Upper Alsace

Landgraviate of Upper Alsace
French: Landgraviat de Haute Alsace
German: Landgrafschaft Oberelsass
Former subdivision of the Holy Roman Empire
1130–1648
Coat of arms of Upper Alsace
Coat of arms

The Upper Rhine, showing the so-called Landgraviate of Alsace on the left bank, before it was annexed to France.
CapitalStrasbourg
DemonymAlsacien, Alsaciens, Alsacienne, Alsaciennes
Government
 • TypeLandgraviate
Landgrave of Upper Alsace 
• 1141–1167
Werner II, Count of Habsburg
• 1632–1648
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
Historical eraEarly Modern
• Established
1130
24 October 1648
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Sundgau
County of Ferrette
Duchy of Swabia
Province of Alsace
Today part ofRepublic of France

Upper Alsace[a] (southern Alsace) was a landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire centred on Ensisheim and Landser, north of the County of Ferrette (Pfirt). The counts of Habsburg ruled the territory from the 1130s down to its cession to France in the 17th century.[1]


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  1. ^ Arnold 1991, pp. 131–32, 273.