Three Bishoprics

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The Three Bishoprics were a strategic group of ecclesiastical principalities—Metz, Toul, and Verdun—in northeastern France that became a key contested frontier between France and the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century.

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Label Occurrences
Three Bishoprics canonical 5

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
acquiredBy Henry II of France ⓘ
acquisitionMethod military occupation ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Valois ⓘ
associatedWithEmperor Charles V ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Lorraine ⓘ
capital Metz ⓘ
conflict Italian Wars ⓘ
consistsOf Bishopric of Metz ⓘ
Bishopric of Toul ⓘ
Bishopric of Verdun ⓘ
contestedBy Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfDeJureCessionToFrance 1648 ⓘ
dateOfFrenchOccupation 1552 ⓘ
governmentForm ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
historicalFunction buffer zone between French and Imperial lands ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalStatusBefore1552 imperial immediacy ⓘ
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
militaryEvent Siege of Metz (1552–1553) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Metz
partOf border region between France and the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
presentDayDepartmentIncludes Meurthe-et-Moselle ⓘ
Meuse ⓘ
Moselle ⓘ
presentDayLocation Grand Est region of France ⓘ
linked to: Grand Est
previouslyPartOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
previouslyRuledBy Prince-bishops ⓘ
linked to: Prince-Bishop
recognizedAsFrenchBy Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
regionType ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent French occupation of 1552 ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ⓘ
Treaty of Chambord ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between France and Germany ⓘ
frontier between France and the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Siege of Metz → relatedPlace → Three Bishoprics ⓘ
Vic-sur-Seille → historicalRegion → Three Bishoprics ⓘ
Bouzonville → historicalRegion → Three Bishoprics ⓘ