Bishopric of Würzburg
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The Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Franconia, around the City of Würzburg. Würzburg was a diocese from 743. In the eighteenth century, the Bishop was often also Bishop of Bamberg. In 1803, the Bishopric was secularized and annexed by the Elector of Bavaria. Following the defeat of Austria in 1805, however, in a complicated territorial exchange, Bavaria gave up Würzburg to the former Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III, who became ruler of the new Grand Duchy of Würzburg. This new state lasted until 1814. Following the Napoleonic Wars, it was once again annexed by Bavaria.
[edit] Bishops of Würzburg, 743-present
- St. Burchard I 743-755
- St. Megingold von Rothenburg 755-769
- Bernulf 769-800
- Luderich 800-803
- Egilwart 803-810
- Wolfgar 810-832
- Hunbert 833-842
- Godwald von Henneberg 842-855
- Arno von Endsee 855-892
- Rudolf I von Rothenburg 892-908
- Theodo von Henneberg 908-931
- Burchard II 932-941
- Poppo I 941-961
- Poppo II 961-983
- Hugo von Rothenburg 983-990
- Bernward von Rothenburg 990-995
- Heinrich I von Rothenburg 995-1018
- Meinhard I von Rothenburg 1018-1034
- Bruno of Carinthia 1034-1045
- Adalbero von Lambach-Wels 1045-1085
- Meinhard II von Rothenburg 1085-1088
- Einhard von Rothenburg 1089-1105
- Rupert von Tundorf 1105-1106
- Erlung von Calw 1106-1121
- Gebhard von Henneberg 1122-1127
- Rudiger von Vaihingen 1122-1125
- Emicho von Leiningen 1125-1146
- Siegfried von Truhendingen 1146-1150
- Gebhard von Henneberg 1150-1159
- Heinrich II von Stuhlingen 1159-1165
- Herold von Hochheim 1165-1170
- Reginhard von Abenberg 1171-1186
- Gottfried I von Spitzenberg-Helfenstein 1186-1190
- Philipp of Swabia 1190-1191
- Heinrich III of Berg 1191-1197
- Gottfried II von Hohenlohe 1197
- Konrad von Querfurt 1197-1202
- Heinrich IV von Katzburg 1202-1207
- Otto von Lobdeburg 1207-1223
- Dietrich von Homburg 1223-1225
- Hermann I von Lobdeburg 1225-1254
- Iring von Reinstein-Homburg 1254-1266
- Heinrich V von Leiningen 1254-1255
- Poppo III von Trimberg 1267-1271
- Berthold I von Henneberg 1271-1274
- Berthold II von Sternberg 1274-1287
- Mangold von Neuenburg 1287-1303 (Bishop of Bamberg 1285)
- Andreas von Gundelfingen 1303-1313
- Gottfried III von Hohenlohe 1313-1322
- Friedrich von Stolberg 1313-1317
- Wolfram von Grumbach 1322-1332
- Hermann II Hummel von Lichtenberg 1333-1335
- Otto II von Wolfskeel 1335-1345
- Albrecht I von Hohenberg 1345-1349
- Albrecht II von Hohenlohe 1350-1372
- Gerhard von Schwarzburg 1372-1400
- Albrecht III von Katzburg 1372-1376
- Johann I von Egloffstein 1400-1411
- Johann II von Brunn 1411-1440
- Sigmund of Saxony 1440-1443
- Gottfried I von Limpurg 1443-1455
- Johann III von Grumbach 1455-1466
- Rudolf II von Scherenberg 1466-1495
- Lorenz von Bibra 1495-1519
- Konrad II von Thungen 1519-1540
- Konrad III von Bibra 1540-1544
- Melchior Zobel von Guttenberg 1544-1558
- Friedrich von Wirsberg 1558-1573
- Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573-1617
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen 1617-1622 (Bishop of Bamberg 1609-1622)
- Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg 1622-1631
- Franz von Hatzfeld 1631-1642 (Bishop of Bamberg 1633-1642)
- Johann Philipp von Schönborn 1642-1673
- Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach 1673-1675
- Peter Philipp von Dernbach 1675-1683
- Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau 1683-1684
- Johann Gottfried II von Gutenberg 1684-1698
- Johann Philipp von Greiffenklau 1699-1719
- Philipp Franz von Schönborn 1719-1725
- Christoph Franz von Hutten 1724-1729
- Friedrich Karl von Schönborn 1729-1746 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
- Anselm Franz von Ingelheim 1746-1749
- Karl Philipp von Greiffenklau 1749-1754
- Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim 1755-1779 (Bishop of Bamberg 1757-1779)
- Franz Ludwig von Erthal 1779-1795 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
- Georg Karl von Fechenbach 1795-1808
Secular power lost in 1803. Territory to Bavaria until 1805
[edit] Secular Duke of Würzburg
- Ferdinand 1806-1814
Würzburg annexed by Bavaria, 1814
[edit] Bishops of Würzburg
- Adam Friedrich Freiherr von Groß zu Trockau 1818-1840
- Georg Anton von Stahl 1840-1870
- Johann Valentin von Reißmann 1870-1875
- Franz Joseph von Stein 1878-1897
- Ferdinand von Schlör 1898-1924
- Matthias Ehrenfried 1924-1948
- Julius August Döpfner 1948-1957
- Josef Stangl 1957-1979
- Paul-Werner Scheele 1979-2003
- Friedhelm Hofmann 2004-present
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