Prince-provost

Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg, last Prince-provost of Berchtesgaden, c. 1790

Prince-provost (German: Fürstpropst) is a rare title for a monastic superior with the ecclesiastical style of provost who is also a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsfürst), holding a direct vote in the Imperial Diet assembly coequal to an actual Prince-abbot, as in each case treated below.


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