Archbishopric of Mainz

Between 780–82 and 1802 the Archbishop of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince in the Holy Roman Empire. His see was established in ancient Roman times, in the city of Mainz, which had been a Roman provincial capital called Moguntiacum, but the office really came to prominence upon its elevation to an archdiocese in 780/82. The first bishops before the 4th century have legendary names, beginning with Crescens. The first verifiable Bishop of Mainz was Mar(t)inus in 343. The ecclesiastical and secular importance of ...

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The title of Bishop of Mainz was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz: Bishop of Mainz - Bishops of Mainz 1802-present. Joseph Ludwig Colmar 1802-1818 Joseph Vitus Burg 1829-1833 Johann Jakob Humann 1833-1834 Petrus Leopold Kaiser 1834-1848 Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler 1850-1877 Paul Leopold Haffner 1886-1899 Heinrich Brück 1900-1903 Georg Heinrich Kirstein 1903-1921 Ludwig Maria ...

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The redistribution was achieved by a combination of two processes: secularization of ecclesiastical principalities, and mediatization of numerous small secular principalities. The ecclesiastical states were generally annexed to neighbouring secular principalities. The only one that survived as a non-secular state was the Archbishopric of Regensburg, which was raised from a bishopric with the incorporation of the Archbishopric of Mainz. Also of note is the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, which was secularized as a duchy with an increased territo ...

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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Secularization and mediatization, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Consequences, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - External link

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On 12 July 1806, on signing the Rheinbundakte' — the Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine — sixteen imperial estates formally left the Holy Roman Empire and joined together in a confederation (the treaty called it the états confédérés du Rhin). Napoleon was its "protector". On 6 August, following an ultimatum by Napoleon, Francis II gave up his title of emperor and declared the Holy Roman Empire dissolved. In the years that followed, twenty-three more German states joined the Confederation. Only Austria, Prussi ...

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Confederation of the Rhine, Confederation of the Rhine - Formation, Confederation of the Rhine - Member monarchies alphabetically, Confederation of the Rhine - Aftermath

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After the dissolution of the Rhine Confederation, the only attempt at coordination (no actual central authority) in Germany until the creation on 21 October 1813 of the German Confederation was headed by a body called Central Administration Council (Zentralverwaltungsrat); its President was Heinrich Friedrich Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein (b. 1757 - d. 1831); it was dissolved on 20 June 1815. On 30 May 1814 the ...

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Confederation of the Rhine, Confederation of the Rhine - Formation, Confederation of the Rhine - Member monarchies alphabetically, Confederation of the Rhine - Aftermath

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The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss brought about a massive change to the political map of Germany. Literally hundreds of states were eliminated, with only around forty surviving. A number of the surviving states made significant territorial gains (most notably Baden, Bavaria, and Hesse-Darmstadt), and Baden, Hesse-Kassel, and Württemberg gained status by being made electorates (to replace three that had been lost in the changes). Of the imperial cities, only Augsburg, Bremen, Frankfurt am Main, Ham ...

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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Secularization and mediatization, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Consequences, Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - External link

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