This page lists all chancellors of the Holy Roman Empire.
For a description of past elections see Chancellor Elections.
List of Chancellors[]
Fifteenth Century[]
| Portrait | Chancellor | Took Office | Left office | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob von Sierk (1398 - 1469) |
1458 | 1463 |  Trier
| |
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Ulrich V (1413 - 1481) |
1463 | 1468 |  Württemberg
|
| Heinrich von Lauenburg (1440 - Present) |
1468 | 1473 |  Hamburg
| |
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Frederick I, the Victorious (1425 - 1475) |
1473 | 1475 |  Electoral Palatinate
|
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Rudolph of Koln (1428 - 1508) |
1475 | 1480 |  Electorate of Cologne
|
| Wilhelm I | 1480 | 1485 |  Hesse
| |
| Wilhelm von Hanover | 1485 | 1490 | Hamburg
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Magnus von Habsburg (1464 - 1539) |
1490 | 1495 |  Brandenburg
|
| Christian IV |
1495 | 1500 |  Oldenburg
|
Sixteenth Century[]
| Portrait | Chancellor | Took Office | Left office | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich von Brunswick |
1500 | 1505 | Hamburg
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Franz-Albert I von Wittelsbach (1463 - 1523) |
1505 | 1510 |  Bavaria
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Bernard II of Kuenburg (1444 - 1519) |
1510 | 1515 |  Salzburg
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|
Eberhard I (1460 - 1527) |
1515 | 1520 |  Swabia
|
| Karl von Henneberg-Römhild |
1520 | 1525 |  Mainz
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Balthasar von Habsburg (1469 - 1542) |
1525 | 1530 | |
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Heinrich XVII von Wittelsbach (1492 - 1545) |
1530 | 1535 | Bavaria
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Otto von Greiffenklau (1499 - Present) |
1535 | 1540 | Trier
|
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Christoph von Württemberg (1470 – 1546) |
1540 | 1545 | Swabia
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Hermann of Schauenburg (1500 – 1554) |
1545 | 1550 | Electorate of Cologne
|
| Albert von Wittelsbach (1500 – Present) |
1550 | 1555 |  Saxony
| |
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Salentin IX of Cologne (1521 – Present) |
1555 | 1560 | Electorate of Cologne
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Albert III of Liechtenstein (1523 – Present) |
1560 | 1565 | Mainz
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Frederick II (1506 – 1573) |
1565 | 1570 | Electoral Palatinate
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Leopold von Wellenburg (1523 – 1602) |
1570 | 1575 | Salzburg
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Lothar II von Habsburg (1539 – Present) |
1575 | 1580 | Brandenburg
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Leopold von Wellenburg (1523 – 1602) |
1580 | 1585 | Salzburg
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| Ulrich von Habsburg-Wittlesbach (1545 – Present) |
1585 | 1590 | ||
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Albert III von Wittelsbach (1546 – 1592) |
1590 | 1592 | Bavaria
|
| Moritz I of Westphalia (1572 – Present) |
1592 | 1597 |  Westphalia
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|
Anselm Franz von Metternich-Winneburg (1576 – Present) |
1597 | 1602 | Mainz
|
Seventeenth Century[]
| Portrait | Chancellor | Took Office | Left office | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelheid von Oldenburg (1572 – Present) |
1602 | 1607 | Oldenburg
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Otmar Müller (1542 – 1610) |
1607 | 1610 |  St. Gall
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Wolf Dietrich von Hohenems (1570 – Present) |
1610 | 1615 | Salzburg
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John von Hohenzollern (1582 – Present) |
1615 | 1620 |  Prussia
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Magnus II (1564 – Present) |
1620 | 1625 | Brandenburg
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Karl von Hohenzollern (1580 – Present) |
1625 | 1630 | Prussia
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Leopold von Habsburg (1572 – Present) |
1630 | 1635 |  Austria
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| Johannes VIII Schöning (1590 – Present) |
1635 | 1640 |
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Leopold I von Wittelsbach | 1645 | 1650 | Bavaria
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Ernest von Habsburg | 1650 | 1655 | |
| Otto II von Hamburg | 1655 | 1660 | Hamburg
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Frederick I von Hohenzollern | 1660 | 1665 | Prussia
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Otto von Habsburg | 1665 | 1670 | |
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William von Habsburg-Brandenburg | 1675 | 1680 | |
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Johann Ludwig von Erthal | 1680 | 1685 | Mainz
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Maximilian I | 1685 | 1690 | Electoral Palatinate
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Adolf von Wolff-Metternich | 1690 | 1695 | Electorate of Cologne
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Ulrich von Brunswick-Göttingen | 1695 | 1700 | Brunswick-Göttingen |
Eighteenth Century[]
| Portrait | Chancellor | Took Office | Left office | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl II von Hamburg |
1700 | 1705 | Hamburg
| |
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Friedrich von Lippe |
1705 | 1710 | Lippe |
|
Ernest von Wartenberg |
1710 | 1715 |  Osnabruck
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Charles II |
1715 | 1720 | Electoral Palatinate
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| Karl II von Hamburg |
1720 | 1725 | Hamburg
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|
Eugene of Savoy |
1725 | 1730 | |
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Joseph Augustus I |
1730 | 1735 | Electorate of Cologne
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Johann Karl von Eltz-Kempenich |
1735 | 1740 | Mainz
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| Friedrich IV |
1735 | 1740 | Hamburg
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Wilhelm von Lippe |
1745 | 1750 | Lippe |
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Eugene of Savoy |
1750 | 1755 | |
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Albert von Habsburg-Paderborn (1730 - 1809) |
1755 | 1760 | |
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Karl Eusebius von Liechtenstein (1707 - 1779) |
1760 | 1765 | |
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Josef von Dalberg (1730 - 1809) |
1765 | 1770 | Mainz
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Wilhelm von Knyphausen (1734 - 1808) |
1770 | 1775 | |
| Albert II von Hohenzollern | 1775 | 1780 | ||
| Conrad V, Count of Oldenburg |
1780 | 1785 | ||
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1737 - 1812) |
1785 | 1790 | |
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William von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1733 - 1807) |
1790 | 1795 | |
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Ludwig VI, Landgrave of Hesse (1754 - Present) |
1795 | 1800 |
Nineteenth Century[]
| Portrait | Chancellor | Took Office | Left office | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Maximilian Francis von Habsburg (1775 - Present) |
1800 | 1805 | |
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Albert von Muhlenberg (1750 - Present) |
1805 | 1810 | |
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Johann, Prince of Siegsburg (1744 - Present) |
1810 | 1815 | |
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Alfred, Prince of Koblenz (1778 - Present) |
1815 | 1820 |
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