Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg

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The Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Strasbourg, ruled by its bishop as both a spiritual and secular prince.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
former state ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
bishopSeat Strasbourg Cathedral ⓘ
borderedBy Alsatian imperial cities ⓘ
Duchy of Lorraine ⓘ
Margraviate of Baden ⓘ
capital Strasbourg ⓘ
commonLanguage Alsatian ⓘ
German ⓘ
confessionalStatusAfterReformation Catholic stronghold ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date 1262 ⓘ
dissolutionEvent German mediatization ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
established 7th century ⓘ
event Battle of Hausbergen ⓘ
feudalStatus imperial immediacy ⓘ
gainedImperialImmediacy 10th century ⓘ
governmentType elective monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadLegislature estates of the prince-bishopric ⓘ
hadPrinceBishop Franz Egon of Fürstenberg ⓘ
Johann Georg von Brandenburg ⓘ
Louis René Édouard de Rohan ⓘ
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg ⓘ
William of Hohnstein ⓘ
historicalRegion Alsace ⓘ
locatedIn Alsace ⓘ
Upper Rhine region ⓘ
lostCityControl 1262 ⓘ
mainRiver Rhine ⓘ
notableEvent loss of Strasbourg as episcopal city in 1262 ⓘ
officialLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Diocese of Strasbourg ⓘ
result Strasbourg became a Free Imperial City ⓘ
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg ⓘ
secularAuthorityConsolidated 12th century ⓘ
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
successorState France ⓘ
Margraviate of Baden ⓘ
territoryType scattered lordships and estates ⓘ
todayPartOf France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
urbanCenterOutsideCity Offenburg region ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg → predecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (German territories) ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
Archdiocese of Strasbourg → formerStatus → Prince‑Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
Upper German Reichskreis → hasMember → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Ettenheim → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire → hadMember → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Frederick of Blankenheim → sphereOfInfluence → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg → appliesToJurisdiction → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (temporal domain) ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg → hasJurisdictionOver → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Offenburg region → historicallyAssociatedWith → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Johann Georg von Brandenburg → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Battle of Hausbergen → relatedTo → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
William of Hohnstein → officeContested → Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
William of Hohnstein → heldSecularAuthorityOver → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Rouffach → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ
Catholic League of German Princes → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg ⓘ