The Prince-Bishopric of Chur (German: Hochstift Chur, Fürstbistum Chur, Bistum Chur) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, and had...
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be distinguished from the historical Prince-Bishopric of Chur, a state of the Holy Roman Empire. A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/ 452 when its...
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Three Leagues (redirect from History of the Grisons)
of the Swiss canton of Grisons. The territory corresponds to the core territory of Raetia Curiensis (ruled by the bishops of Chur as Prince-Bishopric...
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of canon law. List of Bishops of Sion Prince-Bishopric of Basel Prince-Bishopric of Chur Prince-Bishopric of Lausanne Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienne...
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958, giving the bishopric further privileges. In 1170 the bishop became a prince-bishop and kept total control over the road between Chur and Chiavenna...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Trent (Latin: Episcopatus ac Principatus Tridentinus; German: Hochstift Trient, Fürstbistum Trient, Bistum Trient) was an ecclesiastical...
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Musso War (redirect from War of Musso)
alliance with the Prince-Bishopric of Chur, he attempted to conquer the Three Leagues. In 1525 his forces were defeated at the Battle of Morbegno but he...
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Look up Chur or chur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chur is a city in Switzerland. Chur or CHUR may also refer to: Prince-Bishopric of Chur, an ecclesiastical...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Constance (German: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy...
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Bishop of Chur (German: Bischof von Chur) is the ordinary of the Diocese of Chur in Grisons, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Curiensis). A Bishop of Chur is...
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Raetia Curiensis (redirect from County of Raetia)
century, the Bishopric of Chur arose in Raetia Curiensis; a first bishop is mentioned in 451/52. Still under Italian rule during the tenure of King Odoacer...
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Hochstift (redirect from Prince-archbishopric)
888-1803 Prince-Bishopric of Metz, 945-1648 Prince-Bishopric of Chur, 958-1798 Prince-Bishopric of Zeitz then Naumburg, 968-1564 Prince-Bishopric of Liège...
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independent of the secular territorial magnates, friction intensified between burghers and bishops. The principality or prince-bishopric (Hochstift) ruled...
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resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg. The League allied with the Grey League and the League of the Ten Jurisdictions...
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Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein (category Bishops of Chur)
was Bishop of Chur (1794–1824), then of Chur-St. Gallen (1824-1833). He had also been the last prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Chur until the...
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Count de Salis-Soglio (category House of Salis)
is located at the beginning of the Val Bregaglia (Bergell valley) which at the time belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Chur, and is presently situated...
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Guido Torelli (category Year of birth uncertain)
According to his descendant Pomponio, Guido conducted himself more like a "prince than a condottiere." He consolidated his territorial holdings, acquired...
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Prince-Bishopric of Chur (complete list) – Ulrich VII. Freiherr von Federspiel, Prince-bishop (1692–1728) Joseph Benedikt Freiherr von Rost, Prince-bishop...
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German mediatisation (redirect from Mediatized prince)
confirmed the secularisation of a score of prince-bishoprics, including the archbishoprics of Bremen and Magdeburg and six bishoprics with full political powers...
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Prince-Bishopric of Brixen (complete list) – Karl Franz Lodron, Prince-bishop (1791–1803) Prince-Bishopric of Chur (complete list) –...
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co-Duke (1295–1310) Prince-Bishopric of Chur (complete list) – Reinher della Torre, Prince-bishop (1194–1209) Arnold von Matsch, Prince-bishop (1209–1221)...
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Heritage Site, is the see of the diocese. Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein (1824-1833), last Prince- Bishop of Chur Johann Georg Bossi (1835–1836)...
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Eastern Alps (category Mountain ranges of the Alps)
1803, Chur was chosen as its capital. The lands of the Bishopric of Trent and Bishopric of Brixen were secularised and incorporated into the County of Tyrol...
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(1493–1519) Prince-Bishopric of Chur (complete list) – Hartmann II. Graf von Werdenberg-Sargans, Prince-bishop (1388–1416) Johannes III. Ambundi, Prince-bishop...
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title of Cardinal with the diocese of St. Lawrence at Damascus (12 October 1440), the Swiss Bishopric of Chur (March 1442) and finally the rectory of St...
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Churfirsten (category Mountains of the canton of St. Gallen)
historical boundary of the bishopric of Chur. It has historically also been folk-etymologized as Kurfürsten, i.e. the 7 prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire...
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Carantania (redirect from Principality of Karantania)
beyond historical Carantania. In the 4th century Chur became the seat of the first Christian bishopric north to the Alps. Despite a legend assigning its...
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withdrew its troops. As part of the German Mediatisation of 25 February 1803, the electorate received the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück in real union, which...
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(1564–1590) Ferdinand II, Duke (1590–1637) Prince-Bishopric of Chur (complete list) – Heinrich V. von Hewen, Prince-bishop (1491–1505) Paul Ziegler, Administrator...
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the Diocese of Geneva, both prince-bishoprics until they were secularized during the Reformation. Until 1924, it was called the Diocese of Lausanne and...
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