The Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality in the The Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Römisches Reich) ( Italian: Sacro Romano Impero) ( Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium) ( Czech: Svatá říše římská) ( French: Saint Empire Romain Germanique) ( Polish: Święte Cesarstwo Rzymskie Narodu Niemieckiego) ( Dutch: Heilige Roomse Rijk) was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the...Holy Roman Empire, located in Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions), Germany (32 regions). ...Lower Franconia. Würzburg was a diocese from Events Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al_Malik (724_743) succeeded by al_Walid II ibn Abd al_Malik (743_744). ...743. In the eighteenth century, the Bishop was often also Bishop of Bamberg. In Events January 30 - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. ...1803, the Bishopric was secularized and annexed by the Elector of Bavaria. Following the defeat of The Republic of Austria ( German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ...Austria in Events January 11 _ Michigan Territory is created. ...1805, however, in a complicated territorial exchange, Bavaria gave up Würzburg to the former Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, or, more fully, His Imperial and Royal Highness Ferdinando III Giuseppe Giovanni Baptista Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, (May 6, 1769 - June 18, 1824; born and died in Florence, Italy), was the son of Leopold II of...Ferdinand III, who became ruler of the new Duchy of Würzburg. This new state lasted until 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...1814. Following the The Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. ...Napoleonic Wars, it was once again annexed by Bavaria.

Bishops of Würzburg, 743_present

• St. Burchard I 743_755
• St. Megingold von Rothenburg 755_769
• Bernulf 769_800
• Luderich 800_803
• Egilwart 803_810
• Wolfgar 810_832
• Hunbert 833_842
• Godwald von Henneberg 842_855
• Arno von Endsee 855_892
• Rudolf I von Rothenburg 892_908
• Theodo von Henneberg 908_931
• Burchard II 932_941
• Poppo I 941_961
• Poppo II 961_983
• Hugo von Rothenburg 983_990
• Bernward von Rothenburg 990_995
• Heinrich I von Rothenburg 995_1018
• Meinhard I von Rothenburg 1018_1034
• Bruno of Carinthia 1034_1045
• Adalbero von Lambach_Wels 1045_1085
• Meinhard II von Rothenburg 1085_1088
• Einhard von Rothenburg 1089_1105
• Rupert von Tundorf 1105_1106
• Erlung von Calw 1106_1121
• Gebhard von Henneberg 1122_1127
• Rudiger von Vaihingen 1122_1125
• Emicho von Leiningen 1125_1146
• Siegfried von Truhendingen 1146_1150
• Gebhard von Henneberg 1150_1159
• Heinrich II von Stuhlingen 1159_1165
• Herold von Hochheim 1165_1170
• Reginhard von Abenberg 1171_1186
• Gottfried I von Spitzenberg_Helfenstein 1186_1190
• Philipp of Swabia 1190_1191
• Heinrich III of Berg 1191_1197
• Gottfried II von Hohenlohe 1197
• Konrad von Querfurt 1197_1202
• Heinrich IV von Katzburg 1202_1207
• Otto von Lobdeburg 1207_1223
• Dietrich von Homburg 1223_1225
• Hermann I von Lobdeburg 1225_1254
• Iring von Reinstein_Homburg 1254_1266
• Heinrich V von Leiningen 1254_1255
• Poppo III von Trimberg 1267_1271
• Berthold I von Henneberg 1271_1274
• Berthold II von Sternberg 1274_1287
• Mangold von Neuenburg 1287_1303 (Bishop of Bamberg 1285)
• Andreas von Gundelfingen 1303_1313
• Gottfried III von Hohenlohe 1313_1322
• Friedrich von Stolberg 1313_1317
• Wolfram von Grumbach 1322_1332
• Hermann II Hummel von Lichtenberg 1333_1335
• Otto II von Wolfskeel 1335_1345
• Albrecht I von Hohenberg 1345_1349
• Albrecht II von Hohenlohe 1350_1372
• Gerhard von Schwarzburg 1372_1400
• Albrecht III von Katzburg 1372_1376
• Johann I von Egloffstein 1400_1411
• Johann II von Brunn 1411_1440
• Sigmund of Saxony 1440_1443
• Gottfried I von Limpurg 1443_1455
• Johann III von Grumbach 1455_1466
• Rudolf II von Scherenberg 1466_1495
• Lorenz von Bibra 1495_1519
• Konrad II von Thungen 1519_1540
• Konrad III von Bibra 1540_1544
• Melchior Zobel von Guttenberg 1544_1558
• Friedrich von Wirsberg 1558_1573
• Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573_1617
• Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen 1617_1622 (Bishop of Bamberg 1609_1622)
• Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg 1622_1631
• Franz von Hatzfeld 1631_1642 (Bishop of Bamberg 1633_1642)
• Johann Philipp von Schönborn 1642-1673
• Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach 1673-1675
• Peter Philipp von Dernbach 1675-1683
• Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau 1683-1684
• Johann Gottfried II von Gutenberg 1684-1698
• Johann Philipp von Greiffenklau 1699-1719
• Philipp Franz von Schönborn 1719-1725
• Christoph Franz von Hutten 1724-1729
• Friedrich Karl von Schönborn 1729-1746 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
• Anselm Franz von Ingelheim 1746-1749
• Karl Philipp von Greiffenklau 1749-1754
• Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim 1755-1779 (Bishop of Bamberg 1757-1779)
• Franz Ludwig von Erthal 1779-1795 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
• Georg Karl von Fechenbach 1795-1808

Secular power lost in 1803. Territory to Bavaria until 1805

Secular Duke of Würzburg

• Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, or, more fully, His Imperial and Royal Highness Ferdinando III Giuseppe Giovanni Baptista Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, (May 6, 1769 - June 18, 1824; born and died in Florence, Italy), was the son of Leopold II of...Ferdinand 1806-1814

Würzburg annexed by Bavaria, 1814

Bishops of Würzburg

• Adam Friedrich Freiherr von Groß zu Trockau 1818-1840
• Georg Anton von Stahl 1840-1870
• Johann Valentin von Reißmann 1870-1875
• Franz Joseph von Stein 1878-1897
• Ferdinand von Schlör 1898-1924
• Matthias Ehrenfried 1924-1948
• Julius August Döpfner 1948-1957
• Josef Stangl 1957-1979
• Paul-Werner Scheele 1979-2003
• Friedhelm Hofmann 2004-present