Bishop of Utrecht

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The Bishop of Utrecht was a powerful medieval prince-bishop who combined spiritual authority with secular rule over extensive territories in the Low Countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic bishopric
ecclesiastical office
prince-bishop
appliesToJurisdiction Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
appointedBy Pope
capital city of Utrecht
coatOfArms red and white shield of Utrecht
country Holy Roman Empire
diminishedBy Habsburg centralization
rise of Burgundian Netherlands
existedFrom 695
existedUntil 1559
hasCharacteristic combined spiritual and temporal power
feudal overlordship over local nobility
imperial immediacy
hasJurisdictionOver Diocese of Utrecht
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
hasRole feudal lord
secular ruler
spiritual leader
temporal prince
hasTitle Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
heldSecularAuthorityOver Drenthe NERFINISHED
Nedersticht
Oversticht
parts of Gelderland
parts of Overijssel
heldTitle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
languageUsed Latin
Middle Dutch
locatedIn Low Countries
Utrecht
modern Netherlands
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
officeCreatedFor missionary work among Frisians
officeHolder Baldwin of Holland
David of Burgundy
Frederick of Utrecht
Henry of the Palatinate
Philip of Burgundy
Willibrord
participatedIn Imperial Diet
partOf Diocese of Utrecht
Ecclesiastical province of Cologne
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
succeededBy Archdiocese of Utrecht
territoryIncorporatedInto Habsburg Netherlands
typeOfGovernment theocratic principality

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Oversticht sovereign Bishop of Utrecht
Oversticht sovereign Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Bishopric of Utrecht ruledBy Prince-bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Archbishop of Utrecht historicalPrecursor Bishop of Utrecht
Saint Radboud hasTitle Bishop of Utrecht
Bishop of Utrecht hasTitle Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Sticht Utrecht ruledBy Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Sticht Utrecht sovereign Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Nedersticht ruledBy Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht
Upper Sticht associatedWith Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
subject linked to: upper Sticht
linked to: Bishop of Utrecht