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Former country
Principality of Regensburg
Furstentum Regensburg
(
German
)
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1807 map showing the Principality of Regensburg enclaved within Bavaria
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Status
| Principality
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Capital
| Regensburg
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Prince-Archbishop
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Historical era
| Napoleonic Wars
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| 27 April 1803
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| 6 January 1810
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? Formally incorporated into Bavaria
| 22 May 1810
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The
Principality of Regensburg
(
German
:
Furstentum Regensburg
) was a principality of the
Holy Roman Empire
that was created in 1803. Its capital was
Regensburg
. Following the dissolution of the Empire in 1806, the principality became a member state of the
Confederation of the Rhine
until 1810.
History
[
edit
]
The principality was initially created as an ecclesiastical
electorate
for Archbishop
Karl Theodor von Dalberg
, the Elector-Archchancellor of the Empire and the former
Archbishop of Mainz
, due to the annexation of
Mainz
itself by the French following the
Treaty of Luneville
. Most of the new principality consisted of the territory of the former
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
. The principality also included the Lordships of
Donaustauf
,
Worth
, and
Hohenburg
, the former free imperial city of Regensburg,
St. Emmeram's Abbey
, and the abbeys
Obermunster
and
Niedermunster
located within the city of Regensburg. Dalberg also acquired the newly-created
Principality of Aschaffenburg
along the
Main river
.
Dalberg received the
electoral
dignity previously accorded to the Electorate of Mainz; his new principality has thus been known in German as
Kurfurstentum Regensburg
("Electorate of Regensburg"). Because the archiepiscopal status of Mainz had also been transferred to the Regensburg diocese, the principality has also been known in English as the
Archbishopric of Regensburg
.
Because of Bavarian claims on Regensburg, Dalberg was not installed as archbishop until 1 February 1805. The principality lost its status as an electorate in 1806 with the dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire
and became part of the
Confederation of the Rhine
later that year. The
Napoleonic Code
was introduced in 1809.
During the
War of the Fifth Coalition
, Austrian troops
occupied Regensburg
on 20 April 1809; it was shelled and stormed by French troops three days later. In the
Treaty of Paris
, Dalberg conceded Regensburg to the
Kingdom of Bavaria
, which formally incorporated the city on 22 May 1810. In return for conceding Regensburg, Dalberg was granted
Hanau
and
Fulda
, which he combined with the Principality of Aschaffenburg to create the
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
. Although he had lost the Principality of Regensburg, Dalberg retained the title of Archbishop of Regensburg until his death in 1817, after which time the archbishopric was downgraded to a suffragan diocese of
Munich and Freising
.
Sources
[
edit
]
- Kobler, Gerhard (1988).
Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Lander
(in German).
Munich
: Verlag C. H. Beck. p. 639.
ISBN
3-406-33290-0
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Electors
of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356 to 1806
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Rank elevated
by
Napoleon
| Kingdoms
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Grand Duchies
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Duchies
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States created
| Kingdoms
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Grand Duchies
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Principalities
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Pre-existing
states
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- 1
from 1810
- 2
until 1810
- 3
until 1809
- 4
from 1809
- 5
until 1811
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