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18th century map of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg. The prince-archbishopric's territory was roughly congruent with the present-day Austrian state of Salzburg.It stretched along the Salzach river from the High Tauern range—Mt. Großvenediger at 3,666 m (12,028 ft)—at the main chain of the Alps in the south down to the Alpine foothills in the north.
Archbishop Adalbert of Bohemia was deprived of the diocese of Salzburg by Pope Alexander III on 9 August 1177, to win the favor of the Emperor. [19] Archbishop-elect Heinrich was named bishop of Brixen, on the instigation of the emperor. Cardinal Conrad of Mainz was appointed archbishop of Salzburg. [20]
Raitenau was born at Hofen Castle in Lochau, [2] near Bregenz in Further Austria, the son of the Habsburg colonel Hans Werner von Raitenau (1525-1593) and Helene von Hohenems (1535-1586), a niece of Pope Pius IV and sister of Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps, who was consecrated Bishop of Constance in 1561, as well as sister-in-law of Cardinal Charles Borromeo.
Although Archbishop Eberhard I, Count of Hippoldstein, steadily supported Alexander, Barbarossa left him in peaceful possession of his see. [4] Frederick saw Eberhard as a potential arbiter. Eberhard was greatly respected for his piety, learning, and integrity; and Frederick needed the support of the German princes for his Italian campaigns.
The Electorate of Salzburg (German: Kurfürstentum Salzburg or Kursalzburg), occasionally known as the Grand Duchy of Salzburg, was an electoral principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803–05, [1] the short-lived successor state of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg.
People from the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "People from the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pilgrim was of old Bavarian stock, a member of the Aribonid and Sighardinger kin groups, whose members had at times held the bishopric of Freising in the past. [2] [1] He was already a clergyman when in 889 King Arnulf of Germany granted him a large forest, the Zillertal, which remained under the lordship of the rulers of Salzburg until 1810.