Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt

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The Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by a Catholic bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
state of the Holy Roman Empire
architectureStyle Baroque
borderedBy Duchy of Bavaria
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
capital Eichstätt
coatOfArmsFeature bishop’s crozier
checkered Franconian rake (Franconian coat of arms element)
commonLanguage German
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
currency Gulden
Kreuzer
diocese Diocese of Eichstätt
surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt
dissolutionEvent Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
dissolutionReason German mediatization
endTime 1803
establishedAsDiocese 8th century
governmentForm elective monarchy
theocratic monarchy
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
heldImperialEstate yes
historicalRegion Franconia
imperialEstateStatus Imperial immediacy
locatedIn Franconia
present-day Bavaria
mainCathedral Eichstätt Cathedral
notableRuler Johann Konrad von Gemmingen
Marquard II Schenk von Castell
officialLanguage Latin
partOf Franconian Circle
predecessor Diocese of Eichstätt
surface form: Bishopric of Eichstätt
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrderInfluence Benedictines
religiousOrderPresence Society of Jesus
surface form: Jesuits
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
seat Eichstätt Cathedral
spiritualJurisdiction Diocese of Eichstätt
startTime 745
successor Electorate of Bavaria
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Napoleonic)
surface form: Grand Duchy of Tuscany (briefly, in territorial arrangements)
temporalRuler Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
surface form: Bishop of Eichstätt
todayPartOf Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Bavaria
surface form: Free State of Bavaria

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Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) hasPart Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Eichstätt
Franconian Circle containsTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt