Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück

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The Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück was a powerful ecclesiastical ruler in the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of Roman Catholic bishop and secular prince over the Osnabrück territory.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bishop of Osnabrück 1
Prince-bishop of Osnabrück 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
appliesTo Diocese of Osnabrück NERFINISHED
beganExistence 12th century
capital Osnabrück NERFINISHED
couldConclude limited treaties
couldLevy taxes in its territory
couldMint coins (in some periods)
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedBy German mediatization
endedExistence early 19th century
governmentForm elective monarchy
hadElectoralBody cathedral chapter of Osnabrück
hadImperialImmediateStatus yes
hadMilitaryObligationsTo Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
hasPower spiritual authority over the Diocese of Osnabrück
temporal authority over the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
hasRole Roman Catholic bishop
secular prince
hasTitleHolder prince-bishop
heldBy Bishop of Osnabrück NERFINISHED
heldJurisdictionOver Osnabrück territory
subjects of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
language German
Low German
legalStatus immediate territory of the Empire
locatedIn Lower Saxony
northwestern Germany
partOf Holy Roman Empire
rank prince of the Empire
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
seat Osnabrück Cathedral NERFINISHED
successorState Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED
territory Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück NERFINISHED
typeOfMonarch prince-bishop
wasBoth ecclesiastical office
secular rulership
wasImperialEstate Reichsstand NERFINISHED
wasMemberOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle NERFINISHED
wasPartOf prince-bishoprics in the Holy Roman Empire
wasRuledBy cathedral chapter of Osnabrück (electorally) NERFINISHED
wasSecularizedIn 1803
wasSubjectTo canon law
imperial law
wasTypicalOf ecclesiastical principalities in the Empire

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

Clemens August of Bavaria positionHeld Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany positionHeld Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
Bishopric of Osnabrück rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
this entity surface form: Prince-bishop of Osnabrück
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Osnabrück usedBy Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
this entity surface form: Bishop of Osnabrück