Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

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ecclesiastical principality former state prince-bishopric

The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Catholic prince-bishop and centered on the city of Würzburg in Franconia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg canonical 11
Bishopric of Würzburg 4
Prince-bishopric of Würzburg 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
former state ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
bishopricFounded 8th century ⓘ
borderedBy County of Henneberg ⓘ
Margraviate of Bayreuth ⓘ
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg ⓘ
capital Würzburg ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
currency Gulden ⓘ
Kreuzer ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Würzburg ⓘ
dissolvedBy German mediatization ⓘ
endDate 1803 ⓘ
establishedBy elevation of the Bishop of Würzburg to imperial prince ⓘ
governmentType elective monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadImperialCircle Franconian Circle ⓘ
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
language German ⓘ
legalStatus immediate territory of the Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Franconia ⓘ
present-day Germany ⓘ
mainCathedral Würzburg Cathedral ⓘ
mainRiver River Main ⓘ
surface form: Main River
notableEvent Thirty Years' War ⓘ
Würzburg witch trials ⓘ
notableRuler Franz Ludwig von Erthal ⓘ
Johann Philipp von Schönborn ⓘ
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
predecessor Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bishopric of Würzburg
primaryConfession Roman Catholic ⓘ
rankInEmpire imperial prince ⓘ
region Lower Franconia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Catholic ecclesiastical state ⓘ
religiousOrderInfluence Capuchin ⓘ
surface form: Capuchins

Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesuits
residence Würzburg Residence ⓘ
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Würzburg ⓘ
secularization 1803 ⓘ
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
startDate 1168 ⓘ
successor Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Würzburg ⓘ
usedTitle Duke of Franconia ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Philipp Franz von Siebold → placeOfBirth → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Catholic League → hasPart → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Catholic Church hierarchy in the Holy Roman Empire → governedTerritorialUnit → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn → workLocation → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Würzburg witch trials → location → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Duchy of Franconia → followedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
County of Wertheim → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Würzburg
Schweinfurt (district) → hasHistoricalRegion → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg → predecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Würzburg
Duke of Franconia → associatedWithInstitution → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince-bishopric of Würzburg
Bench of Ecclesiastical Princes → hasNotableMember → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Franconian Circle → containsTerritory → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Würzburg
Grand Duchy of Würzburg → predecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Würzburg
Elector of Würzburg → appliesToJurisdiction → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
Elector of Würzburg → officeHolderOf → Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ