Mediatized (from Mediatization) refers to a formerly souvereign non-eccelesiastic principality within the Holy Roman Empire that has has lost its immediate souvereignty (Reichsunmittelbarkeit = Imperial immediacy) within the Empire and been incorporated into another realm -- an event with wide application in Germany in 1803 (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss), following Napoleon's victory over the Austrian and German princes and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. It paralleled the abolition (secularization) of eccelesiastic souvereignty and territorial property rights effected at the same time. Mediatization, defined broadly, is the annexation of one sovereign monarchy by another sovereign monarchy in such a way that the ruler of the smaller state keeps their noble title (and sometimes, a measure of power). ... The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (2nd half of the 10th century), now held in the Vienna Schatzkammer. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the... Secularization, as understood by sociologists of religion, is a varied term with multiple definitions and levels of meaning. ...

The constitution (Bundesakte) of the German Union (Deutscher Bund) of 1815 retained and confirmed these provisions of the 1806 Rheinbund constition, but left certain rights to the mediatized princes (e.g., first instance jurisdiction). This remained in effect until the revolution of 1848/49 and in a number of cases even longer. 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...