Electoral Rhenish Circle

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The Electoral Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th century Locator Electoral Rhenish Circle.svg
The Electoral Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th century
map of the Electoral Rhenish Circle from Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis by Matthaus Merian, 1646 De Merian Mainz Trier Koln 002.jpg
map of the Electoral Rhenish Circle from Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis by Matthäus Merian, 1646

The Electoral Rhenish Circle (German : Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512. [1]

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The circle derived its name from four of the seven prince-electors whose lands along the Middle Rhine comprised the vast majority of its territory.

Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

NameType of entityComments
Beilstein Lordship Held by the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1343
CoA Cologne Archdiocese.svg Cologne Prince-bishopric (Re-)established by King Otto I in 953, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Italy in 1356; including Vest Recklinghausen and the Duchy of Westphalia
Den tyske ordens skjold.svg Koblenz Bailiwick An administrative grouping of lands including the immediate Lordship of Elsen, held by the Teutonic Knights, 2nd Rhenish Prelate
CoA Mainz Archbishopric.svg Mainz Prince-bishopricArchbishopric established in 781 by Pope Adrian I, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Germany in 1356; including Eichsfeld, Erfurt, and Aschaffenburg
CoA Lower-Isenburg.svg Nieder-Isenburg CountyEmerged from Isenburg-Isenburg in 1199, partitioned in 1502 into Isenburg-Grenzau and Isenburg-Neumagen (to Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1554), extinct in 1664
Arms of the Palatinate (Old).svg Palatinate County palatine Arose from the allodium of the Count palatine of Lower Lorraine in 1085 under Henry of Laach, held by the House of Wittelsbach from 1214, Prince-elector and Truchsess in 1356
Armoiries de Rheineck.svg Rheineck Burgraviate Fiefdom of Cologne around Rheineck Castle  [ de; fr ], held by the Freiherren of Varsberg from 1576
Wappen Thurn und Taxis.svg Thurn und Taxis Barons Briefadel without territory, Freiherren from 1608, Counts from 1624, raised to Princely Counts in 1695
CoA Trier Diocese.svg Trier Prince-bishopricEstablished in 902, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Burgundy (Arles) in 1356

References

  1. ↑ Pavlac, Brian A.; Lott, Elizabeth S. (2019-06-01). The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-1-4408-4856-8.

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