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1564:until 1736.
1552:after 1737.
1451:Oberehnheim
1431:Kaisersberg
1348:Falkenstein
1338:Bretzenheim
1234:Kriechingen
1183:Lichtenberg
1143:Zweibrücken
1079:Saarbrücken
1007:Heitersheim
329:Charlemagne
247:Benedictine
184:Preceded by
119:Middle Ages
76:as at 1400.
1669:Categories
1639:50°12′23″N
1606:Burgundian
1593:Franconian
1471:Weißenburg
1390:Wartenberg
1385:Salm-Dhaun
1370:Mensfelden
1283:Hohensolms
1266:Grehweiler
1254:Westerburg
1249:Hardenburg
1217:Königstein
1188:Münzenberg
970:Weißenburg
702:References
380:Wandelbert
378:(860–75).
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107:Government
102:Prüm Abbey
1642:6°25′33″E
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1507:Straßburg
1492:Friedberg
1487:Frankfurt
1441:Mülhausen
1315:Berleburg
1298:Rödelheim
1239:Leiningen
1168:Imp. Diet
1074:Ottweiler
1042:Rheinfels
1022:Darmstadt
955:Straßburg
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341:Lothair I
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1413:Décapole
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1343:Dagstuhl
1305:Wetterau
1271:Grumbach
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1195:Isenburg
1128:Sponheim
1089:Weilburg
1059:Lorraine
1012:Hersfeld
940:Bruchsal
936:Odenheim
926:Hersfeld
680:See also
460:Napoleon
325:Salvator
259:Frankish
144:752 1222
1581:Swabian
1568:Joined
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1456:Rosheim
1426:Hagenau
1375:Olbrück
1331:Without
1288:Laubach
1138:Waldeck
1133:Veldenz
1118:Simmern
1101:Kyrburg
1084:Usingen
1069:Idstein
1054:Lautern
1037:Marburg
1027:Homburg
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360:Normans
292:History
99:Capital
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1517:Verdun
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1480:Others
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1404:Cities
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1064:Nassau
1032:Kassel
965:Verdun
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376:Vienne
261:widow
165:France
91:Status
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1527:Worms
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