Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation

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The Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation was the 1803 imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire that secularized and reorganized its territories, effectively paving the way for the Empire’s dissolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
constitutional act
imperial law
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire
appliesToPart ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire
Reichsstädte (Free Imperial Cities)
surface form: imperial free cities of the Holy Roman Empire

Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: imperial knights of the Holy Roman Empire
approvedBy Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
basedOn French diplomatic pressure under Napoleon Bonaparte
provisions of the Treaty of Lunéville
chronology enacted three years before the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806
country Holy Roman Empire
describedBySource German constitutional history
historiography of the Holy Roman Empire
draftedBy Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Extraordinary Imperial Delegation
followedBy Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine
surface form: Act of the Confederation of the Rhine
follows Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation
surface form: Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation (draft resolutions)

Treaty of Lunéville
hasEffect compensation of German princes dispossessed by French annexations west of the Rhine
end of most ecclesiastical states in the Empire
mediatization of imperial knights and small lordships
paving the way for the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
redistribution of territories to larger secular states
reduction in number of imperial estates
secularization of imperial abbeys
secularization of prince-bishoprics
strengthening of Baden
strengthening of Bavaria
strengthening of Prussia
strengthening of Württemberg
weakening of the imperial constitution
hasPart mediatization provisions
secularization provisions
territorial compensation regulations
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
late Holy Roman Empire
inception 1803
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalForm final recess
locationOfDrafting Regensburg
pointInTime 25 February 1803
ratifiedBy Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
significantEvent mediatization of imperial free cities
secularization of ecclesiastical principalities
territorial reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire
title Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
surface form: Hauptschluss der außerordentlichen Reichsdeputation

Reichsdeputationshauptschluss

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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss alsoKnownAs Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation
Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation draftedBy Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Extraordinary Imperial Delegation
Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation alsoKnownAs Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation