List of surveys in the imperial princes

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of elevations into the imperial prince records the award of the title imperial prince by the Roman-German emperor in the early modern period up to the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806 .

history

In 1521 the spiritual imperial princes included the four archbishops of Magdeburg, Salzburg, Besançon and Bremen as well as 46 bishops, whose number was reduced to two archbishops and 22 bishops by the Reformation by 1792.

In contrast, the number of secular imperial princes more than doubled. In 1521 there were only 24 secular imperial princes. At the end of the 18th century, however, 61 secular imperial princes with voting rights in the imperial princes' council . In 1582 the number of imperial princes was restricted by dynastic coincidences at the Augsburg Reichstag and the imperial estate was bound to the territory of the prince (principality).

In addition, there were an increasing number of imperial titular princes, who - without attaining imperial status - were only granted the title of prince by the emperor as an increase in status, without any political rights associated with it. These new princes tried to acquire territories immediately under the Empire. This has not always been successful.

(Titular) imperial princes, arranged according to the year in which the title was conferred

literature