Editing Quaternion Eagle

Quaternion Eagle, 1510<br>
The Quaternion Eagle (''Quaternionenadler''), introduced around 1510 by Hans Burgkmair, was a depiction of the Imperial Estates (''Reichsstände'') of the Holy Roman Empire, mixing two pre-existing concepts, namely the Imperial Quaternions (''Quaternionen der Reichsverfassung'') and the Imperial Eagle (''Reichsadler'').<br>These depictions were not exhaustive of the Imperial Estates ; in this regard, the composition of the Imperial Diet (''Reichstag'') is more representative. They also included political actors who had little power in imperial politics. Nevertheless, they provide a useful insight into how the Empire was perceived and thought at the time : a political order increasingly structured in a strict and formal hierarchy in which the Imperial Estates shared power with the Emperor in the governance of the Empire.


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[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] |[[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


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Italy HRE.svg|1. Potestate of Rome<!-- Refers to the Holy See or rather in a more wider sense the medieval Kingdom of Italy (upper half of modern-day Italy) of which the Pope was considered a superior governor -->
Mainz.svg|2. Archbishop of Mainz
Trier.svg|3. Archbishop of Trier
Cologne.svg|4. Archbishop of Cologne
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[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Secular prince-electors" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Bohemia.svg | 1. King of Bohemia
Pfalz.svg | 2. Electoral Palatine of Rhine
Wettin Sachsen.svg | 3. Duke of Saxony
Brandenburg.svg | 4. Margrave of Brandenburg

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[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Margraves" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Brandenburg_Quarternion.svg | Margraviate of Brandenburg
Meissen Quarternion.svg | Margraviate of Meissen
Baden Quarternion.svg | Margraviate of Baden
Moravia_Quarternion.svg | Margraviate of Moravia
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[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Dukes" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Brunswick_Quarternion.svg| Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wittelsbach.svg|Duchy of Bavaria
Swabia_Quaternion Eagle.svg|Duchy of Swabia
Lorraine_Quarternion.svg| Duchy of Lorraine
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<span id="Vicars"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Vicars" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Brabant.svg | Duchy of Brabant
Westphalen.svg | Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
Westrich.svg | Region of Westrich
Holy Roman Empire Ancient.svg | Duchy of Silesia
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<span id="Landgraves"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Landgraves" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Thuringia.svg | Landgraviate of Thuringia
Alsace_Quarternion.svg| Landgraviate of Alsace
Hessen.svg | Landgraviate of Hesse
Leuchtenberg.svg  | Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg
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<span id="Burgraves"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Burgraves" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Burgrave_Magdeburg_Quarternion.svg | Burgraviate of Magdeburg
Loon.svg | Burgraviate of Rieneck
Stromberg_Quarternion.svg | Burgraviate of Stromberg
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<span id="Counts"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] |  [[#Vicars|Vicars]] |[[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Counts" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Kleve.svg | County of Cleves
Savoy.svg | County of Savoy
Schwarzburg.svg | County of Schwarzburg
Heunburg.svg | County of Celje
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<span id="Lordships"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Lordships" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Limpurg.svg | Lordship of Limpurg
Westerburg.svg  | Lordship of Westerburg
Thusis.svg| Lordship of Thusis
Aldenwaden.svg | Lordship of Aldenwaden
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<span id="Knights"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Knights" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Andlau.svg | Andlau
Fraunberg.svg | Fraunberg
Strundeck.svg | Strundeck
</gallery>


<span id="Cities"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Cities" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Augsburg Imperial.svg | Imperial Free City of Augsburg
Metz.svg | Imperial Free City of Metz
Aachen Quarternion.svg | Imperial Free City of Aachen
Lübeck.svg | Imperial Free City of Lübeck
</gallery>


<span id="Villages"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Villages" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Ulm.svg | Imperial Free City of Ulm
Haguenau Quaternion.svg | Imperial Free City of Haguenau
Selestat.svg | Imperial Free City of Sélestat
</gallery>


<span id="Peasants"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Peasants" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Cologne_Ancient.svg | Imperial Free City of Cologne
Regensburg.svg | Imperial Free City of Regensburg
Konstanz.svg | Imperial Free City of Konstanz
Salzburg_Quarternion.svg | Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg
</gallery>


<span id="Castles"></span>
[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] | [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]


<gallery mode="nolines" caption="Castles" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
Rottenburg.svg | Rottenburg
</gallery>


[[#Ecclesiastical prince-electors|Ecclesiastical prince-electors]] | [[#Secular prince-electors|Secular prince-electors]] | [[#Margraves|Margraves]] |  [[#Dukes|Dukes]] | [[#Vicars|Vicars]] | [[#Landgraves|Landgraves]] | [[#Burgraves|Burgraves]] | [[#Counts|Counts]] | [[#Lordships|Lordships]] | [[#Knights|Knights]] | [[#Cities|Cities]] | [[#Villages|Villages]] | [[#Peasants|Peasants]] | [[#Castles|Castles]]