Prince-abbot
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Inthe Holy Roman Empire,aprince-abbot(German:Fürstabt) was the cleric who headed aprincely abbey.The prince-abbot had a seat and an individual vote (votum virile) in theImperial Dietalongside the prince-bishops. They ranked higher than the imperial abbots and imperial abbesses who although they were alsoimmediate,held only two collective votes in the Diet.
Actual prince-abbots were:
- theAbbot of Fulda,"Archchancellor of the Empress", according to a 1220 decree by EmperorFrederick II,elevated to a Prince-Bishopric byPope Benedict XIVin 1752[1]
- theAbbot of Prüm,elevated by Emperor Frederick II in 1222, held in personal union by theArchbishop of Trierfrom 1576
- theAbbot of Kempten,confirmed by KingCharles IVin 1348
- theAbbot of Murbach,elevated by KingFerdinand Iin 1548
- thePrince Abbot of Saint Gall,elevated by KingPhilip of Germanyin 1207
- theAbbot of Stavelot-Malmedy
- theAbbot of Corvey,elevated to a Prince-Bishop in 1792
- thePrincess-AbbessofQuedlinburg
- thePrincess-Abesses of the Imperial and Royal Theresian Stift for Noble Ladies in the Castle of Prague
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Heiler, Thomas."Fulda, Fürstabtei: Politische Geschichte (Spätmittelalter)".Historisches Lexikon Bayerns.RetrievedJanuary 25,2024.
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