Prince-Bishopric of Münster

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ecclesiastical principality prince-bishopric state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Prince-Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority over the region in what is now northwestern Germany.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Prince-Bishop of Münster 7
Bishopric of Münster 1
Diocese of Münster 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy County of Bentheim ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Duchy of Westphalia ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands
capital Münster ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
commonLanguage High German ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
conflict Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Siege of Groningen (1672) ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
diocesanSee Diocese of Münster ⓘ
dissolutionCause German mediatization ⓘ
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
endDate 1803 ⓘ
governmentForm elective monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadSecularAuthorityOver territory around Münster ⓘ
hadSpiritualAuthorityOver Diocese of Münster ⓘ
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
hostedEvent Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia
locatedIn Northwestern Germany ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes Lower Saxony ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
notableRuler Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster ⓘ
surface form: Christoph Bernhard von Galen

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg ⓘ
officialLanguage Latin ⓘ
partiallySuccessor Kingdom of Westphalia ⓘ
participatedIn Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishopric of Münster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
sovereigntyStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
startDate ca. 12th century ⓘ
successor Duchy of Arenberg ⓘ
Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
typeOfState temporal possession of a bishop ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Franco-Dutch War → alliedWith → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
House of Galen → associatedWith → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Kanonen-Bernhard → associatedWith → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Siege of Groningen (1672) → attacker → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
County of Mark → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Duchy of Mark → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → deathPlace → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → diocese → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: Diocese of Münster
Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Diocese of Münster → historicalRegion → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672 → involvedCountry → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Rampjaar
Lord of Ahaus → locatedIn → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Cathedral Chapter of Münster
Franco-Dutch War → mainBelligerent → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Bombing Bernard → monarchOf → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
von Galen → occupation → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann von Galen
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
Kanonen-Bernhard → officeControlled → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Lord of Ahaus → partOf → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian territories of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Johann Georg Hamann → placeOfDeath → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → positionHeld → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
House of Galen → positionHeld → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
Bombing Bernard → positionHeld → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
States Army of the Dutch Republic → primaryOpponent → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Münster → rulerTitle → Prince-Bishopric of Münster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
Treaty of Nijmegen → signatory → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Middle Dutch → spokenIn → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Münster
Lord of Ahaus → subordinateTo → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → title → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
Münster → wasBishopricSeatOf → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ