Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Electorate of Trier
drawn on the map 1333–1618
The third ecclesiastical electorate. The Archbishop-Elector of Trier was Arch-Chancellor of Burgundy and, under the Golden Bull, voted first and ranked third in precedence among the archbishops.
- Shown on the map
- 1333–1618
- Peak area
- 17k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The third ecclesiastical electorate. The Archbishop-Elector of Trier was Arch-Chancellor of Burgundy and, under the Golden Bull, voted first and ranked third in precedence among the archbishops. Like Cologne and Mainz, Trier received a gold-minting privilege from Charles IV (25 November 1346). It was secularized in 1803, its lands passing to secular neighbors after the French annexation of the left bank.
Common questions
- What was the Electorate of Trier?
- The third ecclesiastical electorate. The Archbishop-Elector of Trier was Arch-Chancellor of Burgundy and, under the Golden Bull, voted first and ranked third in precedence among the archbishops.
- When is the Electorate of Trier shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Electorate of Trier 1333–1618. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Electorate of Trier?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Electorate of Trier covered about 17,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Electorate of Trier en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Trier
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