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115: 4413: 2377: 2520: 2323: 3961: 4329: 797: 1656: 783: 4026: 1979: 101: 744: 2708: 2420: 2609: 2774: 716: 901: 114: 2194:, and further installed a subdelegate, Peter Christian Dodt, replacing Bremen-Verden's deputation (decision-taking body), however, allowing Bremen-Verden's government (executive body) to work on. Napoleon I especially confiscated the Hanoverian electoral demesnes in order to enfeoff veterans with them. He retained exclusive access to the domains and their earnings, when on 1 March 1810 he allowed his brother King 1134:. Tilly then invaded Bremen and captured its southern parts. The city of Bremen shut its city gates and entrenched behind its improved fortifications. In 1628, Tilly besieged Stade with its remaining garrison of 3,500 Danish and English soldiers. On 5 May 1628 Tilly granted them safe-conduct to England and Denmark-Norway and the whole of ecclesiastical Bremen was in his hands. Now Tilly turned to the city of 1534: 2652: 758: 730: 1483:, ruling from 1644 to 1654, from 1648 on simultaneously Duchess of Bremen and Verden, sought after annexing the Free Imperial City of Bremen for it would be an important taxpayer. Earlier the city of Bremen had de facto participated in the Diets of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. The latter's successor state, the Swedish Duchy of Bremen, tried to regain the city, arguing the 2467: 1899: 2244:, Hanover had become a state of very conservative and backward rule, with a local government recruited from local aristocrats adding much to the preservation of outdated structures. The administrative union with Hanover only followed in 1823, when a local government reform united Bremen-Verden and Hadeln to form the 1122:
In 1626, Tilly and his Catholic League troops occupied Verden, causing the Lutheran clergy to flee. He demanded that the Chapter of Bremen allow him to enter the Prince-Archbishopric and while the Chapter declared its loyalty to the Emperor, it delayed an answer to the request, arguing that it had to
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proper, the constitutional and administrative bodies in the Swedish dominions gradually lost de facto importance due to ever growing centralisation. Bremen-Verden's Estates lost more and more influence, they less and less often convened. After 1692, the estates' say had almost vanished. This led to
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The Holy Roman Empire's taxes were collected and armies recruited and financed along the lines of the imperial circles. Bremen and Verden sent their representatives to the circle diet (Kreistag) of their respective imperial circle. The circle diet decided how to share the burden of the taxes to be
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The rise of Swedish centralisation and absolutism found its way partially into Bremen-Verden's practise. Bremen-Verden wasn't streamlined as to its jurisdiction and its military system, but the latter strictly subjected to Stockholms generalty. Especially in jurisdiction, Bremen-Verden's Estates
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The Swedish takeover in 1648 became a milestone for Bremen-Verden's interior constitution. Bremen-Verden turned from two elective monarchies into a hereditary double monarchy, with a personal rule of the prince-(arch)bishop or administrator exchanged for a viceregent government bound by Swedish
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alone levied in Bremen-Verden. In 1803, the Duchy of Bremen had 180,000 inhabitants and an area of 5,325.4 square kilometres, the Principality of Verden 1,359.7 square kilometres and 20,000 inhabitants in 1806, while Hadeln comprised 311.6 square kilometres and had about 14,000 inhabitants.
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The reconquest of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, helped by forces from Sweden and from the city of Bremen, was completed by 10 May 1632. John Frederick was back in his office, only to realise what Swedish supremacy meant. The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen continuously suffered from
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Lutheran prince-bishoprics. John Frederick speculated to regain the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and therefore in June/July 1631 officially allied himself with Sweden. For the war being John Frederick accepted Swedish overlordship, while Gustavus Adolphus promised to restitute the
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In October, an army newly recruited by John Frederick started to reconquer the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and — supported by Swedish troops — to capture the neighboured Prince-Bishopric of Verden, de facto dismissing Verden's intermittent Catholic Prince-Bishop
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instructions. The lax administrative structures were replaced with strictly hierarchic authorities with fixed competences. The co-rule of the Estates was curtailed. Bremen and Verden declined from independent territories of imperial immediacy to a collectively governed
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on 13 August 1645, and a number of Danish territories, including the two Swedish occupied prince-bishoprics, were ceded into Swedish hands. So Frederick II had to resign as Administrator in both prince-bishoprics. He succeeded his late father on the Danish throne as
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illegitimate. But the Swedish occupants had to be persuaded first, to accept Prince Frederick's succession. So Chapter and Estates ruled the Prince-Archbishopric until the conclusion of the negotiations with Sweden. In 1635, he succeeded as Lutheran Administrator
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At both feoffments George II of Great Britain swore that he would respect the existing privileges and constitutions of the Estates in Bremen-Verden and in Hadeln, thus confirming 400-year-old traditions of Estate participation in their governments. Being a
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at the Northern tip of Bremen-Verden, since 1180 an exclave, first of the younger Duchy of Saxony and from 1296 on of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg. It took George II until 1733 to get the emperor to also enfeoff him with the Duchies of Bremen and Verden.
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in November 1654. This treaty left the main issue, accepting the city of Bremen's imperial immediacy, unresolved. But the city agreed to pay tribute and levy taxes in favour of and cede its possessions around Bederkesa and Lehe to Swedish Bremen-Verden.
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and alimenting soldiers. The relation between the Estates, who had to maintain administration under Catholic occupation, and the returned Administrator were difficult. The Estates preferred to directly negotiate with the occupants, this time the Swedes.
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Meanwhile, Christian IV arranged for Dutch, English and French troops to land in Bremen. The Chapter's pleas for a reduction of the contributions, Christian IV commented by arguing once the Leaguists would take over, his extortions will seem little.
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levied among the member territories. Thus Bremen and Verden even conflicted on the border between each other — i.e. on who may levy taxes where — which were not solved, even though the two fiefs were ruled in personal union by Sweden.
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holding up the Hanoverian stake, had fled to the trans-Elbian Hanoverian territory of Saxe-Lauenburg on 30 May, taking seat in Lauenburg upon Elbe. In the summer of 1803, the French occupants raised their first war contribution with 21,165
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Former Bremen-Verden as of 1730 (in light pink) pasted over today's state borders (grey) and former region borders (white, as of 1977) with broken lines, indicating their changes between 1731 and 1977. At the northern tip the
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So the Danes ruled territories clung around Bremen-Verden at its northern and western border. Both powers entered into a dangerous competition for the exclusive opportunity to levy the lucrative tolls from ships heading for
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maintained their stake. But Bremen-Verden's tax-levying department, almost entirely manned with Swedes and using Swedish as administrative language, was directly subordinated to the finance ministry in Stockholm.
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from 5 July 1803, confirming the military defeat of Hanover, the Hanoverian army was disarmed and its horses and ammunitions were handed over to the French. The Privy Council of Hanover, with minister
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which Brandenburg-Prussia and France had stipulated, Brandenburg-Prussia would ensure the neutrality of the Holy Roman Empire in all the latter's territories north the demarcation line of the river
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in 1814. Even though Bremen-Verden's status as a territory of imperial immediacy had become void with the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Duchies were not right away incorporated in a
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Bremisch- und Verdischer Ritter-Sahl Oder Denckmahl Der Uhralten Berühmten Hoch-adelichen Geschlechter Insonderheit der Hochlöblichen Ritterschafft In Denen Hertzogthümern Bremen und Verden
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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Die Region Stade in westfälisch-französischer Zeit 1810–1813: Studien zum napoleonischen Herrschaftssystem unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Stadt Stade und des Fleckens Harsefeld
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With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, Bremen-Verden's status as fiefs of imperial immediacy became void; as they had been in personal union with the neighbouring
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who ruled 1630–1631, and causing the flight of the Catholic clergy wherever they arrived. The Prince-Bishopric of Verden was then subjected to Swedish military administration.
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of the Holy Roman Empire and represented in its Diet by virtue of his Electorate of Hanover, George II Augustus didn't bother about Bremen-Verden's status of imperial estate.
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Sketch map of Brunswick and Lunenburg Electorate (seat Hanover), c. 1720, and its neighbouring territories such as Brunswick and Lunenburg Duchy (seat Wolfenbüttel), and the
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Königlich Großbritannischer und Churfürstlich-Braunschweigisch-Lüneburgischer zur Regierung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden verordneter Geheimer Rath und Regierungs-Räthe
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was fighting on several fronts, even on its own territory. But also in Bremen-Verden men were drafted in order to recruit the 16,000 Hanoverian soldiers fighting in the
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In February 1631 John Frederick, the exiled Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Archbishoprics of Bremen and Lübeck conferred with Gustavus II Adolphus and a number of
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Beate Christine Fiedler, "Die Entwicklung der schwedischen Staatsform im 17. Jahrhundert und ihre Auswirkung auf die deutschen Provinzen Bremen und Verden", In:
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Beate Christine Fiedler, "Die Entwicklung der schwedischen Staatsform im 17. Jahrhundert und ihre Auswirkung auf die deutschen Provinzen Bremen und Verden", In:
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In 1635–1636 the Estates and Frederick II agreed with Sweden upon the prince-bishoprics' neutrality. But this didn't last long, because in the Danish-Swedish
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Bederkesa Castle, since 1381 stronghold of the City of Bremen's possessions within Swedish Bremen-Verden, in 1654 ceded to the latter by the Recess of Stade.
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In 1807 France replaced the Privy Council and the Hanoverian estates of the realm, as announced on 20 September, by its own occupational government, the
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considerable unease among the Estates, so that in May 1694 representatives of the General Government of Bremen-Verden and the Estates met at the former
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under British command against Revolutionary France. In 1795, the Holy Roman Empire declared its neutrality, which of course included the British
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feared falling under Swedish rule as well. Therefore, the city beseeched an imperial confirmation of its status of imperial immediacy from 1186 (
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Herrschaft und Landesgrenze: die langwährenden Bemühungen um die Grenzziehung zwischen den Stiften und späteren Herzogtümern Bremen und Verden
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on 26 May and installed — among others — two occupation companies in Bremen-Verden's capital Stade on 18 June. According to the
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In April 1801, Brandenburg-Prussian troops arrived in Bremen-Verden's capital of Stade and stayed there until October the same year. The
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without finding support by the emperor and a majority among the imperial estates, which never happened. They were parts of two different
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expelled again the occupants. Bremen-Verden remained unaffected for the rest of the war and after its end peace prevailed until the
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Landschaft und regionale Identität: Beiträge zur Geschichte der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden und des Landes Hadeln
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The territory belonging to the Duchies of Bremen and Verden covered a rough triangle of land between the mouths of the rivers
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maintaining the armed neutrality. But in 1801, 24,000 Prussian soldiers invaded Hanover, which surrendered without a fight.
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Sweden and Swedish Bremen-Verden protested sharply, when in December 1660 the city council of Bremen rendered homage to
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The political entities of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and the Prince-Bishopric of Verden were transformed by the
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In 1627, Christian IV withdrew from the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, in order to fight Wallenstein's invasion of his
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Contemporary map of Bremen-Verden (ca. 1750), including Hadeln, but also the city of Bremen and Hamburg's exclave of
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After Britain — without any ally — had declared war on France on 18 May 1803, French troops invaded the
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failed. But the Danish threat to Bremen-Verden turned more virulent in 1667. In that year the local branch of the
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The populations in both prince-bishoprics were subjected to measures of "re-Catholicisation" within the scope the
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In 1813, the Duchies of Bremen and Verden were restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which transformed into the
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Royal British and Electoral Brunswick-Lunenburgian Privy Council for Governing the Duchies of Bremen and Verden
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being paralysed by succession quarrels and France being not opposed, Sweden started from its Bremen-Verden the
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son of the preceding, Regent 1811–1820, represented in Bremen-Verden by his younger brother Viceroy Adolphus
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title had turned void and the duchies were deleted as administrative entities in 1823, when merged into the
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In 1700, Bremen-Verden introduced — like all Protestant territories of imperial immediacy — the
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was dissolved on 6 August 1806, thereby abolishing the function of prince-electors electing its emperors.
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came out in favour of waging war on the Free Imperial City of Bremen. Right after, Leopold I, busy with
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As Duchess of Bremen and Verden Christina of Sweden installed her residence in the former Benedictine
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Axel Behne, 'Verfassung und Verwaltung der Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden und des Landes Hadeln', In:
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A list of interesting people whose birth, death, residence or activity took place in Bremen-Verden.
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de facto temporarily deposed 1803–1805, 1806–1813 by various occupations and annexations during the
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Since Bremen-Verden had turned Hanoverian, it never again sent its own representatives to a Diet.
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of the Lutheran consistory of Bremen-Verden proper (without Land of Hadeln) in Stade, historian
1279: 757: 5007: 4991: 4754: 4695: 4672: 4586: 4534: 4337: 4268: 4255: 4084: 3969: 3960: 3902: 3883: 3864: 3809: 3482: 3275:(since 1664, ennobled as von Greiffencrantz; *1613–†1670), chancellor of Swedish Bremen-Verden 3224: 3213:, near Cuxhaven; *1654–†1740), organist, composer, organ and music pedagogue, organist at the 3206: 3187: 2682: 2454: 2419: 1820: 1740: 1577: 1424: 1345: 1177: 1049: 1034: 953: 843: 633: 523: 455: 213: 4874: 4657: 4412: 3438: 3112:; *1742–†1826), Hanoverian administrator, active in the restitution of Bremen-Verden to the 2773: 2570: 2532: 2479: 2220: 1214: 1185: 1092: 949: 882: 851: 590: 563: 61: 3880:
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returned from Lauenburg to Hanover City for a month, only to have to flee again from the
3391:(*1637–†1718), Lutheran consistorial secretary, archivist, Germanist, father of the next 3337:(*1678–†1761), polyhistor, professor of history and Greek language, poet, rector at the 2876: 4979: 4740: 4667: 4626: 4489: 4243: 4138: 3477: 3024: 2958: 2934: 2861: 2734: 2252: 2245: 2095: 2091: 2068: 1967: 1961: 1932: 1923: 1919: 1839: 1744: 1461: 1419:
and her legal heirs with the duchies, as Sweden's reward from its participation in the
1353: 1238: 1162: 1080: 977: 973: 925: 870: 866: 749: 669: 217: 147: 121: 2075:, including Hanover. To this end also Hanover had to provide troops for the so-called 1515:, the new leading body after there was no Prince-Archbishop or Prince-Bishop anymore. 1511:
for interlocutions of unknown content. In 1650 the Lutheran clergy was subjected to a
1115:, fled to Lübeck and left the Prince-Archbishopric to be ruled by the Chapter and the 900: 17: 5070: 4503: 4442: 4345: 4176: 3977: 3792: 3519: 3347: 3282: 3260: 2720: 2308: 2049: 1518:
As to pastoring the tiny Catholic diaspora in Bremen-Verden the Holy See established
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in the sees of Bremen and of Verden. But he had to render homage to the minor Queen
4462: 4424: 3286: 2651: 2072: 1789: 1498: 1327:. Every imperial estate, thus Bremen and Verden separately, was represented in the 1298: 1209:
After John Frederick's death in 1634 Chapter and Estates regarded the dismissal of
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until Thursday, 14 September (N.S.) came after Wednesday, 2 September 1752 (O.S.).
3027:, the merely administrative entity succeeding Bremen-Verden's dissolution in 1823. 2634: 2135:(1805–1806) the French occupational troops left Hanover in a campaign against the 1476:
of a European great power with all the pertaining restrictions and opportunities.
2748:
became sovereign duke through the end of the Holy Roman Empire on 6 August 1806,
1918:, who in 1727 had succeeded his father George I Louis, with the reverted fief of 4457: 4437: 3266: 3199:(born in Stade; *1665–†1694), brother of the former, military, lover of Duchess 3145: 3092: 2855: 2847: 2056:, and a peace treaty with France was under negotiation until it failed in 1799. 1758: 1554: 1533: 1258: 1007: 961: 763: 517: 470: 361: 4573: 3424: 3410: 3355: 3351: 2403: 2237: 1435:
Personal union with Sweden (1648–1712) and under Danish occupation (1712–1715)
1364: 1079:, and thus a vassal of the Emperor, joined the anti-imperial coalition of the 981: 653: 5052: 5039: 3744:
until Thursday, 1 March (N.S.) came after Wednesday, 17 February 1753 (O.S.).
3557:
Matthias Nistahl, "Die Reichsexekution gegen Schweden in Bremen-Verden", In:
2002:, combining the North American conflict with the Austro–Brandenburg-Prussian 3861:
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until Monday 1 March 1700 (N.S.) came after Sunday 18 February 1700 (O.S.).
2466: 1780:, the Prince-Bishop of Münster, granted Sweden a loan amounting to 100,000 1545:. In 1381 the city of Bremen had captured de facto rule in an area around 4928: 4923: 4610: 4581: 4508: 4480: 4472: 4034: 3290: 2910:
Presidents of the government under Hanoverian rule (1715–1807, 1813–1823)
2098:, Britain started to capture Brandenburg-Prussian sea vessels. After the 1983: 1505:
Charles Gustav, Hereditary Duke of the Palatinate of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
1131: 1076: 1068:
were often referred to as prince-bishops. Frederick II was a son of King
1057: 1023: 1000: 969: 203: 125: 3514:), which is a public-law corporation established in 1865 succeeding the 2102:, the coalition fell apart and Brandenburg-Prussia withdrew its troops. 1898: 1874:, or colloquially called after its capital, the Electorate of Hanover; ( 1241:
of 1643–1645 the Swedes seized de facto rule in both prince-bishoprics.
1123:
consult in a diet with the Estates, which would be a lengthy procedure.
1029:
maintained neutrality, as did most of the Protestant territories in the
4946: 4933: 3373: 3228: 2761: 2668: 2621: 1949: 1819:, as it was called by Protestants, in order not to mention the name of 1805: 1785: 1703: 1692: 1173: 921: 3148:(*1618–†1693), politician, military, governor-general of Bremen-Verden 3142:(*1614–†1666), politician, military, governor-general of Bremen-Verden 2240:
into the Hanoverian state. Since the Hanoverian monarchs had moved to
1891:, settling the war with Sweden, to compensate the latter by 1 million 1543:
militarily defeat the Free Imperial City of Bremen, provoking two wars
1360:
by the Peace of Westphalia and incorporated into the Duchy of Verden.
1265:
with the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, as under negotiation for the
4161: 3901:. Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden. 3882:. Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden. 3863:. Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden. 3741: 3487: 3186:; *1662–†1728), grandchild of the former, Lutheran provostess of the 2686: 2497: 2241: 1800: 1696: 1270: 1262: 1202: 1135: 1061: 965: 3624:
Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden
3035:
President of the government under Westphalian Rule (1810 March-Dec.)
1994:(1754–1763) in the North American colonies, Britain feared a French 1940:
In 1730, Bremen-Verden's government was reorganised and retitled as
1823:. So Sunday 18 February, Old Style, was followed by Monday 1 March, 1189:
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen to its exiled elected Administrator.
1142:
in order to save itself from a siege. The city remained unoccupied.
932:). This area included most of the modern counties (German singular: 1906:. Elector George I Louis acquired Saxe-Lauenburg and Bremen-Verden. 4783: 3420: 3363: 3342: 3249: 3218: 3183: 3011: 3010:(*1745–†1818), ranked state minister, name giving for the species 2014: 1977: 1945: 1897: 1887:) took de facto possession of Bremen-Verden and stipulated in the 1809: 1654: 1550: 1532: 1508: 1457: 985: 913: 899: 164: 1487:
named the city of Bremen as part of the to-be-established Duchy.
4720: 4553: 4549: 3371:(*1745–†1816), lawyer, official astronomer, since 1781 bailiff ( 2502:
de facto deposed by Danish occupants, who sold Bremen-Verden to
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Lebensläufe zwischen Elbe und Weser: Ein biographisches Lexikon
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Lebensläufe zwischen Elbe und Weser: Ein biographisches Lexikon
3265:(*1699–†1770), Lutheran pastor in Geestendorf (today a part of 3095:
sugar manufacturer, politician, anti-Napoléonic freedom fighter
1307:
Transformation of prince-bishoprics into Bremen-Verden in 1648
199: 3423:
into German, lyricist, editor, rector of the Latin School in
1056:
to be the ruler of the bishopric. Since he was Lutheran, the
1054:
Frederick II, Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden
972:(an exclave of Hamburg) did not belong to Bremen-Verden. The 3899:
Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser vol. 3 Neuzeit
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mentally unfit since 1811 and represented by his eldest son
1784:, for which in return Swedish Bremen-Verden had to pawn its 1706:(1666–1668) with the administrators of her Swedish estates, 1675:, adjacent to Bremen-Verden's western border, died out with 1468:
being the former capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden.
1681:
Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein at Gottorp
3626:, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1824, p. 184 2151:, after it had turned against France, was defeated in the 1041:
also tried to maintain neutrality, but, being part of the
3897:
Dannenberg, Hans-Eckhard; Schulze, Heinz-Joachim (2008).
3878:
Dannenberg, Hans-Eckhard; Schulze, Heinz-Joachim (1995).
3859:
Dannenberg, Hans-Eckhard; Schulze, Heinz-Joachim (1995).
1944:, which colloquially turned into the "Royal Government". 1850:
Personal union with Great Britain and Hanover (1715–1803)
1479:
For her new fief, the Duchy of Bremen, the Queen regnant
1683:
inherited the county, but ceded it to his father-in-law
1503:. She abolished witch-burning in Bremen-Verden. In 1650 27:
Territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire
2544:
13 January] 1688 – 24 November [
2163:(November 1806-January 1810), including Bremen-Verden. 1885:
Kurfürstentum Braunschweig und Lüneburg, or Kurhannover
1582:
In July 1654, the emperor ordered his vassal, as duke,
2397:
29 October] 1622 – 4 November [
2228:
From Restitution to incorporation into Hanover in 1823
2031:
Principality of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel)
1363:
The two neighbouring territories could not unite in a
991:
Bremen-Verden's coat of arms combined the arms of the
2821:
Governors-general under Swedish rule (1646/1648–1712)
2441:
24 November] 1655 – 15 April [
1663:
A Danish attempt to conquer Bremen-Verden during the
964:, now an exclave of the State of Bremen. The city of 2969:, ranked state minister, also appointed head of the 2642:
de facto ruling, but never enfeoffed by the Emperor
2067:
urged Brandenburg-Prussia to occupy Hanover. In the
2009:
In the summer of 1757, the French invaders defeated
1998:. Thus George II formed an alliance with his cousin 1052:, consisting mainly of Lutheran capitulars, elected 4904: 4850: 4766: 4561: 4548: 4471: 4423: 4344: 4147: 4033: 3976: 3664: 3662: 3419:(*1751–†1826), philologist, teacher, translator of 3231:; *1747–†1810), philosopher, historian, ethnologist 3162:'s armed forces with bread, donator of the library 2491:
7 June] 1682 – 30 November [
1862:, gained a new ally in the anti-Swedish coalition, 995:, a black cross on white ground, with those of the 842:), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the 683: 650: 630: 556: 488: 452: 413: 398: 371: 353: 341: 329: 313: 301: 289: 277: 259: 247: 235: 223: 209: 184: 170: 160: 133: 32: 2198:to incorporate Bremen-Verden into his short-lived 1827:, while Sweden proper only followed suit in 1753. 1109:John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 850:in 1180. By their original constitution they were 2850:(*1618–†1693), de facto interrupted 1676–1679 by 1677:Anton Günther, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst 3401:government, secretary of the directorate of the 3269:), archeologist, prehistorian, son of the former 1986:, de facto and legally no part of Bremen-Verden. 1605:. In 1663, the city gained seat and vote in the 1107:and set up headquarters in Stade. Administrator 3397:(*1674–†1725), archivist, secretary of Swedish 3327:(*1628–†1689), diplomat, chancellor of Swedish 3154:(*1777–†1864), merchant and merchant banker of 3132:; *1598–†1656), diplomat, president of Swedish 2561:only by claim, never enfeoffed by the Emperor, 2131:In the autumn of 1805, at the beginning of the 873:, initially by the royal houses of Sweden, the 2017:he had to capitulate on 18 September with the 1621:with Bremen-Verden, and with the neighbouring 1180:'s growing influence wielded by virtue of the 4311: 3943: 3806:Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser 3516:estates of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 51: 8: 5132:1648 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 3508:Landschaft der Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden 3244:, teacher and historian, vice-rector at the 2185:Jean Jacques Bernardin Colaud de La Salcette 1872:Prince-Electorate of Brunswick and Lunenburg 1541:Bremen-Verden's Swedish government tried to 1386:Sächsischer or later Niedersächsischer Kreis 1075:In 1626, Christian IV, who was also Duke of 984:, was not part of Bremen-Verden until 1731. 37: 3512:Estates of the Duchies of Bremen and Verden 2854:and Danish occupation in the course of the 2553:de facto inhibited by Hanoverian takeover, 2084:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 5082:States and territories established in 1648 4558: 4318: 4304: 4296: 3950: 3936: 3928: 3752: 3750: 3725: 3723: 3721: 3719: 3717: 3016:1811-1813 vacancy due to French annexation 2827:Swedish Governors-General of Bremen-Verden 2061:War of the Second Coalition against France 1956:installed a new ministry in charge of the 1751:captured Bremen-Verden in the course of a 1632:The siege of the city by the Swedes under 1103:, he and his remaining troops fled to the 1095:, on 27 August 1626, by the troops of the 1033:, a fiscal and military subsection of the 892:, they were incorporated into that state. 113: 29: 2993:(*1719–†?), ranked state minister in 1769 2133:War of the Third Coalition against France 2042:War of the First Coalition against France 1685:Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway 1454:Brem- und verdensches Generalgouvernement 1091:. After Christian IV was defeated at the 4411: 2677:10 November] 1683 – 2269: 1866:, King of Great Britain since 1714, and 1812:to confer on the status of the Duchies. 1659:Bremervörde under Danish attack in 1657. 1081:Republic of the Seven United Netherlands 3499: 2886:Nils Carlsson Gyllenstierna af Fogelvik 1763:Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 1679 1460:to be the new seat of government, with 3108:(born in Rittershausen, today part of 3091:(*1783–†1867), Bremian and Danish and 2275:Dukes of Bremen and Verden (1648–1823) 1549:and westwards thereof up to the lower 1464:being the former Bremian capital, and 1439:The Swedes installed a new authority, 920:, in today's German federal states of 5102:18th century in the Holy Roman Empire 5097:17th century in the Holy Roman Empire 3635:The usage of the name element of the 3215:Ss. Cosmae et Damiani Lutheran Church 2756:in Bremen-Verden his younger 6th son 1966:Department of Bremen-Verden, Hadeln, 1415:at first enfeoffed the Queen regnant 865:In 1648, both prince-bishoprics were 824: 649: 629: 555: 487: 451: 412: 408: 352: 340: 336: 328: 312: 300: 288: 276: 258: 246: 234: 230: 222: 7: 3506:This map shows the ambit of today's 2933:From 1739 on the presidents were in 2917:Cord Plato von Schloen, called Gehle 2120:Friedrich Franz Dieterich von Bremer 1792:and the pertaining adjacence to the 1623:Brunswick and Lunenburg (Celle line) 1530:, in charge between 1721 and 1780). 1431:, covering the Empire's North East. 1405:, colloquially Westphalian Circle). 1138:, which paid him a ransom of 10,000 1111:, who was also Administrator of the 2629:28 May] 1660 – 2161:Second French Occupation of Hanover 2000:Frederick II of Brandenburg-Prussia 1964:by the electors, it was called the 1528:Vicariate of Upper and Lower Saxony 1403:Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Kreis 1153:had landed with 15,000 soldiers at 3385:, in personal union Duke of Bremen 3049:Johann Julius Conrad von Schlütter 2758:Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 2141:First French Occupation of Hanover 2100:Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 2011:Prince William, Duke of Cumberland 2004:Third Silesian or Seven Years' War 1441:Bremen-Verden's General Government 1243:Christian IV of Denmark and Norway 1070:Christian IV of Denmark and Norway 25: 3197:Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck 3170:, Bremen-Verden, where he grew up 2343:8 December] 1626 – 2265:List of consorts of Bremen-Verden 1101:Johan 't Serclaes, Count of Tilly 5127:1823 disestablishments in Europe 5087:Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire 4334:Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle 4327: 4024: 3959: 3395:Dietrich von Stade (the Younger) 3383:George III of the United Kingdom 3174:Hans Christoffer von Königsmarck 2905:vacancy due to Danish occupation 2772: 2706: 2650: 2607: 2518: 2465: 2418: 2375: 2321: 1574:Hans Christoffer von Königsmarck 1390:Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 1043:Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle 795: 781: 756: 742: 728: 714: 99: 5137:Early modern history of Germany 3156:Frederick Andrew Huth & Co. 3021:Engelbert Johann von Marschalck 2924:Johann Friedrich von Staffhorst 2816:Heads of government (1648–1823) 2363:House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1735:From 1675 to 1676, troops from 1617:, had enfeoffed the minor King 1615:wars against the Ottoman Empire 1375:(later the Lower Saxon Circle; 1261:of the military great power of 879:House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken 138:States of the Holy Roman Empire 3458:Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 3389:Dietrich von Stade (the Elder) 2991:Bodo Friedrich von Bodenhausen 1832:Great Northern War (1700–1721) 1830:In 1712, in the course of the 1105:Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 1093:Battle of Lutter am Barenberge 1027:Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 1010:, the patron saint of Bremen. 997:Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 722:Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen 1: 5107:1648 in the Holy Roman Empire 3473:Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg 3152:Johann Friedrich Andreas Huth 2967:Philipp Adolf von Münchhausen 2729:24 May] 1738 – 2548:13 November] 1741*, 2495:19 November] 1718*, 1952:, the electoral capital, the 1904:Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück 1844:plague stricken Bremen-Verden 1603:Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1157:, opening a new front in the 1064:. Nevertheless, he and later 840:Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden 39:Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden 3180:Maria Aurora von Königsmarck 2834:Hans Christoffer Königsmarck 2771: 2768: 2705: 2702: 2649: 2646: 2606: 2603: 2517: 2514: 2464: 2461: 2417: 2414: 2401:25 October] 1660*, 2374: 2371: 2320: 2317: 2251:For the further history see 2181:Commission des Gouvernements 1665:Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658) 1564:Ferdinand III ordered Queen 1524:Vicariate of Nordic Missions 1292:the requested confirmation ( 1290:Free Imperial City of Bremen 818:Duchies of Bremen and Verden 415:• Prince-bishoprics of 34:Duchies of Bremen and Verden 5142:Former monarchies of Europe 3923:Map of Lower Saxony in 1789 3639:became senseless, when the 3405:, comitial emissary at the 3369:Johann Hieronymus Schroeter 2555:waived claim to dukedom by 2217:and several cantons in the 2106:Napoleonic wars (1803–1813) 1990:In the course of the Anglo- 1889:Treaty of Stockholm of 1719 1794:Prince-Bishopric of Münster 1771:Ferdinand II of Fürstenberg 1749:Prince-Bishopric of Münster 1719:Isaac Chaim Senior Teixeira 1211:the Danish Prince Frederick 1151:Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden 846:, which emerged and gained 791:Prince-Bishopric of Münster 355:• 1668–1693, de facto 5158: 4779:Blankenheim and Gerolstein 3463:Prince-Bishopric of Verden 2998:Gotthelf Dietrich von Ende 2824: 2259:List of rulers (1648–1823) 2168:Commission du Gouvernement 2019:Convention of Klosterzeven 1584:Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1176:, all of them troubled by 1113:Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck 1039:Prince-Bishopric of Verden 993:Prince-Bishopric of Verden 736:Prince-Bishopric of Verden 4988:Lower Rhenish–Westphalian 4955: 4409: 4252:Lower Rhenish–Westphalian 4190: 4022: 3637:Electorate of Brandenburg 3511: 3510:(analogously in English: 3164:Friedrich-Huth-Bibliothek 3042:Christian Ludwig von Hake 3008:Christian Ludwig von Hake 2567: 2445:5 April] 1697*, 2359: 2305: 2272: 2183:) under Governor General 2035:French Revolutionary Wars 1948:remained the capital. In 1247:Second Peace of Brömsebro 693: 679: 409: 367: 337: 325: 231: 112: 96: 70: 3431:Anton Christian Wedekind 3310:; *1710–†1791), general 3201:Sophia Dorothea of Celle 2563:sister of the preceding 2157:Privy Council of Hanover 2155:(11 November 1806), the 2153:Battle of Jena-Auerstedt 2116:Convention of Artlenburg 2063:(1799–1802) started and 1954:Privy Council of Hanover 1858:, still fighting in the 1708:Diego Texeira de Sampayo 1252:Frederick III of Denmark 1060:denied him the title of 1018:At the beginning of the 591:4th Coalition ag. France 564:2nd Coalition ag. France 490:• Danish occupation 5023:Unencircled territories 4287:Unencircled territories 4048:Brunswick and Lunenburg 3122:(*1611–†1668), military 2793:*12 August 1762 – 2673:*20 November [ 2339:*18 December [ 2246:High-Bailiwick of Stade 2069:Treaty of Basel of 1795 1856:Frederick IV of Denmark 1836:supremacy in the Baltic 670:High-Bailiwick of Stade 80:military administration 53:Hertigdömet Bremen och 4417: 4078:Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 3593: 3531:Cf. Wolfgang Dörfler, 3468:Bremen-Verden Campaign 3146:Henrik Henriksson Horn 2983: 2950: 2540:*23 January [ 2437:*4 December [ 2393:*8 November [ 2180: 1987: 1907: 1884: 1769:. By the latter Baron 1660: 1538: 1453: 1402: 1385: 1341: 1321:Principality of Verden 905: 896:Territory and insignia 839: 505:from Danes and Swedes 52: 38: 18:Principality of Verden 4415: 3596:, cf. Klaus Isensee, 3360:Ss. 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Principality of Verden
German
Swedish
French
Westphalia
France
Coat of arms of Bremen-Verden
Former Bremen-Verden as of 1730 (in light pink) pasted over today's state borders (grey) and former region borders (white, as of 1977) with broken lines, indicating their changes between 1731 and 1977. At the northern tip the Land of Hadeln and Cuxhaven are excluded.
Land of Hadeln
Cuxhaven
States of the Holy Roman Empire
enfeoffed
Swedish Crown
Hanoverian Crown
Stade
Low Saxon
German
Lutherans
Calvinists
Jews
Catholics
Absolute monarchies
personal union
Christina
Charles X Gustav
Charles XI
Charles XII
George I Louis
George II Augustus
George III

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