Electoral Rhenish Circle
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The Electoral Rhenish Circle (Template:Langx) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512.[1]
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:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Beilstein | Lordship | Held by the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1343 |
| File: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 |
| File: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 |
| File:CoA Mainz Archbishopric.svg Mainz | Prince-bishopric | Archbishopric established in 781 by Pope Adrian I, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Germany in 1356; including Eichsfeld, Erfurt, and Aschaffenburg |
| File:CoA Lower-Isenburg.svg 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 |
| File: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 |
| File:Armoiries de Rheineck.svg Rheineck | Burgraviate | Fiefdom of Cologne around Template:Ill, held by the Freiherren of Varsberg from 1576 |
| File:Wappen Thurn und Taxis.svg Thurn und Taxis | Barons | Briefadel without territory, Freiherren from 1608, Counts from 1624, raised to Princely Counts in 1695 |
| File:CoA Trier Diocese.svg Trier | Prince-bishopric | Established in 902, Prince-elector and Archchancellor of Burgundy (Arles) in 1356 |
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References
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Sources
- The list of states making up the Electoral Rhenish Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Kurrheinischer Reichskreis.
External links
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- Imperial Circles in the 16th Century – Historical Maps of Germany
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