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    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...
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  • The archdiocese, archbishopric, diocese or Bishopric of Utrecht may refer to: Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), the historic diocese and after 1559 archdiocese...
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    Willibrordus, as bishop of the Frisians. The tenure of Willibrordus is generally considered to be the beginning of the Bishopric of Utrecht. In 723, the Frankish...
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    railway station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal, is located in the province of Utrecht. The Bishopric of Utrecht was established in 695 when Saint...
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    Hook and Cod wars (category Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe)
    restore the bishopric's power. In order to prevent this, Count William and his many allies in Utrecht, attacked and started to besiege Utrecht [fr; nl] city...
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    Lordship of Utrecht was formed in 1528 when Charles V of Habsburg conquered the Bishopric of Utrecht, during the Guelders Wars. In 1528, at the demand of Henry...
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    numerous favors to the bishopric of Utrecht. In this way, the Oversticht was assigned to the bishopric in 1040. Though the count of Holland had been reconciled...
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    He acquired the lands of Overijssel and the Bishopric of Utrecht (see Guelders Wars), purchased Friesland from Duke George of Saxony and regained Groningen...
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    important ones of these were: Archbishopric of Cologne Prince-Bishopric of Liège Bishopric of Utrecht Bishopric of Cambrai Duchy of Limburg County of Guelders...
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    bishops of Utrecht were also prince-bishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht within the Holy Roman Empire. The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht must not...
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    1528, this area was part of the Bishopric of Utrecht. In 1528, at the demand of Henry of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Habsburg forces under...
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  • Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) was a treaty signed on 23 January 1579 in Utrecht, Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands...
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  • composed mostly of Frisian crusaders. The crusade was part of a longstanding conflict between the Drenthers (or Drents) and the bishopric of Utrecht over the...
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    Cambrésis (category Former provinces of France)
    comparable to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht. It encompassed the territory in which the bishop of Cambrai had secular authority...
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  • Union of Scranton as well. In the pre-Reformation era, there were already disputes that set the stage for an independent bishopric of Utrecht between...
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    counts of Holland came to dominate the bishopric of Utrecht. The archbishop of Utrecht governed the area on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperor, who saw his...
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    Brabant, but also with the County of Holland and the Bishopric of Utrecht. However, its territory grew not only because of its success in warfare, but also...
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  • surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers. In 1481, Engelbert was sent with a large army to the Bishopric of Utrecht by his brother John II, Duke of Cleves where...
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    Union of Utrecht) and declaring their independence in 1581 (the Act of Abjuration). It comprised Groningen, Frisia, Overijssel, Guelders, Utrecht, Holland...
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    Empire east of the Rhine. In 1046, the Emperor Henry III granted it to the Bishopric of Utrecht. At the time, Drenthe included the city of Groningen, which...
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    From 1267 to 1290 he was Bishop-Elect of the Bishopric of Utrecht (German: Stift Utrecht, Dutch: Sticht Utrecht) as John I. He did not care much for his...
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    Burgundian Netherlands (category Former monarchies of Europe)
    Seventeen Provinces under the rule of Philip. The population of the main provinces of the Low Countries in 1477 (Prince-Bishoprics in italic). The Burgundian...
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    to the outbreak of the Eighty Years' War in 1568. In January 1579 the seven northern provinces formed the Protestant Union of Utrecht, which declared...
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    Guelders Wars (category History of Gelderland)
    power to Charles of Habsburg. The Bishopric of Utrecht came to an end and was divided into the Lordship of Utrecht and the Lordship of Overijssel, both...
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    acts, such as the creation of bishoprics and promulgation of laws against heresy, stoked resentments, which fired the eruption of the Dutch Revolt. After...
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    Seventeen Provinces (category States of the Holy Roman Empire)
    upper quarter) and the County of Zutphen the Prince-Bishopric, later Lordship of Utrecht the County of Holland the County of Zeeland The southern provinces...
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    directly governed by the States-General. Unlike the seven provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel, Friesland and Groningen, these territories...
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  • Stift (category Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire)
    northerly part, in ecclesiastical respect part of the diocese of Osnabrück Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht (Sticht Utrecht): Oversticht, the northerly territorially...
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    (2018). De Slag bij Vlaardingen 1018: Strijd om het graafschap Holland. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek. p. 289. ISBN 9789401912693. Retrieved 5 January 2020...
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    Doorn (redirect from Doorn (Utrecht))
    the homestead of Villa Thorhem. Around 1200, this homestead was in the possession of a provost of the Bishopric of Utrecht. He, or one of his successors...
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