The Electoral Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th centurymap of the Electoral Rhenish Circle from Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis by Matthäus Merian, 1646
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.
Established in 902, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Burgundy (Arles) in 1356
ReferencesEdit
^Pavlac, Brian A.; Lott, Elizabeth S. (2019-06-01). The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN978-1-4408-4856-8.
SourcesEdit
The list of states making up the Electoral Rhenish Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Kurrheinischer Reichskreis.
External linksEdit
Media related to Electoral Rhenish Circle at Wikimedia Commons
– Historical Maps of Germany
October 17, 2023
electoral, rhenish, circle, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Electoral Rhenish Circle news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Electoral Rhenish Circle German Kurrheinischer Reichskreis was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire created in 1512 1 The Electoral Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th centurymap of the Electoral Rhenish Circle from Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis by Matthaus Merian 1646The circle derived its name from four of the seven prince electors whose lands along the Middle Rhine comprised the vast majority of its territory Contents 1 Composition 2 References 3 Sources 4 External linksComposition EditThe circle was made up of the following states Name Type of entity Comments nbsp Arenberg County Attained imperial immediacy in 1549 under Jean de Ligne Principality from 1576 raised to Duchy in 1644Beilstein Lordship Held by the Counts of Nassau Dillenburg from 1343 nbsp 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 nbsp Koblenz Bailiwick An administrative grouping of lands including the immediate Lordship of Elsen held by the Teutonic Knights nbsp Mainz Prince bishopric Archbishopric established in 781 by Pope Adrian I Prince elector and Archchancellor of Germany in 1356 including Eichsfeld Erfurt and Aschaffenburg nbsp Nieder Isenburg County Emerged from Isenburg Isenburg in 1199 partitioned in 1502 into Isenburg Grenzau and Isenburg Neumagen to Sayn Wittgenstein in 1554 extinct in 1664 nbsp 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 nbsp Rheineck Burgraviate Fiefdom of Cologne around Rheineck Castle de fr held by the Freiherren of Varsberg from 1576 nbsp Thurn und Taxis Barons Briefadel without territory Freiherren from 1608 Counts from 1624 raised to Princely Counts in 1695 nbsp Trier Prince bishopric Established in 902 Prince elector and Archchancellor of Burgundy Arles in 1356References Edit 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 Sources EditThe list of states making up the Electoral Rhenish Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Kurrheinischer Reichskreis External links Edit nbsp Media related to Electoral Rhenish Circle at Wikimedia Commons Imperial Circles in the 16th Century Historical Maps of Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electoral Rhenish Circle amp oldid 1130287834, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
