohary - Prince von Saxe-Coburg-Hohary
Saxe-Meiningen (Wettin) H.R.H Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Weimar-Eiseach (Wettin) - H.R.H. Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Spanheim) - H.S.H. Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (Spanheim) - H.S.H. Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (Spanheim) - H.S.H. Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Schaesberg (Schaesberg) - H.ILL.H Count von Schäsberg
Schaumburg-Lippe (Lippe) - H.S.H Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schleswig-Holstein (Holstein) - H.H. Prince zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Schlitz (Schlitz) - H.ILL.H. Count and Lord von Schlitz Gennant von Görtz
Schoenaich-Carolath H.S.H. Prince zu Schönaich-Carolath
Schoenborn (Schoenborn) - Count von Schönborn
Schoenborn-Buccheim (Schoenborn) - H.ILL.H. Count von Schönborn-Buccheim
Schoenborn-Wiesentheid (Schoenborn) - H.ILL.H. Count von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
Schoenburg-Glachau (Schoenburg) - H.ILL.H. Count von Schönburg zu Glachau
Schoenburg-Hartenstein (Schoenburg) - H.S.H. Prince von Schönburg-Hartenstein
Schoenburg-Waldenburg (Schoenburg) - H.S.H. Prince von Schôrnburg-Waldenburg
Schwartzenberg (Schwartzenberg) - H.S.H Prince zu Schwartzenberg (Extinct)
Schwartzenberg (Second Majorat) - H.S.H. Prince zu Schwartzenberg
Solms-Baruth (Solms) - H.S.H. Prince zu Solms-Baruth
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (Solms) - H.S.H. Prince zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Solms-Laubach (Solms) H.ILL.H. Count zu Solms-Laubach
Solms-Roedelheim (Solms) - Count zu Solms-Roedelheim and Assenheim
Solms-Sonnenwalde (Solms) - Count zu Solms-Sonnenwalde
Solms-Wildenfels (Solms) - Count zu Solms-Wildenfels
Starhemberg - (Starhemberg - H.S.H. Prince von Starhemberg
Stolberg-Rossla (Stolberg) -Extinct 1982
Stolberg-Stolberg (Stolberg) - H.S.H. Prince and Count zu Stolberg
Stolberg-Stolberg-Brauna (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-stolberg-Brauna
Stolberg-Stolberg-Paskau (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-Stolberg-Paskau
Stolberg-Stolberg-Westheim (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-Stolberg-Westheim
Stolberg-Wernigerode (Stolberg) - H.S.H. Prince zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Stolberg-Wernigerode-Jannowitz (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode-Jannovitz
Stolberg-Wernigerode-Krepplehof (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode-Krepplehof
Stolberg-Wernigerode-Peterswaldau (Stolberg) - Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode-Peterswaldau
Thurn und Taxis (Taxo) - H.S.H. Prince von Thurn und Taxis
Thurn und Taxis - H.S.H. Prince Torre e Tasso
Toerring (Törring) - H.ILL.H. Count zu Törring-Jettenbach
Trauttmansdorff (Trauttmansdorff) - H.S.H. Prince von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
Urach (Urach) - Duke von Urach
Waldbott (Waldbott) - H.ILL.H. Count Waldbott von Bassenheim, Princely Burggraf Winterrieden
Waldburg (Waldburg) - H.S.H. Prince von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee
Waldburg (Waldburg) - H.S.H. Prince von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg
Waldburg-Zeil - Count von Waldburg-Zeil
Waldeck & Pyrmont (Waldeck) H.S.H Prince of Waldeck
Wied (Wied) - H.S.H. Prince zu Wied
Windisch-Graetz (Windisch-Grätz) - H.S.H. Prince zu Windisch-Graetz
Windisch-Graetz (line 2) - H.S.H Prince zu Windisch-Graetz
Wurmbrand-Stuppach (Wurmbrand) - H.ILL.H. Count von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
Wuerttemberg (Württemberg) - H.R.H. Duke of Württemberg
Yugoslavia/Serbia (Karageorgevic) - H.R.H. Crown Prince Alexander
