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 The Bishopric of Bamberg was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located around the city of Bamberg in Upper Franconia, also including the city of Erlangen. ...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 The following is a list of rulers of Bavaria: Dukes of Bavaria, 889_1623 Liutpolding Dynasty Liutpold 889-907 Arnulf the Bad 907_937 Eberhard 937 Berthold 938_947 Liudolfing (Ottonian) Dynasty Henry I 947_955 Henry II the Quarrelsome 955_976 Otto I 976_982 Liutpolding Dynasty Henry III the Younger 983_985 Liudolfing Dynasty Henry...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 Unofficial Medici Rulers of Florence, 1434_1531 Cosimo de Medici 1434_1464 Piero I de Medici 1464-1469 (The Gouty) Lorenzo I de Medici 1469-1492 (The Magnificent) Giuliano de Medici 1469-1478 Piero II de Medici 1492-1494 Republic restored 1494-1512 Cardinal Giovanni de Medici 1512_1513 Lorenzo II de Medici...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)
• Schönborn is the name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the Church. ...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
• Schönborn is the name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the Church. ...Philipp Franz von Schönborn 1719-1725
• Christoph Franz von Hutten 1724-1729
• Schönborn is the name of a German noble family, many members of which were prelates of the Church. ...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