Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire

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constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire imperial estate political entity

The Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire were the semi-sovereign secular and ecclesiastical territories whose rulers held imperial immediacy and a seat in the Imperial Diet, collectively forming the political structure of the Empire.

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All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire canonical 28
Holy Roman Empire nobility 12
Catholic estates of the Holy Roman Empire 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
imperial estate ⓘ
political entity ⓘ
composedOf counties ⓘ
duchies ⓘ
ecclesiastical principalities ⓘ
electorates ⓘ
imperial free cities ⓘ
imperial knights (indirectly, without seat) ⓘ
margraviates ⓘ
prince-abbeys ⓘ
prince-bishoprics ⓘ
secular principalities ⓘ
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
existedFrom late Middle Ages ⓘ
existedUntil 1806 ⓘ
governedBy Imperial Constitution ⓘ
hadFunction formed territorial structure of the Empire ⓘ
participated in election of Holy Roman Emperor (through electors) ⓘ
participated in imperial legislation ⓘ
provided military contingents to imperial army ⓘ
hadLanguageOfAdministration German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hadLegalStatus semi-sovereign territory ⓘ
hadNumberOfMembers several hundred at peak ⓘ
hadPoliticalStatus imperial immediacy ⓘ
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
Reichstag ⓘ
hadRight right to administer justice within own territory ⓘ
right to attend Imperial Diet ⓘ
right to conduct limited foreign policy ⓘ
right to legislate within own territory ⓘ
right to levy taxes within own territory ⓘ
right to vote in Imperial Diet ⓘ
hadSeatIn College of Electors ⓘ
College of Cities ⓘ
surface form: College of Imperial Cities

College of Princes ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Europe ⓘ
included Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Free and Imperial Cities

Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial counts

Imperial prelates ⓘ
Imperial princes ⓘ
Prince-electors ⓘ
organizedIn Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Circles
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire

Reichsstand ⓘ
imperial immediacy ⓘ
subjectTo Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Imperial law ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

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

Prince-Bishopric of Münster → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire → wereRecognizedAs → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsfürsten (imperial princes)
College of Electors → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial constitution of the Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Cologne → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Peace of Augsburg → appliedTo → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire high nobility
County of Nassau-Siegen → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
House of Württemberg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: High nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) → appliesToJurisdiction → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of Waldeck → feudalSystem → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire → included → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial counts
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → legislature → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Estates of the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
Gulden → usedIn → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire territories
Elector of Württemberg → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: College of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire
Elector of Württemberg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
House of Welf → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: High nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
Kurfürsten → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Bishopric of Cologne → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
House of Lobkowicz → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Catholic princes → governs → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic territories in the Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Styria → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Catholic League → hasPart → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire
reservatum ecclesiasticum → introducedBy → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Reservatum ecclesiasticum
this entity surface form: Catholic estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Declaratio Ferdinandei → hasJurisdiction → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Empire and France → confirmedStatusOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Duke of Jülich-Berg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Bishop of Liège → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
House of Waldeck → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Count of Nassau-Hadamar → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial City of Wetzlar → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
George, Count Palatine of Simmern → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire → subclassOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsstand (imperial estate)
Imperial Knights of the Holy Roman Empire → distinctFrom → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Counts of the Holy Roman Empire
Worms Reichsreform 1495 → appliesToJurisdiction → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Wormser Reichsreform 1495
this entity surface form: Reichsstände des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
Prince of Grubenhagen → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Prince of Salm-Kyrburg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Baden-Durlach → hasAllegiance → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Protestant estates of the Empire
Judith of Bavaria → sphereOfInfluence → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Schmalkaldic League → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire
House of Griffins → memberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Swabian Circle → appliesToJurisdiction → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swabian estates of the Holy Roman Empire
Electress of Bohemia → partOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire nobility
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn → wasMemberOf → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Reichstag → governs → Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire