Verdun Prince-Bishopric

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Establishment

• February 962: Establishment of the Verdun Prince-Bishopric.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

1.1. Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

• February 962: Establishment of the Verdun Prince-Bishopric.

2. Italian Wars

Were a series of conflicts covering the period between 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the Valois kings of France, and their Habsburg opponents in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.

2.1. Italian War of 1551-1559

Was one of the so-called Italian Wars.

2.1.1. Land Campaigns (Italian War of 1551-1559)

Were the Land campaigns of the Italian War of 1551-1559.

• January 1553: Verdun was among the Three Bishoprics annexed by France in 1552.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1221: Based on Gustav Droysen's Holy Roman Empire Map at the time of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
• January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

Disestablishment

• January 1553: Verdun was among the Three Bishoprics annexed by France in 1552.

Selected Sources

• Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 26-27
• Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31