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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Generate an image of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire (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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Statements (50)

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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Referenced by (129)

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