Three Bishoprics

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Three Bishoprics

The Three Bishopric
Bishopric

Bishopric may refer to:*Diocese an ecclesiastical region run by a bishop in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Anglican and some Lutheran churches....
s constituted a province of pre-Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
ary France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
consisting of the bishoprics of Verdun

Bishopric of Verdun

The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar....
, Metz

Bishopric of Metz

The Bishopric of Metz is a former city-state of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolved by Napoleon in 1812....
, and Toul in the Lorraine

Lorraine (province)

Lorraine is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Some of the main cities are Metz, France, Nancy and Verdun....
region. These were territories 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....
until they were seized by French King Henry II

Henry II of France

Henry II , of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I of France, was King of France from 31 March 1547, until his death....
between April and June of 1552. The conquest was legitimised ahead of time by a treaty with the Protestant Imperial princes and the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
against the Habsburg

Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
s, signed at Chambord

Château de Chambord

The royal Ch?teau de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable ch?teaux in the world because of its very distinct Renaissance architecture#Renaissance Architecture in France Renaissance architecture that blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Italian structures....
on January 15, 1552, which confirmed the French king's lordship over Metz, Toul, Verdun, "and other towns of the Empire that do not speak German

German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
".

At the end of the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe....
, they were awarded to France by the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia.

The Diocese of Saint-Dié, created in 1777 and sometimes called the "Fourth Bishopric of Lorraine" (« le Quatrième Évêché lorrain »), is not related historically to the Three Bisphoprics.

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