Prince-Bishopric of Speyer

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The Prince-Bishopric of Speyer was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Speyer, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
state of the Holy Roman Empire
borderedBy Electorate of the Palatinate
Margraviate of Baden
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer free imperial city enclave
Prince-Bishopric of Worms
capital Speyer
country Holy Roman Empire
ecclesiasticalStatus diocesan territory with imperial immediacy
follows Roman Catholic canon law
governmentForm theocratic monarchy
hasCathedralChapter Cathedral chapter of Speyer Cathedral
hasCoatOfArms arms of the Bishopric of Speyer (silver cross on blue with key)
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
customs duties
tithes
wine production
hasEnclave Free Imperial City of Speyer
hasJudicialAuthority ecclesiastical courts
temporal courts of the prince-bishop
hasJurisdictionOver Diocese of Speyer
hasLegalSystem mix of Roman law and local customary law
hasLegislature cathedral chapter of Speyer
hasNobility local ministeriales and lesser nobility
hasPart city of Speyer
hasPrimaryCathedral Speyer Cathedral
hasPrimaryReligion Catholicism
hasRepresentationIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Diet
hasSecularAuthority over its temporal territories
hasSpiritualAuthority over the Diocese of Speyer
hasTypeOfTerritory discontinuous territory
holdsImperialImmediacy yes
isEcclesiasticalState yes
isFeudalState yes
languageUsed German
Latin
locatedInPresentDay Germany
locatedInRegion Baden-Württemberg
Rhineland-Palatinate
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
partOf Electoral Rhenish Circle (ecclesiastical states grouping)
linked to: Rhenish Circle

Upper Rhenish Circle
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Speyer
seat Speyer Cathedral
spiritualRuler Bishop of Speyer
temporalRuler Bishop of Speyer
typeOfMonarch prince-bishop

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Upper Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg predecessor Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Speyer free imperial city enclave
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Speyer