1747 Holy Roman Empire incumbents

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

Incumbents of the Holy Roman Empire, 1747 (incomplete)

Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)

Electors

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

Princes

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

Counts and Prelates

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