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Member State
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Anhalt-Bernburg
Duchy
Inherited by the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in 1863
Anhalt-Dessau
Duchy
Anhalt-Köthen
Duchy
Inherited by the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in 1847; merged with Anhalt-Dessau in 1853
Austria
Empire
Only a part that included the Crown of Bohemia – Bohemia , Moravia and Austrian Silesia – and Austrian lands – Austria , Carinthia , Carniola , the Littoral except Istria ;[citation needed ] the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator , part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , were also members in 1818-1850
Baden
Grand Duchy
Bavaria
Kingdom
Brunswick
Duchy
Hanover
Kingdom
Annexed by Prussia 20 September 1866
Hesse
Electorate
Also known as Hesse-Kassel; annexed by Prussia 20 September 1866
Hesse and by Rhein
Grand Duchy
Also known as Hesse or Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Homburg
Landgraviate
Joined in 1817; inherited by the grand-duke of Hesse-Darmstadt in March 1866; annexed by Prussia 20 September 1866
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Principality
Became part of Prussia in 1850
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Principality
Became part of Prussia in 1850
Holstein
Duchy
Held by Danish kings in personal union since 15th century as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire ; on 28 November 1863, the Federal Assembly removed the Danish delegate pending resolution of the succession issue and the naming of a new delegate from a government recognized by the Assembly; Denmark subsequently ceded it and Sleswig jointly to Austria and Prussia on 30 October 1864 as a result of the Second Schleswig War ; the duchy technically remained in the Confederation pending final resolution of its status; Sleswig did not become a member in the short time between this war and the dissolution of the Confederation; both duchies were annexed by Prussia on 24 December 1866
Liechtenstein
Principality
Limburg
Duchy
With the Dutch King being the Duke
Lippe-Detmold
Principality
Also known as Lippe
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy
With the Dutch King being the Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchy
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchy
Nassau
Duchy
Annexed by Prussia 20 September 1866
Oldenburg
Grand Duchy
Prussia
Kingdom
The Province of Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Posen were only federal territory in 1848–1850
Reuss, elder line
Principality
Also known as Reuss-Greiz
Reuss, junior line
Principality
Also known as Reuss-Gera
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Duchy
Became Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchy
Partitioned and became Saxe-Altenburg in 1826
Saxe-Hildburghausen
Duchy
Duchy partitioned and ruler became Duke of Saxe-Altenburg in 1826
Saxe-Lauenburg
Duchy
Held by Denmark since 1815; by the Treaty of Vienna (1864) , King Christian IX of Denmark abdicated as duke of Saxe-Lauenburg and ceded the duchy to Prussia and Austria;[1] In September 1865 William I of Prussia acceded as duke in personal union , following the Gastein Convention and a vote of the Estates of Lauenburg[1]
Saxe-Meiningen
Duchy
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duchy
Also known as Saxony (1903-1918)
Saxony
Kingdom
Schaumburg-Lippe
Principality
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Principality
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Principality
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Principality
Also known as Waldeck
Württemberg
Kingdom
Bremen
Free City
Frankfurt
Free City
Annexed by Prussia 20 September 1866
Hamburg
Free City
Lübeck
Free City