Prince-Bishop of Lübeck

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The Prince-Bishop of Lübeck was a high-ranking ecclesiastical ruler who governed the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck within the Holy Roman Empire, combining religious authority with secular princely power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ
ecclesiastical prince ⓘ
imperial prince ⓘ
ruler of a prince-bishopric ⓘ
abolishedBy German mediatization ⓘ
coexistedWith Free Imperial City of Lübeck ⓘ
collected feudal dues ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
combinedRole secular ruler ⓘ
spiritual leader ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
didNotRule Free Imperial City of Lübeck ⓘ
exercisedSecularAuthorityOver parts of Holstein ⓘ
territory around Eutin ⓘ
exercisedSpiritualAuthorityOver Lübeck Cathedral ⓘ
governmentForm ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
hasCapital Eutin ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Diocese of Lübeck ⓘ
heldEcclesiasticalRank bishop ⓘ
heldJudicialAuthorityOver subjects of the prince-bishopric ⓘ
heldRank Reichsfürst ⓘ
heldTemporalPowerOver prince-bishopric estates ⓘ
heldTitle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalStatus immediate vassal of the emperor ⓘ
officeCreatedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
officeSecularizedInYear 1803 ⓘ
oversawInstitution Lübeck Cathedral Chapter ⓘ
participatedIn imperial politics ⓘ
partOf Lower Saxon Circle ⓘ
positionHeldIn Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
requiredConfirmationBy Pope ⓘ
residence Eutin ⓘ
seat Eutin Castle ⓘ
successorEntity Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ
typeOfMonarch territorial prince ⓘ
wasAffectedBy Reformation in Northern Germany ⓘ
wasElectedBy cathedral chapter of Lübeck ⓘ
wasLinkedToDynasty House of Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ
House of Oldenburg ⓘ
wasMemberOf College of Princes ⓘ
wasSubjectTo canon law ⓘ
imperial law ⓘ
wasVassalOf Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ

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House of Oldenburg-Eutin → titleHeld → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
Adolf Frederick of Sweden → title → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck → rulerTitle → Prince-bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin → positionHeld → Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
Eutin principality → sovereign → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck → positionHeld → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
George Louis, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck → hasTitle → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg → positionHeld → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ
Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg → nobleTitle → Prince-Bishop of Lübeck ⓘ