Prince-Bishopric of Warmia

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The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia was an autonomous ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ruled by prince-bishops who held both spiritual and temporal authority in the Warmia region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
associatedWith Copernican Revolution
bishopSeat Frombork Cathedral
borderedBy Duchy of Prussia
Teutonic Order State
capital Frombork
Lidzbark Warmiński
confession Catholic
country Holy Roman Empire
diocese Diocese of Warmia
established 1243
event First Partition of Poland
foundedBy Papal legate William of Modena
Teutonic Order
governmentType ecclesiastical principality
theocratic monarchy
hadAutonomyWithin Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
hadInstitution Warmia cathedral chapter
linked to: Diocese of Warmia
hadPrivilege extensive ecclesiastical immunity
historicalRegionNowIn Poland
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
language German
Latin
Polish
locatedIn Central Europe
Prussia
Warmia
notableResident Nicolaus Copernicus
overlord Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
partOf Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Holy Roman Empire
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Prussia
Royal Prussia
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Warmia
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
secularization 1772
spiritualAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Warmia
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
successor Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Diocese of Warmia

Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
temporalAuthorityHeldBy Prince-Bishop of Warmia
linked to: Bishop of Warmia
usedLegalSystem canon law
local customary law

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Orneta historicallyRuledBy Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Dobre Miasto historicalAffiliation Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Reszel partOf historical Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Royal Prussia hasPart Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Lidzbark Warmiński wasCapitalOf Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Braunsberg partOf Bishopric of Warmia (historical)
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Frauenburg partOf historical Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
War of the Priests (1467–1479) location Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Heilsberg historicalRegion Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Mehlsack partOf Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Guttstadt partOf Bishopric of Warmia
linked to: Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Guttstadt partOf Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Bishop of Warmia hadSecularAuthorityOver Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Warmia historicalAffiliation Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Warmia wasEcclesiasticalTerritoryOf Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
Rößel partOf Prince-Bishopric of Warmia