Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg

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The Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Strasbourg, ruled by its bishop as both a spiritual and secular prince.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
former state
prince-bishopric
bishopSeat Strasbourg Cathedral
borderedBy Alsatian imperial cities
Duchy of Lorraine
Margraviate of Baden
capital Strasbourg
commonLanguage Alsatian
German
confessionalStatusAfterReformation Catholic stronghold
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
date 1262
dissolutionEvent German mediatization
dissolved 1803
established 7th century
event Battle of Hausbergen
feudalStatus imperial immediacy
gainedImperialImmediacy 10th century
governmentType elective monarchy
theocratic monarchy
hadLegislature estates of the prince-bishopric
hadPrinceBishop Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
surface form: Franz Egon of Fürstenberg

Johann Georg von Brandenburg
Louis René Édouard de Rohan
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
William of Hohnstein
historicalRegion Alsace
locatedIn Alsace
Upper Rhine region
lostCityControl 1262
mainRiver Rhine
notableEvent loss of Strasbourg as episcopal city in 1262
officialLanguage Latin
partOf Holy Roman Empire
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Archdiocese of Strasbourg
surface form: Diocese of Strasbourg
result Strasbourg became a Free Imperial City
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg
secularAuthorityConsolidated 12th century
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor
successorState France
Margraviate of Baden
territoryType scattered lordships and estates
todayPartOf France
Germany
urbanCenterOutsideCity Offenburg region

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Upper Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg predecessor Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
this entity surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (German territories)
Archdiocese of Strasbourg formerStatus Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
this entity surface form: Prince‑Bishopric of Strasbourg