Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire

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The Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire were the semi-sovereign secular and ecclesiastical territories whose rulers held imperial immediacy and a seat in the Imperial Diet, collectively forming the political structure of the Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire
imperial estate
political entity
composedOf counties
duchies
ecclesiastical principalities
electorates
imperial free cities
imperial knights (indirectly, without seat)
margraviates
prince-abbeys
prince-bishoprics
secular principalities
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
existedFrom late Middle Ages
existedUntil 1806
governedBy Imperial Constitution
hadFunction formed territorial structure of the Empire
participated in election of Holy Roman Emperor (through electors)
participated in imperial legislation
provided military contingents to imperial army
hadLanguageOfAdministration German
Latin
hadLegalStatus semi-sovereign territory
hadNumberOfMembers several hundred at peak
hadPoliticalStatus imperial immediacy
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet
Reichstag
hadRight right to administer justice within own territory
right to attend Imperial Diet
right to conduct limited foreign policy
right to legislate within own territory
right to levy taxes within own territory
right to vote in Imperial Diet
hadSeatIn College of Electors
College of Imperial Cities
linked to: College of Cities

College of Princes
historicalRegion Central Europe
included Free and Imperial Cities
Imperial counts
Imperial prelates
Imperial princes
Prince-electors
organizedIn Imperial Circles
partOf Holy Roman Empire
relatedTo Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Diet

Reichsstand
imperial immediacy
subjectTo Holy Roman Emperor
Imperial law

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

Prince-Bishopric of Münster memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire wereRecognizedAs Reichsfürsten (imperial princes)
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
College of Electors partOf imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Cologne memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Peace of Augsburg appliedTo Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg partOf Holy Roman Empire high nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
County of Nassau-Siegen memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Württemberg partOf High nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) appliesToJurisdiction Catholic estates of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of Waldeck feudalSystem Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire included Imperial counts
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim legislature Estates of the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Gulden usedIn Holy Roman Empire territories
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Elector of Württemberg memberOf College of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Elector of Württemberg partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Welf memberOf High nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Kurfürsten partOf imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Bishopric of Cologne memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Lobkowicz partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Catholic princes governs Catholic territories in the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Styria memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League hasPart Catholic ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Reservatum ecclesiasticum introducedBy Catholic estates of the Holy Roman Empire
subject linked to: reservatum ecclesiasticum
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Declaratio Ferdinandei hasJurisdiction Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France confirmedStatusOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Duke of Jülich-Berg partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Bishop of Liège memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Margrave of Brandenburg partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Waldeck partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Count of Nassau-Hadamar partOf Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial City of Wetzlar partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
George, Count Palatine of Simmern partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire subclassOf Reichsstand (imperial estate)
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire distinctFrom Imperial Counts of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Wormser Reichsreform 1495 appliesToJurisdiction Reichsstände des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
subject linked to: Worms Reichsreform 1495
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of Grubenhagen memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of Salm-Kyrburg partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg partOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Baden-Durlach hasAllegiance Protestant estates of the Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Judith of Bavaria sphereOfInfluence Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Schmalkaldic League memberOf Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Griffins memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Swabian Circle appliesToJurisdiction Swabian estates of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Electress of Bohemia partOf Holy Roman Empire nobility
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn wasMemberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Reichstag governs Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire