prince of the Holy Roman Empire

C12473
concept

A prince of the Holy Roman Empire was a secular or ecclesiastical ruler who held immediate authority under the emperor, possessing territorial sovereignty and a vote in the Imperial Diet.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
prince of the Holy Roman Empire canonical 8
prince-archbishop 4
medieval German prince 3

Instances (21)

Instance Via concept surface
Henry the Lion
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Franconian ruler
George, Count Palatine of Simmern
Baldwin of Luxembourg prince-archbishop
Reichsfürst (Imperial Prince)
surface form: Reichsfürst
rank in the Holy Roman Empire
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Ernst of Bavaria ruler in the Holy Roman Empire
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine medieval German prince
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Archbishop of Cologne
Siegfried II of Westerburg, Archbishop of Cologne
surface form: Siegfried II of Westerburg
Louis
surface form: Louis VI, Elector Palatine
Johann Georg von Brandenburg prince-archbishop
Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz prince-archbishop
Hieronymus von Colloredo prince-archbishop
Maurice Henry
surface form: Maurice Henry of Nassau-Hadamar
Archduke Ernest of Austria (son of Ferdinand I)
Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia medieval German prince
Conrad II of Bavaria medieval German prince
Christian August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ruler in the Holy Roman Empire
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg