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The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 from 804 until 1648 and an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 from the late Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
. Its capital was Halberstadt
Halberstadt

Halberstadt is a city in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the Harz .The city was severely damaged in World War II, but retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape....
 in present-day Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen States of Germany that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of , and a population of 2.45 million ....
 north of the Harz
Harz

The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany. It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia....
 mountain range.

he aftermath of the Saxon Wars
Saxon Wars

The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Duchy of Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected Germanic peoples was crushed....
, Emperor Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
 in 804 established a missionary diocese at Osterwieck
Osterwieck

Osterwieck is a town in the Harz , in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated on the river Ilse , north of Wernigerode. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Osterwieck-Fallstein....
 (then called Seligenstadt) in the course of the Christianization of the pagan Saxons
Saxons

The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic peoples. Their modern-day descendants in Saxony are considered ethnic Germans; those in the eastern Netherlands are considered to be ethnic Dutch people; those in north eastern Belgium are considered to be ethnic Flemish people; and those in southern England ethnic English people ....
 and Polabian Slavs. Under its (supposed) first bishop Hildegrim of Châlons
Hildegrim of Châlons

Hildegrim was a Benedictine, bishop of Ch?lons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Ludger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars; he is known to have been active in spreading Christianity into the region of the diocese, as a mission among the Saxons....
 the capital was moved to Halberstadt, confirmed by Charles' son Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
 in a 814 deed.






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The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 from 804 until 1648 and an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 from the late Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
. Its capital was Halberstadt
Halberstadt

Halberstadt is a city in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the Harz .The city was severely damaged in World War II, but retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape....
 in present-day Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen States of Germany that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of , and a population of 2.45 million ....
 north of the Harz
Harz

The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany. It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia....
 mountain range.

History

In the aftermath of the Saxon Wars
Saxon Wars

The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Duchy of Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected Germanic peoples was crushed....
, Emperor Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
 in 804 established a missionary diocese at Osterwieck
Osterwieck

Osterwieck is a town in the Harz , in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated on the river Ilse , north of Wernigerode. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Osterwieck-Fallstein....
 (then called Seligenstadt) in the course of the Christianization of the pagan Saxons
Saxons

The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic peoples. Their modern-day descendants in Saxony are considered ethnic Germans; those in the eastern Netherlands are considered to be ethnic Dutch people; those in north eastern Belgium are considered to be ethnic Flemish people; and those in southern England ethnic English people ....
 and Polabian Slavs. Under its (supposed) first bishop Hildegrim of Châlons
Hildegrim of Châlons

Hildegrim was a Benedictine, bishop of Ch?lons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Ludger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars; he is known to have been active in spreading Christianity into the region of the diocese, as a mission among the Saxons....
 the capital was moved to Halberstadt, confirmed by Charles' son Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks with his father, Charlemagne, from 813....
 in a 814 deed. The bishopric's boundaries originally reached the Elbe
Elbe

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
 and Saale
Saale

The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Fr?nkische Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine....
 rivers in the east, nevertheless, when Emperor Otto I
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duchy of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan....
 founded the Archbishopric of Magdeburg
Archbishopric of Magdeburg

The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic Church archdiocese within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Magdeburg and it was located along the Elbe River....
 in 968, Halberstadt lost the eastern half of its district to it.

The bishopric rivalled with Magdeburg to gain political influence in the days of the Ottonian and Salian dynasty
Salian dynasty

The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four List of German Kings and Emperors#Kings , also known as the Frankish dynasty after the family's origin and role as dukes of Franconia....
. In 1062 Bishop Burchard II was sent to Rome
Rome

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 as an Imperial mediator in the conflict between Pope Alexander II
Pope Alexander II

Alexander II , born Anselmo da Baggio, was Pope from 1061 to 1073.He was born in Milan. As bishop of Lucca he had been an energetic coadjutor with Pope Gregory VII in endeavouring to suppress simony, and to enforce the clerical celibacy....
 and Antipope Honorius II
Antipope Honorius II

Honorius II , born Peter Cadalus, was an antipope from 1061 to 1072. He was born at Verona and became bishop of Parma in 1046. He died at Parma in 1072....
. The former favourite of Dowager Empress Agnes of Poitou and her son Henry IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century....
 in 1073 allied with Pope Gregory VII
Pope Gregory VII

Pope Saint Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Soana , was papacy from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal authority and the new canon law governing...
 in the Investiture Controversy
Investiture Controversy

The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was an 11th century dispute between Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope Gregory VII over who would control appointments of church officials ....
 and became one of the leading figures of the Great Saxon Revolt
Great Saxon Revolt

The Great Saxon Revolt was a civil war between 1073/1077–1088 early in the history of the Holy Roman Empire led by a group of opportunistic List of states of the Holy Roman Empire who elected as their figurehead the duke of Swabia and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfeld, a two-way brother-in-law of the young Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ....
.

In 1479 Elector Ernest of Saxony
Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Ernst, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486....
 pushed the election of his 13-year-old son Ernest II, Archbishop of Magdeburg since 1476, as administrator in place of the resigned Bishop Gebhard von Hoym. The Magdeburg archbishops remained administrators, while in 1540 the Halberstadt territories became Lutheran
Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century Germans Reformer Martin Luther....
 during the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
. In 1566 Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry Julius , was duke of Brunswick-L?neburg and prince of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel from 1589 until his death. In 1576 he had become the first rector of the protestant University of Helmstedt....
 became the first Protestant administrator.

In the Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia

The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two Peace treaty of Osnabr?ck and M?nster, signed on May 15 and October 24, 1648, respectively, and written in Latin, that ended both the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Revolt between Spain and the Dutch Republic....
 of 1648, it was secularized as the Principality of Halberstadt
Principality of Halberstadt

The Principality of Halberstadt was a state of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Brandenburg-Prussia. It replaced the Bishopric of Halberstadt after its secularization in 1648....
, and given to the electors of Brandenburg
Margraviate of Brandenburg

The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....
.

Bishops of Halberstadt

NameFromTo
Hildegrim of Châlons
Hildegrim of Châlons

Hildegrim was a Benedictine, bishop of Ch?lons-sur-Marne from 804, and brother of Ludger. He is also traditionally given as the first bishop of Halberstadt, a position now discounted by scholars; he is known to have been active in spreading Christianity into the region of the diocese, as a mission among the Saxons....
804827
Thiatgrim827840
Haymo840853
Hildegrim II853886
Agiulf886894
Sigismund894923
Bernhard926968
Hildeward968996
Arnulf9961023
Branthog10231036
Burchard I10361059
Burchard II10591088
Hamezo (antibishop)10851085
Dietmar10891089
Herrand10901102
Frederick I (antibishop)10901106
Reinhard of Blankenburg11071123
Otto von Kuditz11231135
Rudolf11361149
Ulrich11491160
Gero von Schowitz11601177
Ulrich11771181
Dietrich von Krosigk11811193
Gardolf von Harbke11931201
Konrad von Krosigk12011209
Friedrich von Kirchberg12091236
Ludolf von Schladen12361241
Meinard von Kranichfeld12411252
Ludolf II von Schladen (not acknowledged by the pope)12531255
Volrad von Kranichfeld12541295
Hermann von Blankenburg12961304
Albert I of Anhalt13041324
Albert II of Brunwick-Lüneburg, son of Duke Albert the Fat13241358
Giselbrecht von Holstein (antibishop)13241343
Albrecht von Mansfeld (antibishop)13461356
Ludwig von Meissen, son of Margrave Frederick II13571366
Albert III of Saxony
Albert of Saxony (philosopher)

Albert of Saxony...
13661390
Ernest I von Hohnstein13911399
Rudolf of Anhalt14011406
Heinrich von Warberg14071411
Albert IV, son of Konrad IV, Count of Wernigerode
County of Wernigerode

The County of Wernigerode was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Wernigerode, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.The first mention of a count of Wernigerode was of a Count Adalbert on 18 October 1121; Adalbert, originally from Haimar near Hildesheim, was first documented in 1103 and mentioned as a count in 1117 ....
14111419
Johannes von Hoym14191437
Buchard von Warberg14371458
Gebhard von Hoym14581479
Administrated by the Archbishops of Magdeburg
Ernest II of Saxony14801513
Albert of Mainz
Albert of Mainz

Cardinal Albert of Hohenzollern was Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545....
15131545
Johann Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach son of Margrave Frederick I
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Friedrich, Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth, known as Friedrich I or Friedrich V was born at Ansbach, the eldest son of the Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wife Anna, daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony....
15451550
Frederick IV of Brandenburg, son of Elector Joachim II Hector15501552
Sigismund of Brandenburg, half-brother of Frederick IV15521566
Protestant administrators
Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry Julius , was duke of Brunswick-L?neburg and prince of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel from 1589 until his death. In 1576 he had become the first rector of the protestant University of Helmstedt....
15661613
Henry Charles of Brunswick16131615
Rudolf of Brunswick16151616
Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel16161623
Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg, son of Elector Joachim Frederick
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

Joachim Frederick was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.Joachim Frederick was born in C?lln to John George, Elector of Brandenburg, and Sophie, Princess of Legnica ....
16241628
Catholic prince-bishop
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria , was a military commander, Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, and a patron of the arts....

(Catholic administrator due to lacking canonical qualification)		16281648