page_title: Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
section_title: Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, 1168–1803
hierarchical_section_title: Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg / Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, 1168–1803
context_page_description: The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese since 743. As definitely established by the Concordat of 1448, bishops in Germany were chosen by the canons of the cathedral chapter and their election was later confirmed by the pope. Following a common practice in Germany, the prince-bishops of Würzburg were frequently elected to other ecclesiastical principalities as well. The last few prince-bishops resided at the Würzburg Residence, which is one of the grandest baroque palaces in Europe.
  As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, Würzburg, along with the other ecclesiastical states of Germany, was secularized in 1803 and absorbed into the Electorate of Bavaria. In the same year Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of Tuscany, was compensated with the Electorate of Salzburg. In the 1805 Peace of Pressburg, Ferdinand lost Salzburg to the Austrian Empire, but was compensated with the new Grand Duchy of Würzburg, Bavaria having relinquished the territory in return for the Tyrol.
context_section_description: Herold von Hochheim 1165–1170
  Reginhard von Abenberg 1171–1186
  Gottfried I von Spitzenberg-Helfenstein 1186–1190
  Philip of Swabia 1190–1191
  Heinrich III of Berg 1191–1197
  Gottfried II von Hohenlohe 1197
  Konrad von Querfurt 1197–1202
  Heinrich IV von Katzburg 1202–1207
  Otto I. von Lobdeburg 1207–1223
  Dietrich von Homburg 1223–1225
  Hermann I von Lobdeburg 1225–1254
  Iring von Reinstein-Homburg 1254–1266
  Heinrich V von Leiningen 1254–1255
  Poppo III von Trimberg 1267–1271
  Berthold I von Henneberg 1271–1274
  Berthold II von Sternberg 1274–1287
  Mangold von Neuenburg 1287–1303 (Bishop of Bamberg 1285)
  Andreas von Gundelfingen 1303–1313
  Gottfried III von Hohenlohe 1313–1322
  Friedrich von Stolberg 1313–1317
  Wolfram Wolfskeel von Grumbach 1322–1332
  Hermann II Hummel von Lichtenberg 1333–1335
  Otto II von Wolfskeel 1335–1345
  Albrecht I von Hohenberg 1345–1349
  Albrecht II von Hohenlohe 1350–1372
  Gerhard von Schwarzburg 1372–1400
  Albrecht III von Katzburg 1372–1376
  Johann I von Egloffstein 1400–1411
  Johann II von Brunn 1411–1440
  Sigmund of Saxony 1440–1443
  Gottfried I von Limpurg 1443–1455
  Johann III von Grumbach 1455–1466
  Rudolf II von Scherenberg 1466–1495
  Lorenz von Bibra 1495–1519
  Konrad von Thüngen 1519–1540
  Conrad von Bibra 1540–1544
  Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt 1544–1558
  Friedrich von Wirsberg 1558–1573
  Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573–1617
  Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen 1617–1622 (Bishop of Bamberg 1609–1622)
  Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg 1622–1631
  Franz von Hatzfeld 1631–1642 (Bishop of Bamberg 1633–1642)
  Johann Philipp von Schönborn 1642–1673
  Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach 1673–1675
  Peter Philipp von Dernbach 1675–1683
  Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau 1683–1684
  Johann Gottfried II von Gutenberg 1684–1698
  Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths 1699–1719
  Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn 1719–1725
  Christoph Franz von Hutten 1724–1729
  Friedrich Karl von Schönborn 1729–1746 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
  Anselm Franz von Ingelheim 1746–1749
  Karl Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths 1749–1754
  Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim 1755–1779 (Bishop of Bamberg 1757–1779)
  Franz Ludwig von Erthal 1779–1795 (also Bishop of Bamberg)
  Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach 1795–1808
  Secular power lost in 1803. Territory ceded to Bavaria until 1805.
caption: Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn
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