Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen

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The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in northern Germany, ruled by a prince-archbishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Label Occurrences
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen canonical 9

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
prince-archbishopric ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ
surface form: County of Oldenburg

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Free City of Bremen ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Bremen

Prince-Bishopric of Verden ⓘ
capital Bremen ⓘ
coatOfArms key of Saint Peter on red field ⓘ
conflict Thirty Years' War ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency Reichsthaler ⓘ
dissolutionReason secularization ⓘ
endTime 1648 ⓘ
establishedAsImperialEstate 1180 ⓘ
governmentForm elective monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadDiocese Archdiocese of Bremen ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Bremen
hadEstateType spiritual electorate candidate (never realized) ⓘ
hadSecularAuthorityOver territory around the lower Weser River ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Saxony ⓘ
imperialRepresentation Reichstag ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire
language Middle Low German ⓘ
laterLanguage Early New High German ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Saxony ⓘ
Northern Germany ⓘ
notableRuler Christopher the Spendthrift ⓘ
John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ
John III of Bremen ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
patronSaint Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
predecessor Archdiocese of Bremen ⓘ
reformationImpact partly Protestant from the 16th century ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousJurisdiction Archdiocese of Bremen ⓘ
river Weser ⓘ
rulerTitle Prince-Archbishop of Bremen ⓘ
secularizationConfirmedBy Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
spiritualAuthority prince-archbishop as metropolitan bishop ⓘ
startTime 1180 ⓘ
successor Duchy of Bremen ⓘ
Swedish Bremen-Verden ⓘ
temporalAuthority prince-archbishop as territorial lord ⓘ
todayPartOf Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

State of Bremen ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
surface form: State of Lower Saxony

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Referenced by (9)

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

Lower Saxon Circle → contains → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Duchy of Saxony → followedBy → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Bremen-Verden → originatedFrom → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Bremen-Verden → secularizedFrom → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Bremen-Verden → predecessor → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Duke of Holstein → sharesBorderWith → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → precededBy → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Duchy of Bremen → secularizedFrom → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Verden → borderedBy → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ⓘ