The Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire. It did not include the city of Bremen, but rather the area to the north of it, between the Weser and Elbe Rivers. This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe  listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ...

The state was secularized by the Lutherans in 1558, and was given to Sweden by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which also fully recognized the secularization, and changed the territory's status from an Archbishopric to a Duchy. Following the Great Northern War, the Duchy was given to the Elector of Hanover in 1720, with whom it remained until the end of the Reich. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by Gerard Terborch (1648) Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648 The Peace of Westphalia, also known as the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück, is the series... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... The Swedish Victory at Narva, 1700 by Gustaf Cederström, painted 1910 Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726 The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one... The Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg became the Electors of Hanover (Hannover is the German spelling) in 1692. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...

Archbishops of Bremen, 849-1558

• Ansgar 849-865
• Rembert 865-888
• Adalgar 888-909
• Hoger 909-915
• Reginwart 916
• Ungi 916-936
• Adaldag 936-988
• Libentius I 988-1013
• Unwan 1013-1029
• Libentius II 1029-1032
• Hermann 1032-1035
• Bezelin 1035-1045
• Adalbert I of Saxony 1045-1072
• Liemar 1072-1101
• Humbert 1101-1104
• Friedrich I 1104-1123
• Adalbert II 1123-1148
• Hartwig I of Stade 1148-1168
• Baldwin of Holland 1168-1178
• Berthold 1178-1179
• Siegfried of Anhalt 1179-1184
• Hartwig II von Utlede 1184-1207
• Burchard I von Stumpenhausen 1207-1210
• Gerhard I von Wildeshausen 1210-1219
• Gerhard II of Lippe 1219-1258
• Hildebold von Huntstorf 1258-1273
• Giselbert von Bronchorst 1273-1306
• Heinrich I von Goltern 1306-1307
• Florent von Bronchorst 1307
• Bernhard von Wolpe 1307
• Johann I Grand 1308-1327
• Burchard II Grelle 1327-1344
• Otto I of Oldenburg 1344-1348
• Gottfried of Arnsberg 1348-1359
• Albrecht of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1359-1395
• Otto II of Oldenburg 1395-1406
• Johann II Schlamstorf 1406-1421
• Nicholas of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 1422-1435
• Baldwin von Wenden 1435-1441
• Gerhard III von Hoya 1441-1463
• Heinrich II von Schwarzburg 1463-1496
• Johann III Rode 1496-1511
• Christopher of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1511-1558

Ansgar, etching by Hugo Hamilton (1830) Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, (September 8?, 801 - February 3, 865) was an Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. ... Adalbert of Bremen, (a. ...

Protestant Administrators of Bremen, 1558-1648

• Georg of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1558-1566
• Heinrich III of Saxe-Lauenburg 1567-1585
• Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp 1585-1596
• Johann Friedrich of Holstein-Gottorp 1596-1634
• Prince Frederick of Denmark 1634-1648