Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation

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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss constitutional act imperial law

The Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation 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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Deliberations on the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss	1
Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation canonical	1
Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation (draft resolutions)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ constitutional act ⓘ imperial law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation ⓘ Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire imperial free cities of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
approvedBy	Imperial Deputation ⓘ
basedOn	compensation plan for princes dispossessed by French annexations ⓘ
beneficiary	Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Electorate of Württemberg ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Margraviate of Baden ⓘ
cause	Treaty of Lunéville ⓘ territorial losses of German princes to France on the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ
confirmedBy	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateEnacted	1803 ⓘ
effect	loss of immediacy for many small imperial estates ⓘ mediatization of many imperial free cities ⓘ redistribution of territories to larger secular states ⓘ secularization of most ecclesiastical principalities in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ strengthening of larger German territorial states ⓘ weakening of the imperial constitution ⓘ
followedBy	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ formation of the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked the large-scale secularization of church lands in Germany ⓘ paved the way for the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
jurisdiction	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the constitutional law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
legislativeBody	Imperial Diet ⓘ surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
locationOfDrafting	Regensburg ⓘ
mainSubject	mediatization of imperial estates ⓘ secularization of ecclesiastical territories ⓘ territorial reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf	process of German mediatization ⓘ reforms of the Holy Roman Empire under French pressure ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	Regensburg ⓘ
ratifiedBy	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
resultedIn	end of most ecclesiastical principalities as sovereign entities ⓘ increase in size and power of several German territorial states ⓘ reduction in number of imperial estates ⓘ
subjectOf	German constitutional history ⓘ historiography of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
year	1803 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Reichsdeputationshauptschluss → alsoKnownAs → Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation ⓘ

Perpetual Diet of Regensburg → significantEvent → Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deliberations on the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss

Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation → follows → Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation (draft resolutions)