Editing Prince-bishop (section)

===State of the Teutonic Order===
[[File:Teutonic Order 1466.png|thumb|Order's State in 1466: Livonian episcopal territories in violet, Prince-Bishopric of Warmia in cyan]]
Upon the incorporation of the [[Livonian Brothers of the Sword]] in 1237, the territory of the [[State of the Teutonic Order|Order's State]] largely corresponded with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga|Diocese of Riga]]. Bishop [[Albert of Riga]] in 1207 had received the lands of [[Livonia]] as an Imperial fief from the hands of German king [[Philip of Swabia]], he however had to come to terms with the Brothers of the Sword. At the behest of [[Pope Innocent III]] the ''[[Terra Mariana]]'' confederation was established, whereby Albert had to cede large parts of the episcopal territory to the [[Livonian Order]]. Albert proceeded tactically in the conflict between the Papacy and Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]: in 1225 he reached the acknowledgement of his status as a Prince-Bishop of the Empire, though the [[Roman Curia]] insisted on the fact that the Christianized [[Baltic region|Baltic]] territories were solely under the suzerainty of the [[Holy See]]. By the 1234 Bull of Rieti, [[Pope Gregory IX]] stated that all lands acquired by the Teutonic Knights were no subject of any [[conveyancing]] by the Emperor.

Within this larger conflict, the continued dualism of the autonomous Riga prince-bishop and the [[Teutonic Knights]] led to a lengthy friction. Around 1245 the Papal legate [[William of Modena]] reached a compromise: though incorporated into the Order's State, the archdiocese and its suffragan bishoprics were acknowledged with their autonomous ecclesiastical territories by the Teutonic Knights. The bishops pursued the conferment of the princely title by the Holy Roman Emperor to stress their sovereignty. In the original [[Prussia (region)|Prussian]] lands of the Teutonic Order, Willam of Modena established the suffragan bishoprics of [[Bishopric of Culm (Chełmno)|Culm]], [[Bishopric of Pomesania|Pomesania]], [[Bishopric of Samland|Samland]] and [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia|Warmia]]. From the late 13th century onwards, the appointed Warmia bishops were no longer members of the Teutonic Knights, a special status confirmed by the bestowal of the princely title by Emperor [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] in 1356.
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! style="width: 10%;" class="unsortable" | Arms
! style="width: 10%;" | Name
! style="width: 10%;" | Rank
! style="width: 20%;" class="unsortable" | Local name(s)
! style="width: 10%;" | Territory
! style="width: 10%;" | Modern<br />nation
! style="width: 40%;" class="unsortable" | Notes
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! [[File:Herb diecezji kurlandzkiej.svg|25px|alt=]]
| [[Bishopric of Courland|Courland]]
| Bishopric
| {{langx|de|Hochstift Kurland}}<br />{{langx|lv|Kurzemes bīskapija}}<br />{{langx|nds|Bisdom Curland}}
| [[Terra Mariana]]
| {{LVA}}
| Established about 1234, the smallest of the Livonian dioceses. [[Secularization|Secularized]] in 1559 and occupied by Prince [[Magnus, Duke of Holstein|Magnus of Denmark]]. From 1585 under the suzerainty of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], part of the [[Duchy of Livonia]].
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! [[File:Biskupstwo Dorpatu COA.svg|25px|alt=]]
| [[Bishopric of Dorpat|Dorpat]]
| Bishopric
| {{langx|et|Tartu piiskopkond}}<br />{{langx|de|Hochstift Dorpat}}<br />{{langx|nds|Bisdom Dorpat}}
| [[Terra Mariana]]
| {{EST}}
| Bishop [[Hermann of Dorpat|Hermann]], appointed by his brother Bishop [[Albert of Riga]], received the title of a prince-bishop by King [[Henry (VII) of Germany|Henry VII of Germany]] in 1225. Dorpat ({{langx|et|Tartu}}) remained a [[suffragan diocese]] of [[Archbishopric of Riga|Riga]]. Dissolved in the course of the [[Protestant Reformation]] in 1558.
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! [[File:Herb diecezji Ozylii.svg|25px|alt=]]
| [[Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek|Ösel-Wiek]]
| Bishopric
| {{langx|et|Saare-Lääne piiskopkond}}<br />{{langx|de|Bistum Ösel-Wiek}}<br />{{langx|nds|Bisdom Ösel-Wiek}}
| [[Terra Mariana]]
| {{EST}}
| Established on [[Saaremaa]] island in 1228 under Bishop Gottfried, appointed by Bishop [[Albert of Riga]], vested with the title of a prince-bishop by King [[Henry (VII) of Germany|Henry VII of Germany]]. It remained a [[suffragan diocese]] of [[Archbishopric of Riga|Riga]]. Dissolved in the course of the [[Protestant Reformation]] in 1559.
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! [[File:Rigasiebmacher new.png|25px|alt=]]
| [[Archbishopric of Riga|Riga]]
| Archbishopric
| {{langx|de|Erzbistum Riga}}<br />{{langx|lv|Rīgas arhibīskapija}}<br />{{langx|nds|Erzbisdom Riga}}
| [[Terra Mariana]]
| {{LVA}}
| Episcopal see at [[Ikšķile|Üxküll]] 1186–1202. In 1225 [[Albert of Riga]] received the title of a Prince-bishop of [[Livonia]] by Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]. Last Archbishop [[William of Brandenburg]] resigned in 1561 during the [[Livonian War]], territory fell to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, to [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] in 1621.
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! [[File:Wappen Bistum Ermland.png|40px|alt=]]
| [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia|Warmia]]
| Bishopric
| {{langx|de|Fürstbistum Ermland}}<br />{{langx|pl|Biskupie Księstwo Warmińskie}}
| [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]]
| {{POL}}<br />(temporal and diocesan territory)<br />{{LIT}}<br />{{RUS}}<br />(diocesan territory only)
| Established by Papal legate [[William of Modena]] in 1243, princely title documented in the [[Golden Bull of 1356]]. Incorporated into the [[Poland during the Jagiellon dynasty|Jagiellon kingdom of Poland]] in 1466 and re-established as an autonomous prince-bishopric under the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish crown]] in 1479 (see below). 
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