Prince-Abbacy of Kempten

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The Prince-Abbacy of Kempten was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-abbot who held both spiritual authority and secular sovereignty over its territory.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
imperial abbey ⓘ
borderedBy Free Imperial City of Kempten ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg ⓘ
capital Kempten Abbey ⓘ
category Former states and territories of Bavaria ⓘ
Imperial abbeys ⓘ
Prince-Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Prince-abbots
confessionalAlignment Catholic ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1802 ⓘ
elevatedToImperialAbbey 9th century ⓘ
established 8th century ⓘ
existedUntilEvent German mediatization ⓘ
foundedAsAbbey circa 752 ⓘ
founder Carloman, son of Charles Martel ⓘ
linked to: Carloman I

Hildegard of the Vinzgau ⓘ
gainedImperialImmediacy Middle Ages ⓘ
governmentForm theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadDualAuthority secular sovereignty ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
hadEstateType ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
hadRulerRank Reichsfürst ⓘ
hasType immediate territory ⓘ
heldBenchIn College of Princes ⓘ
heldVoteIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
imperialImmediateTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatus immediate estate of the Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
locatedInRegion Allgäu ⓘ
linked to: Allgäu region

Swabia ⓘ
linked to: Swabia (Bavaria)
mainSettlement Kempten (Allgäu) ⓘ
linked to: Kempten
mediatisedTo Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
partOf Swabian Circle ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Prince-abbot of Kempten ⓘ
seat Kempten (Allgäu) ⓘ
linked to: Kempten
secularized 1802 ⓘ
sovereigntyType territorial lordship ⓘ
successorState Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
territoryNowIn Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Free State of Bavaria ⓘ
linked to: Bavaria
usedTitleStyle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Swabian Circle → hasPart → Abbey of Kempten ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Abbacy of Kempten
Upper German Reichskreis → hasMember → Imperial Abbey of Kempten ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Abbacy of Kempten