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1553:until 1736.
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1440:Oberehnheim
1420:Kaisersberg
1337:Falkenstein
1327:Bretzenheim
1223:Kriechingen
1172:Lichtenberg
1132:Zweibrücken
1068:Saarbrücken
996:Heitersheim
318:Charlemagne
236:Benedictine
173:Preceded by
108:Middle Ages
65:as at 1400.
1658:Categories
1628:50°12′23″N
1595:Burgundian
1582:Franconian
1460:Weißenburg
1379:Wartenberg
1374:Salm-Dhaun
1359:Mensfelden
1272:Hohensolms
1255:Grehweiler
1243:Westerburg
1238:Hardenburg
1206:Königstein
1177:Münzenberg
959:Weißenburg
691:References
369:Wandelbert
367:(860–75).
232:Prüm Abbey
96:Government
91:Prüm Abbey
1631:6°25′33″E
1547:Reichstag
1496:Straßburg
1481:Friedberg
1476:Frankfurt
1430:Mülhausen
1304:Berleburg
1287:Rödelheim
1228:Leiningen
1157:Imp. Diet
1063:Ottweiler
1031:Rheinfels
1011:Darmstadt
944:Straßburg
334:Wilhelm I
330:Lothair I
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238:abbey in
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1561:in 1515.
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1455:Türkheim
1402:Décapole
1347:Meerholz
1342:Isenburg
1332:Dagstuhl
1294:Wetterau
1260:Grumbach
1233:Dagsburg
1216:Stolberg
1194:Büdingen
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1184:Isenburg
1117:Sponheim
1078:Weilburg
1048:Lorraine
1001:Hersfeld
929:Bruchsal
925:Odenheim
915:Hersfeld
669:See also
449:Napoleon
314:Salvator
248:Frankish
133:752 1222
1570:Swabian
1557:Joined
1511:Wetzlar
1445:Rosheim
1415:Hagenau
1364:Olbrück
1320:Without
1277:Laubach
1127:Waldeck
1122:Veldenz
1107:Simmern
1090:Kyrburg
1073:Usingen
1058:Idstein
1043:Lautern
1026:Marburg
1016:Homburg
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526:853–860
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437:Germany
349:Normans
281:History
88:Capital
1539:Nomeny
1506:Verdun
1491:Speyer
1469:Others
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1410:Colmar
1393:Cities
1142:Counts
1053:Nassau
1021:Kassel
954:Verdun
939:Speyer
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505:Abbots
365:Vienne
250:widow
154:France
80:Status
1549:seat.
1516:Worms
1267:Solms
1211:Mainz
1167:Hanau
1160:seats
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1102:Savoy
1006:Hesse
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307:Meaux
267:Fürst
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