Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation

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The Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation was the 1803 imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire that secularized and reorganized its territories, effectively paving the way for the Empire’s dissolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
constitutional act ⓘ
imperial law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation ⓘ
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
appliesToTerritory ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
imperial free cities of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
approvedBy Imperial Deputation ⓘ
basedOn compensation plan for princes dispossessed by French annexations ⓘ
beneficiary Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Electorate of Württemberg ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Margraviate of Baden ⓘ
cause Treaty of Lunéville ⓘ
territorial losses of German princes to France on the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ
confirmedBy Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateEnacted 1803 ⓘ
effect loss of immediacy for many small imperial estates ⓘ
mediatization of many imperial free cities ⓘ
redistribution of territories to larger secular states ⓘ
secularization of most ecclesiastical principalities in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
strengthening of larger German territorial states ⓘ
weakening of the imperial constitution ⓘ
followedBy dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ
formation of the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the large-scale secularization of church lands in Germany ⓘ
paved the way for the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
jurisdiction Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatus part of the constitutional law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
legislativeBody Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
locationOfDrafting Regensburg ⓘ
mainSubject mediatization of imperial estates ⓘ
secularization of ecclesiastical territories ⓘ
territorial reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf process of German mediatization ⓘ
reforms of the Holy Roman Empire under French pressure ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Regensburg ⓘ
ratifiedBy Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
resultedIn end of most ecclesiastical principalities as sovereign entities ⓘ
increase in size and power of several German territorial states ⓘ
reduction in number of imperial estates ⓘ
subjectOf German constitutional history ⓘ
historiography of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
year 1803 ⓘ

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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss → alsoKnownAs → Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation ⓘ
Perpetual Diet of Regensburg → significantEvent → Deliberations on the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
linked to: Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation
Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation → follows → Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation (draft resolutions) ⓘ
linked to: Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation