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Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
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This article is about the secular principality ruled by the bishops of Utrecht in the Middle Ages. For the original spiritual jurisdiction of the bishops of Utrecht, see Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580).
The Bishopric of Utrecht (Dutch: Sticht Utrecht) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, in the present-day Netherlands. From 1024 to 1528, as one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it was ruled by the bishops of Utrecht.
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Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht | |||||||||||
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1024–1528 | |||||||||||
![]() Bishopric of Utrecht c. 1350. Nedersticht is the smaller territory while Oversticht is the larger territory. | |||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
Capital | Utrecht | ||||||||||
Common languages | Middle Dutch, Middle Low German | ||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism (State religion) | ||||||||||
Government | Ecclesiastical principality | ||||||||||
Prince-bishop | |||||||||||
• (1024–1026)[lower-alpha 1] | Adalbold II of Utrecht | ||||||||||
• (1524–1528)[lower-alpha 2] | Henry of the Palatinate | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
959 | |||||||||||
• Established | 1024 | ||||||||||
1075–1122 | |||||||||||
1122 | |||||||||||
• Joined the Burgundian Circle | 1512 | ||||||||||
1502–1543 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1528 | ||||||||||
• Union of Utrecht signed | 1579 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Netherlands |
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The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht is not to be confused with the Diocese of Utrecht, which covered a larger area. Over the areas outside the Prince-Bishopric, the bishop exercised only spiritual, not temporal, authority.
In 1528, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor secularized the Prince-Bishopric, depriving the bishop of its secular authority.