Bremen-Verden

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Bremen-Verden was a former duchy in northern Germany that emerged from the secularized prince-bishoprics of Bremen and Verden and was at times ruled in personal union by Sweden.

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Label Occurrences
Bremen-Verden canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former duchy
territorial state
borderedBy Duchy of Holstein
Free City of Bremen
surface form: Free Imperial City of Bremen

Lüneburg
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
capital Stade
cededBy Sweden
cededByTreaty Treaty of Stockholm (1719–1720)
cededTo Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolved 1823
established 1648
establishedBy Peace of Westphalia
governmentForm monarchy
hadImportantRiver Elbe
Weser
hadPort Stade
hasPart Duchy of Bremen
Principality of Verden
language High German
Low German
locatedIn Lower Saxony
Northern Germany
occupiedBy Denmark–Norway
surface form: Denmark-Norway

Electorate of Saxony
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
originatedFrom Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Prince-Bishopric of Verden
partOf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Swedish Empire
predecessor Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Prince-Bishopric of Verden
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
ruledInPersonalUnionBy Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Elector of Hanover

Swedish Crown
secularizedFrom Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Prince-Bishopric of Verden
sovereign Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Kingdom of Great Britain
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Sweden
successor Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Stade
surface form: Stade Region
wasTheatreOf Great Northern War
Scanian War

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

Swedish Empire territoryIncludes Bremen-Verden
Duke of Bremen-Verden sovereignOver Bremen-Verden