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Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht

The Bishopric of Utrecht (Dutch: Sticht Utrecht) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, in the present-day Netherlands. From 1024 to 1528, as one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it was ruled by the bishops of Utrecht.

This article is about the secular principality ruled by the bishops of Utrecht in the Middle Ages. For the original spiritual jurisdiction of the bishops of Utrecht, see Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580).

Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
Sticht Utrecht (Dutch)

State of the Holy Roman Empire

Utrecht

Middle Dutch, Middle Low German

Roman Catholicism (State religion)

Ecclesiastical principality

 

Adalbold II of Utrecht

Henry of the Palatinate

Middle Ages

959

1024

1075–1122

1122

1512

1502–1543

1528

1579

Netherlands

The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht is not to be confused with the Diocese of Utrecht, which covered a larger area. Over the areas outside the Prince-Bishopric, the bishop exercised only spiritual, not temporal, authority.


In 1528, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor secularized the Prince-Bishopric, depriving the bishop of its secular authority.

Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul, eds. (1995). . International dictionary of historic places. Vol. 2. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 761. ISBN 188496401X.

"Utrecht"

(in Dutch)

Apostolisch vicarissen van de Hollandse Zending

Budde, Paul. . PaulBuddeHistory.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

"Hamaland, Bishopric (Sticht) Utrecht incl. Oversticht (Drente, Overijssel)"