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1747 Holy Roman Empire incumbents

1746 incumbents - 1747 state leaders (general) - Events of 1747 - 1748 incuments - state leaders by year

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Incumbents of the Holy Roman Empire, 1747 (incomplete)

Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)

• Anhalt-Bernburg - Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1721-1765)
• Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym - Viktor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727-1772)
• Anhalt-Dessau -
  1. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693-1747)
  2. Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1747-1751)
• Anhalt-Köthen - August Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1728-1755)
• Anhalt-Zerbst -
  1. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1742-1747)
  2. Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1747-1793)
• Aremberg - Leopold, Duke of Aremberg (1691-1754)
• Auersperg - Heinrich Joseph Johann, Prince of Auersperg (1713-1783)
• Augsburg - Joseph, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1740-1768)
• Austria - Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1740-1780)
• Baden-Baden - Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1707-1761)
• Baden-Durlach - Karl IV Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1738-1771, ruled all of Baden 1771-1811)
• Bamberg - Joseph Philip Anton von Frankenstein, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1746-1753)
• Bavaria - Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (1745-1777)
• Bentheim - Friedrich Karl Philipp, Count of Bentheim (1731-1753)
• Bentheim-Steinfurt - Karl Paul Ernst, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1733-1780)
• Berchtesgaden - Cajetan Anton von Notthaft, Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden (1732-1752)
• Brandenburg - Friedrich II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (1740-1786)
• Brandenburg-Ansbach - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1723-1757)
• Brandenburg-Bayreuth - Friedrich IX, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735-1763)
• Bremen - Daniel von Büren IV (1736-1749), Heinrich Lampe I (1745-1756), Dietrich Meier I (1742-1751), Heinrich Meier II (1720-1747), Christian Schönel (1747-1757), Mayors of Bremen
• Brunswick-Bevern - August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern (1746-1781)
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1780)
• Cologne - Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723-1761)
• Constance - Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Constance (1740-1753)
• Corvey - Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737-1758)
• Eichstätt - Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt (1736-1757)
• Ellwangen - Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732-1756)
• Essen - Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726-1776)
• Frankfurt -
  • Johann Christoph Ochs von Ochsenstein, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1741-1747)
  • Johann Wolfgang Textor, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1747-1771)
  • Friedrich Maximilian von Günderrode, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1746-1747)
  • Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner I, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1747-1748)
• Freising - Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Freising (1727-1763)
• Fulda - Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737-1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752-1756)
• Fürstenberg - Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg (1716-1762, Count 1704-1716)
• Gandersheim - Elisabeth Christine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713-1766)
• Gutenzell -
  1. Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718-1747)
  2. Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747-1759)
• Hamburg - Conrad Widow (1742-1754), Cornelius Poppe (1741-1759), Nicolaus Stampeel (1743-1749), Martin Lucas Schele (1733-1751), Mayors of Hamburg
• Hanover - Georg II, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727-1760)
• Heitersheim - Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728-1754)
• Herford - Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729-1750)
• Hesse-Darmstadt - Ludwig VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1739-1768)
• Hesse-Homburg - Friedrich IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1746-1751)
• Hesse-Kassel - Friedrich I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1730-1751)
• Hildesheim - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1724-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Hohenlohe-Bartenstein - Karl Philipp Franz, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1744-1763, Count 1729-1744)
• Hohenlohe-Langenburg - Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1715-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
• Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen - Philipp Heinrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1743-1764, prince 1764-1781)
• Hohenlohe-Öhringen - Johann Friedrich II, Count of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1702-1764, Prince 1764-1765)
• Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim - Karl Ludwig, Count of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst-Weikersheim (1702-1756)
• Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst - Philipp Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1744-1753, Count 1697-1744)
• Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1735-1750)
• Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Joseph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715-1769)
• Hoogstraaten - Nikolaus Leopold, Duke of Hoogstraten (1741-1770)
• Isenburg - Ernst Kasimir, Count of Isenburg 1708-1749)
• Isenburg-Birstein - Wolfgang Ernst I, Prince of ISenburg-Birstein (1744-1754, Prince 1711-1744)
• Isenburg-Meerholz - Karl Friedrich, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz (1724-1774)
• Isenburg-Wächtersbach - Ferdinand Maximilian II, Count of Isenburg-Wächtersbach (1703-1755)
• Kaisersheim - Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
• Käppel - Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718-1748)
• Kempten -
  1. Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728-1747)
  2. Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747-1760)
• Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim - Johann Franz, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim (1699-1750)
• Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim - Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1698-1766)
• Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg - Friedrich Magnus, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg (1722-1756)
• Leiningen-Emichsburg - Carl Ludwig, Count of Leniningen-Emichsburg (1722-1747)
• Lindau - Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743-1757)
• Lippe-Alverdissen - Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen (1723-1749)
• Lippe-Biesterfeld - Friedrich Carl August, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1736-1781)
• Lippe-Detmold - Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1734-1749)
• Lippe-Weissenfeld - Ferdinand Johann, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1736-1781)
• Lübeck - Heinrich Rust (1743-1757), Johann Adolf Krohn (1744-1750), Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst (1744-1765), Heinrich Balemann (1724-1750), Mayors of Lübeck
• Bishopric of Lübeck - Adolf Friedrich, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1727-1750)
• Mainz - Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743-1763)
• Marienthal - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732-1761)
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin -
  1. Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1713-1747)
  2. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1747-1756)
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752)
• Münster - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster (1723-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Nassau-Orange - Wilhelm IV, Prince of Nassau-Orange (1711-1751)
• Nassau-Saarbrücken - Wilhelm Heinrich, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1735-1768)
• Nassau-Usingen - Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1718-1775)
• Nassau-Weilburg - Karl August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1737-1753)
• Oldenburg - Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746-1766)
• Osnabrück - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück (1728-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Paderborn - Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1719-1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Palatinate - Karl IV Philipp Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799)
• Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen - Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739-1780)
• Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken - Christian IV, Duke of Zweibrücken (1735-1775)
• Palatinate-Sulzbach - Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733-1799)
• Passau - Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau (1723-1761)
• Quedlinburg - Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710-1755)
• Regensburg - Johann Theodor Cardinal of Bavaria, Bishop of Regensburg (1719-1763)
• Reuss-Ebersdorf -
  1. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711-1747)
  2. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747-1779)
• Reuss-Gera - Heinrich XXV, Count of Reuss-Gera (1735-1748)
• Reuss-Lobenstein - Heinrich II, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein (1739-1782)
• Reuss-Obergreiz - Heinrich XI, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz (1723-1768)
• Reuss-Schleiz - Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss-Schleiz (1744-1784)
• Reuss-Untergreiz - Heinrich III, Count of Reuss-Untergreiz (1733-1768)
• Salm-Dhaun - Christian Otto, Count (Wild- und Rheingraf) of Salm-Dhaun (1742-1748)
• Salm-Dyck - August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727-1767)
• Salm-Grumbach - Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (1727-1763)
• Salm-Kyrburg - Johann XI, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1742-1778)
• Salm-Leuze - Philipp Joseph, Prince of Salm-Leuze (1716-1779)
• Salm-Reifferscheid - Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734-1755)
• Salm-Salm - Nicholas Leopold, Prince of Salm-Salm (1738-1770)
• Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735-1764)
• Saxe-Gotha - Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1732-1772)
• Saxe-Hildburghausen - Ernst Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1745-1780)
• Saxe-Meiningen - Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1706-1763)
• Saxe-Weimar - Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1728-1748)
• Saxony - Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg - Ludwig Ferdinand, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1741-1773)
• Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1735-1756)
• Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1728-1748)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp - Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1739-1762)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Segeberg - Friedrich V, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Segeberg (1746-1766)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg - Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1731-1754)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck - Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1728-1749)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1729-1766)
• Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön - Friedrich Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1722-1761)
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1744-1767)
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Heinrich XXXVIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1740-1758)
• Speyer - Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg, Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1743-1770)
• Stolberg-Rossla - Friedrich Botho, Count of Stolberg-Rossla (1739-1768)
• Stolberg-Stolberg - Christoph Ludwig II, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1738-1761)
• Stolberg-Wernigerode - Christian Ernst, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1710-1771)
• Strassburg - Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise, Prince-Bishop of Strassburg (1704-1749)
• Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729-1756)
• Waldeck-Pyrmont - Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728-1763)
• Weingarten - Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746-1784)
• Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen - Georg Hermann, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen (1720-1751)
• Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) - Georg Ernst Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) (1726-1765)
• Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) - Georg Karl I August Ludwig, Count of Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) (1726-1787)
• Wied - Johann Friedrich Alexander, Count of Wied (1737-1784)
• Worms - Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Worms (1732-1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
• Württemberg-Oels-Bernstadt - Karl Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels-Bernstadt (1745-1792)
• Württemberg-Stuttgart - Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg-Stuttgart (1737-1793)
• Würzburg - Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1746-1754)