Prince-Bishopric of Warmia

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The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia was an autonomous ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ruled by prince-bishops who held both spiritual and temporal authority in the Warmia region.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
associatedWith Copernican Revolution ⓘ
bishopSeat Frombork Cathedral ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
Teutonic Order State ⓘ
capital Frombork ⓘ
Lidzbark Warmiński ⓘ
confession Catholic ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Warmia ⓘ
established 1243 ⓘ
event First Partition of Poland ⓘ
foundedBy Papal legate William of Modena ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
governmentType ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadAutonomyWithin Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hadInstitution Warmia cathedral chapter ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Warmia
hadPrivilege extensive ecclesiastical immunity ⓘ
historicalRegionNowIn Poland ⓘ
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Warmia ⓘ
notableResident Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
overlord Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
partOf Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Royal Prussia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
secularization 1772 ⓘ
spiritualAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
successor Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Warmia

Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
temporalAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
usedLegalSystem canon law ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ

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Orneta → historicallyRuledBy → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Dobre Miasto → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Reszel → partOf → historical Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Royal Prussia → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Lidzbark Warmiński → wasCapitalOf → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Braunsberg → partOf → Bishopric of Warmia (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Frauenburg → partOf → historical Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
War of the Priests (1467–1479) → location → Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Heilsberg → historicalRegion → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Mehlsack → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Guttstadt → partOf → Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Guttstadt → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Bishop of Warmia → hadSecularAuthorityOver → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Warmia → historicalAffiliation → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Warmia → wasEcclesiasticalTerritoryOf → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ
Rößel → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ