prince-abbeys

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Prince-abbeys were ecclesiastical territories within the Holy Roman Empire whose abbots or abbesses held imperial immediacy and princely status, combining monastic leadership with secular rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
prince-abbot 2
prince-abbeys canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
imperial estate ⓘ
territorial principality ⓘ
combinedRoleOf spiritual authority ⓘ
temporal lordship ⓘ
combinesFunction monastic leadership ⓘ
secular rule ⓘ
declinedInPeriod early modern period ⓘ
developedFrom medieval monasteries ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver territorial subjects ⓘ
existedInRegion Alsace ⓘ
Austrian lands ⓘ
German lands ⓘ
Swiss territories of the Empire ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
governedBy abbess ⓘ
abbot ⓘ
hadEconomicBase feudal dues ⓘ
landed estates ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
urban revenues ⓘ
hadReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
other forms of Western Christianity ⓘ
hadSeatIn College of Princes ⓘ
hadStatus Reichsstand ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole imperial prince ⓘ
hasProperty imperial immediacy ⓘ
princely status ⓘ
hasRulerTitle prince-abbess ⓘ
prince-abbot ⓘ
linked to: prince-abbeys
heldRights high justice ⓘ
low justice ⓘ
market rights ⓘ
military obligations ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
toll collection ⓘ
notSubordinateTo territorial princes ⓘ
participatedIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subordinateTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
wereAffectedBy Counter-Reformation ⓘ
German mediatization ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
wereDistinctFrom free imperial cities ⓘ
prince-bishoprics ⓘ
secular principalities ⓘ
wereLargelyAbolishedByEvent Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Prince of the Holy Roman Empire → includes → prince-abbot ⓘ
linked to: prince-abbeys
prince-abbeys → hasRulerTitle → prince-abbot ⓘ
linked to: prince-abbeys