Polity Prince-Bishopric of Basel

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Was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1033: Establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1306: In 1305 the Counts of Frohburg sold the town of Liestal to the Bishop of Basel.
  • January 1393: The Imperial City of Basel acquired semi-independence as a Free Imperial City.
  • January 1478: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XV century.

Disestablishment

  • January 1580: Prince-Bishop of Basel Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee allied himself with the seven Catholic towns of the Old Confederation in 1579.

Selected Sources

  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 34-35