| Arenburg |
1576
- All male-line descendants made Princes of the Empire. |
| Auersperg |
1630
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1653 - Prince. 1791 -
All male-line descendants made Princes. |
| Bentheim und Steinfurt |
1817
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Bentheim-Tecklenburg |
1729
- Ceded the County of Tecklenburg to Prussia. 1817 - Created a
Prussian Prince. |
| Bentinck |
Became
British Peers. |
| Castell-Castell |
1901
- Created a Bavarian Prince. |
| Castell-Rüdenhausen |
1901
- Created a Bavarian Prince. |
| Colloredo-Mannsfeld |
1763
- Created a Prince of the Empire (Colloredo). 1798 - Added
Mannsfeld to the name, after inheriting that county. |
| Croy |
|
| Dietrichstein |
Extinct. |
| Erbach-Erbach |
1532
- Created a Count of the Empire (Erbach) |
| Erbach-Fürstenau |
1532
- Created a Count of the Empire (Erbach) |
| Erbach-Schönberg |
1532
- Created a Count of the Empire (Erbach) |
| Esterhazy |
1687-
Created a Prince of the Empire. 1783 - This honor was extended
to all direct male descendants. |
| Fugger von Babenhausen |
1803
- Head of the house created a Prince of the Empire |
| Fugger
von Glött |
1914
- Head of the house created a Bavarian Prince with the qualification
of Serene Highness. |
| Fürstenberg |
1534
- Head of the house created a Count of the Empire. 1716 - Prince. |
| Giech |
Extinct
in 1914. |
| Harrach |
1752
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Hohenlohe-Bartenstein |
1744
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Hohenlohe-Jagstberg |
????
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
1764
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Hohenlohe-Oehringen |
1764
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
????
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(Ratibor & Corvey) |
1840
- Created a Prussian Duke |
| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-
Schillingsfürst |
1744
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Isenburg |
1744-
Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Kaunitz-Rietberg |
Extinct |
| Khevenhuller-Metsch |
1725
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1763 - Prince. |
| Konigsegg-Aulendorf |
1629
- Created a Count of the Empire |
| Keufstein |
1637
- Created a Count of the Empire |
| Leiningen |
1779
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Lobkowicz |
1624
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Lowenstein-Wertheim-
Freudenberg |
1812
- Created a Bavarian Prince |
| Lowenstein-Wertheim-
Rosenberg |
1711
- Created a Prince of the Empire. 1712 - All direct male
descendants granted title of Prince. |
| Looz
und Corswarem |
1734
- Created a Duke |
| Metternich-Winneburg |
1679
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1803 - Prince |
| Neipperg |
1726
- Created a Count of the Empire |
| Oettingen-Spielberg |
1734
- Created a Prince of the Empire. 1765 - All direct male
descendants granted title of Prince. |
| Oettingen-Wallerstein |
1774
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Orsini
and Rosenberg |
1681
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1790 - Prince. |
| Oretnburg |
1573
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1805 - Absorbed by Bavaria |
| Pappenheim |
1740
- Created a Count of the Empire |
| Platen
Hallermund |
1689
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1706 - Made Counts of
Hallermund by Hannover. |
| Plettenberg-Wittem
zu Meitingen |
Extinct |
| Puckler
und Limpurg |
1963
- Line became extinct. |
| Quadt |
1502
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1901 - Created a Bavarian
Prince. |
| Rechteren-Limpurg |
1711
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Salm-Horstmar |
1802
- Recieved Horstmar. 1816 - Created a Prussian Prince. |
| Salm-Reifferscheidt-
Krautheim und Dyck |
1804
- Created a Prince of the Empire. 1958 - Line became extinct. |
| Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz |
1790
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Salm-Salm |
1739
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-
Berleburg |
1792
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-
Hohenstein |
1801
- Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn |
1834
- Created a Prussian Prince. |
| Schaesberg |
1706
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Schlitz
genannt von Gortz |
1726
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Schönborn |
1701
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Schönborn-Bucheim |
1701
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Schönborn-Weisentheid |
1701
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Schönburg-Glauchau |
1700
- All male-line descendants created Count of the Empire. |
| Schönburg-Hartenstein |
1700
- All male-line descendants created Count of the Empire. 1790 -
Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Schönburg-Waldenburg |
1700
- All male-line descendants created Count of the Empire. 1790 -
Created a Prince of the Empire |
| Schwarzenberg
(Elder) |
1599
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1670 - Prince. |
| Schwarzenberg
(Younger) |
1599
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1670 - Prince. |
| Solms-Baruth |
1888
- Created a Prussian Prince. |
| Solms-Braunfels |
1742
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Solms-Hohensolms-Lich |
1792
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Solms-Laubach |
|
| Solms-Rödelheim
und Assenheim |
|
| Solms-Sonnenwalde |
|
| Solms-Wildenfels |
|
| Stadion |
Extinct |
| Starhemberg |
1643
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1765 - Prince. |
| Sternberg |
Extinct |
| Stolberg-Gedarn |
1742
- Created a Prince of the Empire. Extinct. |
| Stolberg-Rossla |
|
| Stolberg-Stolberg |
1893
- Created a Prussian Prince. |
| Stolberg-Wernigerode |
1890
- Created a Prussian Prince. |
| Thurn
und Taxis |
1595
- Head of the house made hereditary Grand Postmaster General of the
Empire. 1695 - Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Toerring |
1607
- Head of the house made hereditary Grand Huntsman of the Duchy of
Bavaria. 1618 - Created hereditary Chamberlain of the Duchy of
Salzburg. 1630 - Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Trauttmansdorf |
1623
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1778 - Prince. |
| Walsbott
von Bassenheim |
1720
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg |
1628
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1803 - Prince. |
| Waldburg-Ziel |
1628
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1803 - Prince. |
| Wallmoden-Gimborn |
Extinct |
| Wied |
1784
- Created a Prince of the Empire. |
| Windisch-Grätz
(Elder) |
1557
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1804 - Prince. |
| Windisch-Grätz
(Younger) |
1557
- Created a Count of the Empire. 1804 - Prince of the Empire.
1822 - Prince of Austria. |
| Wurmbad-Stuppach |
1607
- Created a Prince of the Empire. Extinct |
| Wurmbad-Stuppach |
1701
- Created a Count of the Empire. |
| Ysenburg
und Büdingen |
1840
- Created a Prince by the Grand Duke of Hessen und bei Rhine |