Territorial change of Holy Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire Minor States)

“Holy Roman Empire”(Holy Roman Empire Minor States) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1260 to 1806. Its territory was largest in AD 1326 – 1332, at ≈ 556 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1260 – 1271	≈ 518 thousand km²
AD 1272 – 1278	≈ 528 thousand km²
AD 1279 – 1284	≈ 518 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293	≈ 518 thousand km²
AD 1294 – 1304	≈ 555 thousand km²
AD 1305 – 1313	≈ 556 thousand km²
AD 1314 – 1325	≈ 551 thousand km²
AD 1326 – 1332	≈ 556 thousand km²
AD 1333 – 1343	≈ 533 thousand km²
AD 1344 – 1351	≈ 509 thousand km²
AD 1352 – 1362	≈ 492 thousand km²
AD 1363 – 1374	≈ 487 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1384	≈ 474 thousand km²
AD 1385 – 1394	≈ 470 thousand km²
AD 1395 – 1401	≈ 459 thousand km²
AD 1402 – 1406	≈ 412 thousand km²
AD 1407 – 1414	≈ 398 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1421	≈ 422 thousand km²
AD 1422 – 1428	≈ 392 thousand km²
AD 1429 – 1430	≈ 379 thousand km²
AD 1431 – 1439	≈ 357 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1449	≈ 361 thousand km²
AD 1450 – 1452	≈ 359 thousand km²
AD 1453 – 1458	≈ 358 thousand km²
AD 1459 – 1462	≈ 350 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1467	≈ 349 thousand km²
AD 1468 – 1474	≈ 350 thousand km²
AD 1475 – 1481	≈ 346 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486	≈ 342 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1491	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1496	≈ 343 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1501	≈ 344 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1506	≈ 336 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1511	≈ 335 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1518	≈ 334 thousand km²
AD 1519 – 1525	≈ 334 thousand km²
AD 1526 – 1528	≈ 327 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1539	≈ 316 thousand km²
AD 1540 – 1546	≈ 302 thousand km²
AD 1547 – 1551	≈ 305 thousand km²
AD 1552 – 1555	≈ 294 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563	≈ 295 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 352 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1578	≈ 298 thousand km²
AD 1579 – 1581	≈ 296 thousand km²
AD 1582 – 1587	≈ 297 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1594	≈ 295 thousand km²
AD 1595 – 1599	≈ 294 thousand km²
AD 1600 – 1601	≈ 293 thousand km²
AD 1602 – 1608	≈ 293 thousand km²
AD 1609 – 1618	≈ 297 thousand km²
AD 1619 – 1621	≈ 291 thousand km²
AD 1622 – 1625	≈ 289 thousand km²
AD 1626 – 1628	≈ 277 thousand km²
AD 1629 – 1631	≈ 263 thousand km²
AD 1632 – 1635	≈ 185 thousand km²
AD 1636 – 1639	≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 1640 – 1641	≈ 269 thousand km²
AD 1642 – 1644	≈ 253 thousand km²
AD 1645 – 1647	≈ 242 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1652	≈ 253 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1661	≈ 253 thousand km²
AD 1662 – 1669	≈ 262 thousand km²
AD 1670 – 1672	≈ 258 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1676	≈ 244 thousand km²
AD 1677 – 1682	≈ 245 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1686	≈ 238 thousand km²
AD 1687 – 1690	≈ 238 thousand km²
AD 1691 – 1695	≈ 235 thousand km²
AD 1696 – 1699	≈ 229 thousand km²
AD 1700 – 1701	≈ 239 thousand km²
AD 1702 – 1705	≈ 229 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1708	≈ 232 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1712	≈ 209 thousand km²
AD 1713 – 1720	≈ 204 thousand km²
AD 1721 – 1733	≈ 204 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1737	≈ 198 thousand km²
AD 1738 – 1740	≈ 198 thousand km²
AD 1741 – 1743	≈ 179 thousand km²
AD 1744 – 1747	≈ 182 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1751	≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1752 – 1756	≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1757 – 1761	≈ 166 thousand km²
AD 1762 – 1762	≈ 151 thousand km²
AD 1763 – 1768	≈ 187 thousand km²
AD 1769 – 1774	≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1775 – 1777	≈ 191 thousand km²
AD 1778 – 1779	≈ 191 thousand km²
AD 1780 – 1790	≈ 178 thousand km²
AD 1791 – 1793	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 1794 – 1795	≈ 153 thousand km²
AD 1796 – 1796	≈ 139 thousand km²
AD 1797 – 1802	≈ 145 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1804	≈ 92 thousand km²
AD 1805 – 1805	≈ 85 thousand km²
AD 1806 – 1806	≈ 4,249 km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1326 – 1332 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1260	≈ 518 thousand km²	6 of 123
AD 1270	≈ 518 thousand km²	6 of 123
AD 1272	≈ 528 thousand km²	6 of 121
AD 1279	≈ 518 thousand km²	5 of 122
AD 1285	≈ 518 thousand km²	5 of 128
AD 1294	≈ 555 thousand km²	8 of 145
AD 1305	≈ 556 thousand km²	8 of 152
AD 1314	≈ 551 thousand km²	9 of 151
AD 1326	≈ 556 thousand km²	9 of 144
AD 1333	≈ 533 thousand km²	9 of 145
AD 1344	≈ 509 thousand km²	11 of 148
AD 1352	≈ 492 thousand km²	12 of 139
AD 1356	≈ 492 thousand km²	12 of 139
AD 1363	≈ 487 thousand km²	13 of 147
AD 1375	≈ 474 thousand km²	16 of 154
AD 1385	≈ 470 thousand km²	15 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 470 thousand km²	15 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 459 thousand km²	14 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 412 thousand km²	15 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 398 thousand km²	16 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 422 thousand km²	17 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 392 thousand km²	18 of 132
AD 1429	≈ 379 thousand km²	21 of 130
AD 1431	≈ 357 thousand km²	24 of 130
AD 1440	≈ 361 thousand km²	23 of 129
AD 1450	≈ 359 thousand km²	26 of 127
AD 1453	≈ 358 thousand km²	27 of 130
AD 1459	≈ 350 thousand km²	25 of 132
AD 1463	≈ 349 thousand km²	27 of 132
AD 1468	≈ 350 thousand km²	27 of 140
AD 1475	≈ 346 thousand km²	28 of 137
AD 1482	≈ 342 thousand km²	28 of 131
AD 1487	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 343 thousand km²	27 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 344 thousand km²	29 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 336 thousand km²	31 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 335 thousand km²	32 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 334 thousand km²	31 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 334 thousand km²	30 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 334 thousand km²	28 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 334 thousand km²	28 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 327 thousand km²	29 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 316 thousand km²	32 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 316 thousand km²	31 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 302 thousand km²	31 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 305 thousand km²	33 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 294 thousand km²	33 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 295 thousand km²	32 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 352 thousand km²	28 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 298 thousand km²	31 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 296 thousand km²	30 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 297 thousand km²	29 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 295 thousand km²	29 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 294 thousand km²	28 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 293 thousand km²	27 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 293 thousand km²	28 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 297 thousand km²	30 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 297 thousand km²	30 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 291 thousand km²	31 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 289 thousand km²	32 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 277 thousand km²	33 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 263 thousand km²	34 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 185 thousand km²	38 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 279 thousand km²	33 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 269 thousand km²	35 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 253 thousand km²	37 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 242 thousand km²	35 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 253 thousand km²	35 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 253 thousand km²	35 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 253 thousand km²	37 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 262 thousand km²	37 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 258 thousand km²	36 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 244 thousand km²	37 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 245 thousand km²	37 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 238 thousand km²	36 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 238 thousand km²	35 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 235 thousand km²	35 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 229 thousand km²	35 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 239 thousand km²	32 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 229 thousand km²	32 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 232 thousand km²	32 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 209 thousand km²	34 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 204 thousand km²	33 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 204 thousand km²	35 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 204 thousand km²	35 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 204 thousand km²	35 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 198 thousand km²	37 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 198 thousand km²	36 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 179 thousand km²	38 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 182 thousand km²	39 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 189 thousand km²	39 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 189 thousand km²	40 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 166 thousand km²	43 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 151 thousand km²	43 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 187 thousand km²	35 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 189 thousand km²	34 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 189 thousand km²	36 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 191 thousand km²	36 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 191 thousand km²	37 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 191 thousand km²	37 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 178 thousand km²	39 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 178 thousand km²	39 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 178 thousand km²	39 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 178 thousand km²	43 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 172 thousand km²	45 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 172 thousand km²	45 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 153 thousand km²	44 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 139 thousand km²	45 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 145 thousand km²	45 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 145 thousand km²	44 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 145 thousand km²	45 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 92 thousand km²	52 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 85 thousand km²	56 of 125
AD 1806	≈ 4,249 km²	108 of 138

Its highest rank was in AD 1279: number 122 of 5.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of France — 111 frames
Duchy of Bavaria — 109 frames
Papal States — 106 frames
Republic of Venice — 106 frames
Switzerland — 104 frames
Republic of Genoa — 96 frames
Republic of Florence — 87 frames
Habsburg monarchy — 79 frames
Electorate of Saxony — 73 frames
Denmark–Norway — 71 frames
Dutch Republic — 61 frames
Swedish Empire — 56 frames
Duchy of Lorraine — 50 frames
Electorate of Trier — 49 frames
Crown of Castile — 48 frames
County of Savoy — 44 frames
Kingdom of Bohemia — 41 frames
House of Habsburg — 38 frames
Margraviate of Brandenburg — 37 frames
Kingdom of Prussia — 35 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 10 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1636	gained	Swedish Empire	≈ 102 thousand km²
AD 1632	lost	Swedish Empire	≈ 98 thousand km²
AD 1564	gained	Livonian language	≈ 54 thousand km²
AD 1572	lost	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 51 thousand km²
AD 1272	gained	Hohenstaufen	≈ 45 thousand km²
AD 1415	gained	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 1272	lost	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 1763	gained	Kingdom of France	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1632	gained	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 21 thousand km²
AD 1294	gained	House of Habsburg	≈ 21 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kingdom of Germany · East Francia

Succeeded by: Confederation of the Rhine · Kingdom of Prussia · Austrian Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a confederation comprising and controlling much of Central Europe and Western Europe, headed by the Holy Roman Emperor and characterized by a decentralized political structure.

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