Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht

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Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht Sticht Utrecht (Dutch)
1024–1528
Flag Coat of arms
Bishopric of Utrecht c. 1350. Nedersticht is the smaller territory while Oversticht is the larger territory.
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Utrecht
Common languages	Middle Dutch, Middle Low German
Religion	Roman Catholicism (State religion)
Government	Ecclesiastical principality
Prince-bishop
• (1024–1026)[a]	Adalbold II of Utrecht
• (1524–1528)[b]	Henry of the Palatinate
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Lower Lotharingia divided from Lotharingia	959
• Established	1024
• Investiture Controversy	1075–1122
• Concordat of Worms	1122
• Joined the Burgundian Circle	1512
• Guelders Wars	1502–1543
• Disestablished	1528
• Union of Utrecht signed	1579
Preceded by Succeeded by Lower Lotharingia Lordship of Utrecht Lordship of Overijssel
Today part of	Netherlands

The Bishopric of Utrecht (Dutch: Sticht Utrecht) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, in the present-day Netherlands. From 1024 to 1528, as one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it was ruled by the bishops of Utrecht.

The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht is not to be confused with the Diocese of Utrecht, which covered a larger area. Over the areas outside the Prince-Bishopric, the bishop exercised only spiritual, not temporal, authority.

In 1528, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor secularized the Prince-Bishopric, depriving the bishop of its secular authority.
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