knights of the Empire
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Knights of the Empire were lower-ranking, often landholding nobles in the Holy Roman Empire who held imperial immediacy but lacked representation in the imperial diet alongside the higher secular princes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| knights of the Empire canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial knight
ⓘ
lower nobility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Reichsritterschaft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
imperial knights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| developedFrom | ministeriales of the High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom |
imperial counts with seat and vote
ⓘ
imperial princes ⓘ prince-bishops ⓘ territorial princes ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | mediatization and reorganization of 1803–1806 ⓘ |
| excludedFrom | Imperial Circles system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedUntil | dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ |
| feudalStatus |
free nobles
ⓘ
imperial vassals ⓘ |
| governedBy | imperial knightly corporations ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
imperial immediacy
ⓘ
landholding nobility ⓘ lower-ranking nobles ⓘ no representation in Imperial Diet ⓘ |
| held |
allodial lands
ⓘ
fiefs ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | immediate imperial estates without territorial sovereignty ⓘ |
| notPartOf |
College of Princes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Diet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| obligations |
defense of imperial territory
ⓘ
military service to the emperor ⓘ |
| organizedIn | Imperial Knightly Circles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | imperial estate structure ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
immediate subjects of the emperor
ⓘ
non-sovereign estates ⓘ |
| region |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Circles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rights |
collection of dues and taxes on their lands
ⓘ
local jurisdiction over their estates ⓘ |
| socialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Holy Roman Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
imperial princes ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
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