Prince-Bishopric of Brixen

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The Prince-Bishopric of Brixen was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Tyrol region, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Bishopric of Brixen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
alsoKnownAs Fürstbistum Brixen NERFINISHED
Hochstift Brixen NERFINISHED
borderedBy County of Tyrol NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Trento NERFINISHED
capital Brixen NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
diocesanSee Diocese of Brixen NERFINISHED
dissolutionEvent German mediatization
dissolvedInCentury 19th century
dissolvedInYear 1803
ecclesiasticalProvince Archdiocese of Salzburg NERFINISHED
establishedInCentury 10th century
establishedInYear 1027
feudalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
foundedBy Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
governmentType theocratic monarchy
hadCathedral Brixen Cathedral NERFINISHED
hadLegislature prince-bishop and cathedral chapter
hadRepresentation Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
hadRulerRank Imperial Prince NERFINISHED
hasAuthorityType spiritual authority
temporal authority
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
language German
Latin
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED
Tyrol NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricRegion County of Tyrol NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay northern Italy
mainCity Brixen NERFINISHED
mainReligion Catholicism
partOf Holy Roman Empire
regionToday Italy NERFINISHED
South Tyrol NERFINISHED
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Brixen NERFINISHED
secularizationContext Reichsdeputationshauptschluss NERFINISHED
successorState Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
County of Tyrol NERFINISHED
typeOfMonarch prince-bishop
usedLegalSystem canon law
feudal law
wasSecularized yes

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Prince-Bishopric of Trent borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
Bled Castle donatedTo Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
this entity surface form: Bishopric of Brixen