Prince-abbot

Adolphus von Dalberg, Prince-Abbot of Fulda 1726–1737

In the Holy Roman Empire, a prince-abbot (German: Fürstabt) was the cleric who headed a princely abbey. The prince-abbot had a seat and an individual vote (votum virile) in the Imperial Diet alongside the prince-bishops. They ranked higher than the imperial abbots and imperial abbesses who although they were also immediate, held only two collective votes in the Diet.

Actual prince-abbots were:

* the Abbot of Fulda, "Archchancellor of the Empress", according to a 1220 decree by Emperor Frederick II, elevated to a Prince-Bishopric by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752[1]
* the Abbot of Prüm, elevated by Emperor Frederick II in 1222, held in personal union by the Archbishop of Trier from 1576
* the Abbot of Kempten, confirmed by King Charles IV in 1348
* the Abbot of Murbach, elevated by King Ferdinand I in 1548
* the Prince Abbot of Saint Gall, elevated by King Philip of Germany in 1207
* the Abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy
* the Abbot of Corvey, elevated to a Prince-Bishop in 1792
* the Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
* the Princess-Abesses of the Imperial and Royal Theresian Stift for Noble Ladies in the Castle of Prague

## See also

* Prince-Bishop
* Prince-Provost

## References

1. ↑ Heiler, Thomas. "Fulda, Fürstabtei: Politische Geschichte (Spätmittelalter)". https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Fulda,_Fürstabtei:_Politische_Geschichte_(Spätmittelalter).

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