Religion:Prince-abbot

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Adolphus von Dalberg, Prince-Abbot of Fulda 1726–1737

In the Holy Roman Empire, a prince-abbot (German: Fürstabt) was the cleric who headed a princely abbey. The prince-abbot had a seat and an individual vote (votum virile) in the Imperial Diet alongside the prince-bishops. They ranked higher than the imperial abbots and imperial abbesses who although they were also immediate, held only two collective votes in the Diet.

Actual prince-abbots were:

  • the Abbot of Fulda, "Archchancellor of the Empress", according to a 1220 decree by Emperor Frederick II, elevated to a Prince-Bishopric by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752[1]
  • the Abbot of Prüm, elevated by Emperor Frederick II in 1222, held in personal union by the Archbishop of Trier from 1576
  • the Abbot of Kempten, confirmed by King Charles IV in 1348
  • the Abbot of Murbach, elevated by King Ferdinand I in 1548
  • the Prince Abbot of Saint Gall, elevated by King Philip of Germany in 1207
  • the Abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy
  • the Abbot of Corvey, elevated to a Prince-Bishop in 1792
  • the Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
  • the Princess-Abesses of the Imperial and Royal Theresian Stift for Noble Ladies in the Castle of Prague

See also

References

  1. ↑ Heiler, Thomas. "Fulda, Fürstabtei: Politische Geschichte (Spätmittelalter)". https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Fulda,_F%C3%BCrstabtei:_Politische_Geschichte_(Sp%C3%A4tmittelalter). 




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