Bishopric of Cologne

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Ecclesiastical principality Prince-bishopric State of the Holy Roman Empire

The Bishopric of Cologne was a significant ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Cologne, ruled by powerful prince-bishops who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Archbishopric of Cologne	1
Archdiocese of Cologne	1
Court of the Elector of Cologne	1
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ecclesiastical principality ⓘ Prince-bishopric ⓘ State of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy	Duchy of Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Jülich NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Black cross on silver field with red shield of Cologne ⓘ
commonLanguage	German ⓘ Ripuarian Franconian ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency	Cologne mark ⓘ
diocese	Ecclesiastical province of Cologne ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
dissolvedBy	German mediatization ⓘ
dissolvedDuring	Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
ecclesiasticalRank	Archbishopric ⓘ
electoralStatus	Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	1803 ⓘ
governmentForm	Elective monarchy ⓘ Theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadEnclave	Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadRepresentativeBody	Cathedral chapter of Cologne ⓘ
hasAuthorityType	Spiritual authority ⓘ Temporal authority ⓘ
heldImperialOffice	Archchancellor of Italy ⓘ
highPointOfPower	High Middle Ages ⓘ
locatedIn	Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ Present-day Germany ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ
memberOf	Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
notableRuler	Clemens August of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Engelbert II of Berg ⓘ Maximilian Henry of Bavaria ⓘ Rainald of Dassel ⓘ
officeHolderRole	Prince-elector of Cologne ⓘ surface form: Elector of Cologne
officialLanguage	Latin ⓘ
partiallyLocatedOn	Rhine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Cologne War ⓘ Thirty Years' War ⓘ
partOf	Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulerTitle	Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ Prince-bishop of Cologne ⓘ
startTime	10th century ⓘ
successor	Electorate of Cologne ⓘ Grand Duchy of Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
typeOfJurisdiction	Temporal lordship of a bishop ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Albert the Great → deathPlace → Bishopric of Cologne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archbishopric of Cologne

Electorate of Cologne → diocese → Bishopric of Cologne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archdiocese of Cologne

Christian Gottlob Neefe → employer → Bishopric of Cologne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of the Elector of Cologne

Cologne → isSeatOf → Bishopric of Cologne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne

Middle Dutch → spokenIn → Bishopric of Cologne ⓘ