Imperial Diet

Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
The Imperial Diet (Reichstag) was the forum where the Imperial Estates and the Emperor could discuss and negotiate issues from the early modern period of the Empire onwards ; what it enacted was Imperial Law.
The Imperial Estates (Reichsstände) were the territories that enjoyed imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit), that is the Emperor was their immediate and direct feudal lord, since the territories they held were formally feudal fiefs. Alongside this immediacy, the Imperial Estates had to share the burden of the Empire and were to pay taxes to fund the various bodies whose responsability was to maintain the common legal framework that characterised the social and political order of the Empire ; these two criteria thus determined whether or not a territory formally attached to the Empire could enjoy the right to participate and vote in the Diet.


College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • College of Electors
  • 1. Archbishop of Mainz Arch-Chancellor of Germany Head of Corpus Catholicorum

    1. Archbishop of Mainz
    Arch-Chancellor of Germany
    Head of Corpus Catholicorum

  • 2. Archbishop of Trier Arch-Chancellor of Gaul

    2. Archbishop of Trier
    Arch-Chancellor of Gaul

  • 3. Archbishop of Cologne Arch-Chancellor of Italy

    3. Archbishop of Cologne
    Arch-Chancellor of Italy

  • 4. King of Bohemia Arch-Butler of the Empire

    4. King of Bohemia
    Arch-Butler of the Empire

  • 5. Count Palatine of the Rhine Arch-Steward of the Empire Imperial Vicar for Frankish territories

    5. Count Palatine of the Rhine
    Arch-Steward of the Empire
    Imperial Vicar for Frankish territories

  • 6. Duke of Saxony Arch-Marshal of the Empire Imperial Vicar for Saxon territories Head of Corpus Evangelicorum

    6. Duke of Saxony
    Arch-Marshal of the Empire
    Imperial Vicar for Saxon territories
    Head of Corpus Evangelicorum

  • 7. Margrave of Brandenburg Arch-Chamberlain of the Empire

    7. Margrave of Brandenburg
    Arch-Chamberlain of the Empire

  • 8. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer of the Empire

    8. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Arch-Treasurer of the Empire


College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • College of Princes
  • 1. Archduke of Austria

    1. Archduke of Austria

  • 2. Duke of Burgundy

    2. Duke of Burgundy


College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • Ecclesiastical Bench
  • 3. Archbishop of Salzburg

    3. Archbishop of Salzburg

  • 4. Archbishop of Besançon

    4. Archbishop of Besançon

  • 5. Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

    5. Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

  • 6. Bishop of Bamberg

    6. Bishop of Bamberg

  • 7. Bishop of Würzburg

    7. Bishop of Würzburg

  • 8. Bishop of Worms

    8. Bishop of Worms

  • 9. Bishop of Eichstätt

    9. Bishop of Eichstätt

  • 10. Bishop of Speyer

    10. Bishop of Speyer

  • 11. Bishop of Strassburg

    11. Bishop of Strassburg

  • 12. Bishop of Constance

    12. Bishop of Constance

  • 13. Bishop of Augsburg

    13. Bishop of Augsburg

  • 14. Bishop of Hildesheim

    14. Bishop of Hildesheim

  • 15. Bishop of Paderborn

    15. Bishop of Paderborn

  • 16. Bishop of Freising

    16. Bishop of Freising

  • 17. Bishop of Regensburg

    17. Bishop of Regensburg

  • 18. Bishop of Passau

    18. Bishop of Passau

  • 19. Bishop of Trent

    19. Bishop of Trent

  • 20. Bishop of Brixen

    20. Bishop of Brixen

  • 21. Bishop of Basel

    21. Bishop of Basel

  • 22. Bishop of Münster

    22. Bishop of Münster

  • 23. Bishop of Osnabrück

    23. Bishop of Osnabrück

  • 24. Bishop of Liège

    24. Bishop of Liège

  • 25. Bishop of Lübeck

    25. Bishop of Lübeck

  • 26. Bishop of Chur

    26. Bishop of Chur

  • 27. Bishop of Fulda

    27. Bishop of Fulda

  • 28. Abbot of Kempten

    28. Abbot of Kempten

  • 29. Provost of Ellwangen

    29. Provost of Ellwangen

  • 30. Grand Master of the Order of St. John

    30. Grand Master of the Order of St. John

  • 31. Prior of Berchtesgaden

    31. Prior of Berchtesgaden

  • 32. Provost of Weissenburg

    32. Provost of Weissenburg

  • 33. Abbot of Prüm

    33. Abbot of Prüm

  • 34. Abbot of Stablo

    34. Abbot of Stablo

  • 35. Abbot of Corvey

    35. Abbot of Corvey


College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • Secular Bench
  • 1. Duke of Bavaria

    1. Duke of Bavaria

  • 2. Duke of Magdeburg

    2. Duke of Magdeburg

  • 3. Count Palatine of Lautern

    3. Count Palatine of Lautern

  • 4. Count Palatine of Simmern

    4. Count Palatine of Simmern

  • 5. Count Palatine of Neuburg

    5. Count Palatine of Neuburg

  • 6. Duke of Bremen

    6. Duke of Bremen

  • 7. Duke of Zweibrücken

    7. Duke of Zweibrücken

  • 8. Count Palatine of Veldenz

    8. Count Palatine of Veldenz

  • 9. Duke of Saxe-Weimar

    9. Duke of Saxe-Weimar

  • 10. Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

    10. Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

  • 11. Duke of Saxe-Coburg

    11. Duke of Saxe-Coburg

  • 12. Duke of Saxe-Gotha

    12. Duke of Saxe-Gotha

  • 13. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

    13. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

  • 14. Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    14. Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

  • 15. Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

    15. Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

  • 16. Duke of Brunswick-Celle

    16. Duke of Brunswick-Celle

  • 17. Duke of Brunswick-Kalenberg

    17. Duke of Brunswick-Kalenberg

  • 18. Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

    18. Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

  • 19. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    19. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

  • 20. Prince of Halberstadt

    20. Prince of Halberstadt

  • 21. Duke of Farther Pomerania

    21. Duke of Farther Pomerania

  • 22. Duke of Upper Pomerania

    22. Duke of Upper Pomerania

  • 23. Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    23. Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

  • 24. Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

    24. Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

  • 25. Duke of Württemberg

    25. Duke of Württemberg

  • 26. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

    26. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

  • 27. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

    27. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

  • 28. Margrave of Baden-Baden

    28. Margrave of Baden-Baden

  • 29. Margrave of Baden-Durlach

    29. Margrave of Baden-Durlach

  • 30. Prince of Verden

    30. Prince of Verden

  • 31. Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

    31. Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

  • 32. Duke of Holstein

    32. Duke of Holstein

  • 33. Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

    33. Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

  • 34. Prince of Minden

    34. Prince of Minden

  • 35. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg

    35. Duke of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg

  • 36. Duke of Savoy

    36. Duke of Savoy

  • 37. Landgrave of Leuchtenberg

    37. Landgrave of Leuchtenberg

  • 38. Prince of Anhalt

    38. Prince of Anhalt

  • 39. Princely Count of Henneberg

    39. Princely Count of Henneberg

  • 40. Prince of Schwerin

    40. Prince of Schwerin

  • 41. Prince of Kammin

    41. Prince of Kammin

  • 42. Prince of Ratzeburg

    42. Prince of Ratzeburg

  • 43. Prince of Hersfeld

    43. Prince of Hersfeld

  • 44. Prince of Nomény

    44. Prince of Nomény

  • 45. Prince of Mömpelgard

    45. Prince of Mömpelgard

  • 46. Duke of Arenberg

    46. Duke of Arenberg

  • 47. Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

    47. Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

  • 48. Prince of Lobkowitz

    48. Prince of Lobkowitz

  • 49. Prince of Salm

    49. Prince of Salm

  • 50. Prince of Dietrichstein

    50. Prince of Dietrichstein

  • 51. Prince of Nassau-Hadamar

    51. Prince of Nassau-Hadamar

  • 52. Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

    52. Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

  • 53. Prince of Auersperg

    53. Prince of Auersperg

  • 54. Prince of East Frisia

    54. Prince of East Frisia

  • 55. Prince of Fürstenberg

    55. Prince of Fürstenberg

  • 56. Prince of Schwarzenberg

    56. Prince of Schwarzenberg

  • 57. Prince of Liechtenstein

    57. Prince of Liechtenstein

  • 58. Prince of Thurn und Taxis

    58. Prince of Thurn und Taxis

  • 59. Prince of Schwarzburg

    59. Prince of Schwarzburg

College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • College of Imperial Cities




College of Electors | College of Princes | Ecclesiastical Bench | Secular Bench | College of Imperial Cities | Rhenish Bench | Swabian Bench


  • Swabian Bench
  • Free and Imperial City of Ulm

    Free and Imperial City of Ulm

  • Free and Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd

    Free and Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd


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