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1613:until 1736.
1601:after 1737.
1500:Oberehnheim
1480:Kaisersberg
1397:Falkenstein
1387:Bretzenheim
1283:Kriechingen
1232:Lichtenberg
1192:ZweibrĂĽcken
1128:SaarbrĂĽcken
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133:Middle Ages
1688:Categories
1655:Burgundian
1642:Franconian
1520:WeiĂźenburg
1439:Wartenberg
1434:Salm-Dhaun
1419:Mensfelden
1332:Hohensolms
1315:Grehweiler
1303:Westerburg
1298:Hardenburg
1266:Königstein
1237:MĂĽnzenberg
1019:WeiĂźenburg
829:2016-03-09
326:, and the
1607:Reichstag
1556:StraĂźburg
1541:Friedberg
1536:Frankfurt
1490:MĂĽlhausen
1364:Berleburg
1347:Rödelheim
1288:Leiningen
1217:Imp. Diet
1123:Ottweiler
1091:Rheinfels
1071:Darmstadt
1004:StraĂźburg
778:April 26,
463:Theoderic
426:Philip IV
165:bishopric
1651:Austrian
1626:Bavarian
1621:in 1515.
1605:without
1515:TĂĽrkheim
1462:DĂ©capole
1407:Meerholz
1402:Isenburg
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1354:Wetterau
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1293:Dagsburg
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1254:BĂĽdingen
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1244:Isenburg
1177:Sponheim
1138:Weilburg
1108:Lorraine
1061:Hersfeld
989:Bruchsal
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975:Hersfeld
698:See also
664:in 1648.
419:Ardennes
405:Otto III
383:chancery
67:997–1552
1630:Swabian
1617:Joined
1571:Wetzlar
1505:Rosheim
1475:Hagenau
1424:OlbrĂĽck
1380:Without
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1187:Waldeck
1182:Veldenz
1167:Simmern
1150:Kyrburg
1133:Usingen
1118:Idstein
1103:Lautern
1086:Marburg
1076:Homburg
1043:Secular
855:Son of
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553:Jacques
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1599:Nomeny
1566:Verdun
1551:Speyer
1529:Others
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1576:Worms
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1227:Hanau
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