THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1200–1797

Electorate of Mainz

The temporal lands of the archbishops of Mainz, arch-chancellors of the Empire and senior electors: the Rheingau and Mainz, the Aschaffenburg–Spessart block on the Main, and the Eichsfeld and Erfurt in Thuringia, besides scattered Hessian and Franconian holdings. The territory took shape in the 12th–13th centuries; France took the left bank in 1797.

See Electorate of Mainz on the map in 1200

On the map
1200–1797
Capital
Mainz

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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