Prince-Bishopric of Speyer

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ecclesiastical principality prince-bishopric state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Prince-Bishopric of Speyer was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Speyer, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer canonical 3
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer free imperial city enclave 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate

Margraviate of Baden ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Speyer free imperial city enclave

Prince-Bishopric of Worms ⓘ
capital Speyer ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus diocesan territory with imperial immediacy ⓘ
follows Roman Catholic canon law ⓘ
governmentForm theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasCathedralChapter cathedral chapter of Speyer ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral chapter of Speyer Cathedral
hasCoatOfArms arms of the Bishopric of Speyer (silver cross on blue with key) ⓘ
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
customs duties ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
hasEnclave Free Imperial City of Speyer ⓘ
hasJudicialAuthority ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
temporal courts of the prince-bishop ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Speyer
hasLegalSystem mix of Roman law and local customary law ⓘ
hasLegislature cathedral chapter of Speyer ⓘ
hasNobility local ministeriales and lesser nobility ⓘ
hasPart city of Speyer ⓘ
hasPrimaryCathedral Speyer Cathedral ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Catholicism ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
hasSecularAuthority over its temporal territories ⓘ
hasSpiritualAuthority over the Diocese of Speyer ⓘ
hasTypeOfTerritory discontinuous territory ⓘ
holdsImperialImmediacy yes ⓘ
isEcclesiasticalState yes ⓘ
isFeudalState yes ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
locatedInRegion Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Rhenish Circle ⓘ
surface form: Electoral Rhenish Circle (ecclesiastical states grouping)

Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Speyer ⓘ
seat Speyer Cathedral ⓘ
spiritualRuler Prince-Bishop of Speyer ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Speyer
temporalRuler Prince-Bishop of Speyer ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Speyer
typeOfMonarch prince-bishop ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Prince-Bishopric of Speyer ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg → predecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Speyer ⓘ
Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Prince-Bishopric of Speyer ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Speyer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Speyer free imperial city enclave