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  • 1007: Bishopric
  • c1242: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1500: Franconian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1802: Annexed to Bavaria
  • 1803: Secularized to Bavaria
  • 1579: Allied to the Swiss Confederation
  • 1792: Annexed to the Rauracian Republic
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1801: Mediatised to Baden and France

Bishopric of Bremen

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Bishopric of Brandenburg

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  • 1415: Hohenzollerns purchased Brandenburg from HRE

Bishopric of Breslau

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  • 1155: Pope Adrian IV confirmed bishop's jurisdiction over lands of castle of Ottmachau as diocese's patrimony from its foundation
  • ?-1270: Ladislaus, administrator of diocese of Breslau and Archbishop of salzburg, was grandson of St. Hedwig of Poland
  • c1290: Duke Henry IV of Silesia confirmed bishop's sovereignty over the territories of Neisse and Ottmachau
  • 1302-1319: Bishop Heinrich I of Wurben was made guardian of the young Dukes of Breslau

?: Castle of Militsch was acquired by the Breslau cathedral chapter

  • 1341-1376: Bishop Preczlaus of Pogarell bought Duchy of Grottkau from Duke Boleslaw of Silesia-Brieg and added it to the episcopal territory of Neisse; bishop tool the title "Prince of Neisse and Duke of Grottkau" with precedence over other Silesian rulers
  • 1382-1417: Wenzel of Lebus, Duke of Liegnitz, became bishop of Breslau
  • 1417-1447: Conrad, Duke of Oels, bishop of Breslau, headed the Silesian confederation during the Hussite wars
  • 1683-1732: Franz Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, Bishop of Passau, Bishop of Worms, Grand Master of the German Knights, Provost of Ellwangen, Elector of Trier and Elector of Mainz
  • Bressanone
  • 1027: Bishopric
  • 1179: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1512: Austrian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Secularized and annexed by Austria to Krain (Carniola)
  • 1805: To Bavaria
  • 1814: To Austria
  • 1918: To Italy

Bishopric of Cambrai

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Bishopric of Chiemsee

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Bishopric of Chur

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  • 1512: Austrian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1798: Annexed to the Helvetic Republic

Prince-Bishopric of Corvey

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  • Korvey
  • 877: Abbey
  • c1582: Prince-Abbot
  • 1783: Prince-Bishopric
  • ?: Principality
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Secularized as a principality to Nassau-Dillenburg
  • Eichstatt, Eichstätt, Eichstadt
  • 437 sq. miles; 56,000
  • 741:Bishopric
  • 908-1802: Imperial Prince-Bishopric
  • 1220: Bishops of Eichstätt acquired sovereignty (under Bishop Hartwig in 1220)
  • 1305: Bishops acquired possessions of the extinct Counts of Hirschberg
  • 1500: Franconian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1802: Annexed by Bavaria
  • 1803: Annexed to Salzburg
  • 1803: Secularized to Bavaria

Bishopric of Freising

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  • 724: Founded as a monastery
  • 738: Bishopric
  • 1220: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1500: Bavarian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Secularized to Bavaria

Prince-Bishopric of Fulda

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  • 744: Founded as the Benefictine Abbey of Fulda
  • c936: Abbot served as arch-chancellor of the empress whom he crowned jointly with the Elector of Mainz
  • 968: Abbot was primate of all the Benedictine monasteries of Germany and Gaul
  • 1156: Abbot designated Prince of the Empire
  • 1170: Imperial Abbacy
  • 1752: Pope Benedict XIV raised the abbey to the rank of a bishop
  • 1737-1756: Amand von Buseck, 1st Prince-Bishop
  • 1157: Fulda received its charter
  • 1576-1602: Annexed to the Teutonic Order
  • 1802: Secularized and annexed to Nassau-Dillenburg as a secular principality
  • 1788-1802: Adalbert III von Harstall, last Prince-Bishop
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1806: French administration
  • 1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia
  • 1809: Ceded to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
  • 1815: To Hesse-Kassel
  • 1866: Annexed to Prussia
  • Area (1802): 40 sq. mi.; Pop. 100,000
  • ?: Bishopric
  • 1154: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1154: The Bishops of Geneva became princes of the Holy Roman Empire

Bishopric of Genf

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Prince-Bishopric of Gurk

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  • 1072: Bishopric
  • Prince-Bishopric
  • 1803: Annexed to Carinthia by Austria

Bishopric of Halberstadt

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  • 996: Bishopric established
  • 1648: Secularized as a principality to Brandenburg

Bishopric of Havelberg

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  • 815: Bishopric
  • c1221: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1802: Annexed to Brandenburg
  • 1803: Secularized to Prussia

Bishopric of Kamerich

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Prince-Bishopric of Kammin

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  • 1176: Bishopric
  • 1274: Acquired Lubeck city rights
  • 1556: Secularized to Pomerania-Wolgast
  • 1628: Principality
  • 1648: To Sweden
  • 1679: Brandenburg
  • 911?: Bishopric
  • 1200s: Prince-Bishopric

1793: Council of Princes 1802: Divided between Baden and Switzerland 1803: Secularized and annexed to Baden Area: 482 sq. mi.; Pop. 50,000

Bishopric of Lausanne

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  • 1011: Bishopric
  • 1270: Prince-Bishopric
  • 1536: Secularized by Bern

Bishopric of Lavant

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  • St. Andra
  • 1228: Bishopric
  • ?: Prince-Bishopric

1318-1332: Dietrich, 1st Prince-Bishop, 1318-1332 1446-1463: Since 22nd Bishop, Theobald Schweinbeck, bishops borne title of Prince

Bishopric of Lebus

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  • 972: Bishopric established
  • Lüttich, Liége
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1795: Annexed to France

Prince-Bishopric of Livonia

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  • 1201: Prince-Bishopric

Bishopric of Lubeck

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  • Lübeck
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Secularised as a principality to Oldenburg

Bishopric of Meissen

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  • Meißen
  • 948: Bishopric founded
  • 1559: Secularized to Saxe-Meißen

Bishopric of Merseburg

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  • 968: Bishopric
  • 850: 1st mention of Merseburg
  • 1561: Bishopric suppressed and passed to Saxony<nr>1565: Secularized to Saxony
  • 1656-1738: Seat of Dukes of Saxe-Merseburg
  • 1815: To Prussia

Bishopric of Metz

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  • 500s: Bishopric
  • 1558: Annexed to France
  • 1648: Formally ceded to France

Bishopric of Minden

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  • 803: Bishopric
  • 1636: Swedish occupation
  • 1648: By Treaty of Westphalia, secularized and annexed to Brandenburg as a principaltiy
  • 1807: To Kingdom of Westphalia
  • 1815: To Prussia
  • 791: Bishopric
  • 1122: Acquired County of Kappenberg
  • 1134: Prince-Bishopric
  • c1170: Acquired Lordship of Stromberg
  • 1252: Acquired Lordship of Vechta from Ravensberg
  • 1269: Purchased County of Horstmar
  • 1310-1359: Purchased eastern half of Lordship of Lohn
  • 1400: Acquired Ahaus in pledge
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Secularized to Prussia, Arenberg, Looz, Salm and Croy

"Niederstift" Munster

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  • Münster

Bishopric of Naumburg

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  • Osnabrück
  • 777: 1st church in Paderborn founded
  • 795: Bishopric of Paderborn
  • 815-862: Paderborn received special imperial protection from Emperor Louis the Pious
  • 881: Confirmation of Bishopric of Paderborn as a county
  • 974: Emperor Otto II bestowed the right to a free election of bishops
  • 1127: Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1802: Secularized and annexed to Prussia
  • 1806: Secularized to Prussia
  • 1807: To Kingdom of Westphalia
  • 1813: To Prussia

c722: Bishopric of Passau

  • 1500: Bavarian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes
  • 1803: Annexed to Salzburg
  • 1805: Secularized to Bavaria

Bishopric of Ratzeburg

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  • Ratisbone
  • 739; Bishopric of Regensburg
  • 1802: Principality of Regensburg-Aschaffenburg
  • 1806: Frankfurt administered by Regensburg.
  • 1810: To Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
  • 1810-1810: French administration.
  • 1810: Annexed by Bavaria

Bishopric of Schwerin

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Bishopric of Schleswig

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Bishopric of Seckau

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"Stift" Tongern

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  • Toul
  • 1558: Ceded to France
  • Trient

Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht

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Prince-Bishopric of Verdun

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  • 1552: To Fraance

Bishopric of Wallis (Sitten)

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  • Wurzburg