Prince-primate
Prince-primate (
archbishops
of specific sees in a presiding capacity in an august assembly of mainly secular princes, notably the following:
Germany - Confederation of the Rhine
The Rheinbund or '
Regensburg. He had been the first among the princes of the Holy Roman Empire and styled its Archchancellor, and as such was given the first rank among the princes of the new Confederation and the title of Fürstprimas, 'Prince Primate'.[3]
As such he presided over the College of Kings and the Diet of the Confederation, a senate-like assembly which never actually assembled.
During his term as prince-primate, Dalberg was
Hessen). At the same time, Napoleon appointed his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais — excluded from the French imperial succession — as heir to the Grand Duchy.[4]
At the eve of the collapse of the First French Empire, Dalberg resigned his secular positions and Beauharnais succeeded him as Grand Duke, though this had no practical effect, as the dissolution of the Confederation (carved up into a revised set of monarchies) also rendered the position moot.
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In virtue of his dignity as
Archbishop of Esztergom
enjoyed extraordinary privileges, resulting in his being titled prince primate.
The
Archabbey of Pannonhalma
(S. Martinus in Monte Pannoniæ).
Since 1715, the primate had also been a knighting was allowed to non-sovereign nobility). Another privilege was his right to take an oath before a court of justice through his deputy, and not personally.
The
Upper House
.
References
- ^ Hans A. Schmitt. "Germany Without Prussia: A Closer Look at the Confederation of the Rhine". German Studies Review 6, No. 4 (1983), pp 9–39.
- ^ Michael Kotulla: Deutsches Verfassungsrecht 1806–1918. Eine Dokumentensammlung nebst Einführungen. Volume 1: Gesamtdeutschland, Anhaltische Staaten und Baden, Springer, Berlin et al. 2006, p. 21.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dalberg § 2. Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 762–763.
- ^ Oman, Carola. Napoleon's viceroy, Eugène de Beauharnais London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966
Sources
- Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German)
- WorldStatesmen - here Frankfurt, see also other parties mentioned