List of 1747 Holy Roman Empire incumbents

1746 incumbents – 1747 state leaders (general) – Events of 1747 – 1748 incumbents – state leaders by year

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Incumbents of the Holy Roman Empire, 1747 (incomplete)

Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765)

Electors

• Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
• Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
• Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Electorate of Cologne – Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1723–1761)
• Electorate of Hanover – Georg II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1727–1760)
• Electorate of Mainz – Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1743–1763)
• Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August II(1733–1763)
• Electorate of Trier – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729–1756)

Princes

• Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – Viktor Friedrich (1721–1765)
• Principality of Anhalt-Dessau –
  1. Leopold I (1693–1747)
  2. Leopold II (1747–1751)
• Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – August Ludwig (1728–1755)
• Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst –
  1. Christian August (1742–1747)
  2. Friedrich August (1747–1793)
• Duchy of Arenberg – Léopold Philippe (1691–1754)
• Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
• Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg – Joseph (1740–1768)
• Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
• Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761)
• Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
• Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg – Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein (1746–1753)
• Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden – Cajetan Anton von Notthaft, Berchtesgaden (1732–1752)
• Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (1723–1757)
• Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth – Friedrich IX (1735–1763)
• Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
• Prince-Bishopric of Constance – Damian Hugo Philipp Anton Cardinal Schönborn (1740–1753)
• Imperial Abbey of Corvey – Kaspar II von Böselager-Hohneburg, Prince-Abbot of Corvey (1737–1758)
• Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt – Johann Anton II von Friberg-Hoperferau (1736–1757)
• Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen – Franz Georg von Schönborn, Prince-Provost of Ellwangen (1732–1756)
• Prince-Bishopric of Freising – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1727–1763)
• Imperial Abbey of Fulda – Amandus von Buseck, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1737–1752, Bishop of Fulda 1752–1756)
• Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg – Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, (Prince 1716–1762, Count 1704–1716)
• Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim – Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode, Prince and General Prior of the Order of St. John at Heitersheim (1728–1754)
• Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – Ludwig VIII (1739–1768)
• Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel – Friedrich I (1730–1751)
• Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim – Clemens August of Bavaria (1724–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen – Friedrich Ludwig (1735–1750)
• Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt – Friedrich V (1746–1766)
• Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp – Karl Peter Ulrich (1739–1762)
• Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten –
  1. Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1728–1747)
  2. Engelbert von Sorgenstein, Prince-Abbot of Kempten (1747–1760)
• Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck – Adolf Friedrich (1727–1750)
• Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin –
  1. Karl Leopold (1713–1747)
  2. Christian Ludwig II (1747–1756)
• Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolf Friedrich III (1708–1752)
• Mergentheim – Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1732–1761)
• Prince-Bishopric of Münster – Clemens August of Bavaria (1723–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Principality of Orange-Nassau – Wilhelm IV (1711–1751)
• Duchy of Oldenburg – Friedrich III, Count of Oldenburg (1746–1766)
• Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück – Clemens August of Bavaria (1728–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – Clemens August of Bavaria (1719–1761, also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne)
• Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor (1742–1799)
• Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – [Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Christian IV], Duke of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
• Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
• Prince-Bishopric of Passau – Joseph Dominicus Franz Kilian von Lamberg (1723–1761)
• Bishopric of Regensburg – Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1719–1763)
• Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
• Principality of Salm-Salm – Nicholas Leopold (1738–1770)
• Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Franz Josias (1735–1764)
• Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg – Friedrich III (1732–1772)
• Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
• Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen – Anton Ulrich (1706–1763)
• Duchy of Saxe-Weimar – Ernst August I (1728–1748)
• Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Johann Friedrich (1744–1767)
• Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Heinrich XXXV (1740–1758)
• Prince-Bishopric of Speyer – Franz Christoph von Hutzen zu Stolzenberg (1743–1770)
• Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg – Guillaume Gaston I Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise (1704–1749)
• Prince-Bishopric of Worms – Franz Georg von Schönborn (1732–1756, also Archbishop-Elector of Trier)
• Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
• Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg – Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths (1746–1754)

Counts and Prelates

• Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Viktor I (1727–1772)
• County of Bentheim-Bentheim – Friedrich Karl Philipp (1731–1753)
• County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
• Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
• Gandersheim Abbey – Elisabeth Ernestine of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766)
• Gutenzell Abbey –
  1. Bernardina von Donnerberg, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1718–1747)
  2. Franziska von Gall, Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell (1747–1759)
• Herford Abbey – Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess-Abbess of Herford (1729–1750)
• Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg – Friedrich IV (1746–1751)
• Principality of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein – Karl Philipp Franz (1744–1763, Count 1729–1744)
• County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg – Ludwig (1715–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
• County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
• County of Hohenlohe-Öhringen – Johann Friedrich II (1702–1764, Prince 1764–1765)
• County of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim – Carl Ludwig (1702–1756)
• Principality of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst – Philipp Ernst I (1744–1753, Count 1697–1744)
• Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen – Joseph Friedrich (1715–1769)
• Duchy of Hoogstraten – Nikolaus Leopold (1741–1770)
• County of Isenburg – Ernst Kasimir (1708–1749)
• Principality of Isenburg-Birstein – Wolfgang Ernst I 1711–1744. (1744–1754)
• County of Isenburg-Meerholz – Karl Friedrich (1724–1774)
• County of Isenburg-Wächtersbach – Ferdinand Maximilian II (1703–1755)
• Kaisersheim Abbey – Cölestin I Meermols, Prince-Abbot of Kaisersheim
• Käppel – Sophie Charlotte Kessel von Bottlenberg, Princess-Abbess of Käppel (1718–1748)
• County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Billigheim – Johann Franz (1699–1750)
• County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim – Christian Karl Reinhard (1698–1766)
• County of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hartenburg – Friedrich Magnus (1722–1756)
• County of Leiningen-Emichsburg – Carl Ludwig (1722–1747)
• Lindau Abbey – Theresia Wilhelmine von Pollheim-Winkelhausen, Princess-Abbess of Lindau (1743–1757)
• County of Lippe-Alverdissen – Friedrich Ernst (1723–1749)
• County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
• County of Lippe-Detmold – Simon August (1734–1749)
• County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
• County of Nassau-Saarbrücken – Wilhelm Heinrich (1735–1768)
• Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
• Principality of Nassau-Weilburg – Karl August (1737–1753)
• Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
• Quedlinburg Abbey – Maria Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1710–1755)
• Reuss-Ebersdorf –
  1. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1711–1747)
  2. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1747–1779)
• County of Reuss-Gera – Heinrich XXV (1735–1748)
• County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
• County of Reuss-Obergreiz – Heinrich XI (1723–1768)
• County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
• County of Reuss-Untergreiz – Heinrich III (1733–1768)
• Salm-Dhaun – Christian Otto, Count (Wild- und Rheingraf) of Salm-Dhaun (1742–1748)
• Salm-Dyck – August Eugen Bernhard, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Dyck (1727–1767)
• County of Salm-Grumbach – Karl Walrad Wilhelm (1727–1763)
• Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
• Salm-Reifferscheid – Karl Anton Joseph, Count (Altgraf) of Salm-Reifferscheid (1734–1755)
• County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773)
• County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (1735–1756)
• County of Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang (1728–1748)
• County of Stolberg-Rossla – Friedrich Botho (1739–1768)
• County of Stolberg-Stolberg – Christoph Ludwig II (1738–1761)
• County of Stolberg-Wernigerode – Christian Ernst (1710–1771)
• Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont – Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck, Count of Pyrmont (1728–1763)
• Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
• County of Westerburg-Leiningen-Alt-Leiningen – Georg Hermann (1720–1751)
• Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Bavaria Line) – Georg Ernst Ludwig (1726–1765)
• Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
• County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)

Free Cities

• Bremen – Daniel von Büren IV (1736–1749), Heinrich Lampe I (1745–1756), Dietrich Meier I (1742–1751), Heinrich Meier II (1720–1747), Christian Schönel (1747–1757), Mayors of Bremen
• Frankfurt –
  • Johann Christoph Ochs von Ochsenstein, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1741–1747)
  • Johann Wolfgang Textor, Stadtschultheiss of Frankfurt (1747–1771)
  • Friedrich Maximilian von Günderrode, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1746–1747)
  • Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner I, Senior Mayor of Frankfurt (1747–1748)
• Hamburg – Conrad Widow (1742–1754), Cornelius Poppe (1741–1759), Nicolaus Stampeel (1743–1749), Martin Lucas Schele (1733–1751), Mayors of Hamburg
• Lübeck – Heinrich Rust (1743–1757), Johann Adolf Krohn (1744–1750), Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst (1744–1765), Heinrich Balemann (1724–1750), Mayors of Lübeck