Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek
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Bisdom Ösel–Wiek (nds) Ecclesia Osiliensis (la) |
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| Prince-Bishopric of Terra Mariana | ||||||||||||||
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 The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, shown (red, upper left, across the Estonian mainland and the islands of Dagö (Hiiumaa) and Ösel (Saaremaa)) within the Livonian Confederation, 1260
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Leal (Lihula) Perona (Vana-Pärnu) Hapsal (Haapsalu) Arensburg (Kuressaare) |
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| Languages | Low German, Estonian | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||||||
| Prince-Bishop | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1228–1229 | Gottfried | ||||||||||||
| • | 1542–1560 | Johannes V von Münchhausen | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||||||
| • | Established | October 1, 1228 | ||||||||||||
| • | Sold to Denmark | 1560 | ||||||||||||
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The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek (Estonian: Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; German: Bistum Ösel–Wiek; Low German: Bisdom Ösel–Wiek; contemporary Latin: Ecclesia Osiliensis) was a semi-independent Roman Catholic prince-bishopric in what is now Saare, Hiiu and Lääne counties of Estonia.
The bishopric was created as a state of Holy Roman Empire on 1 October 1228, by Henry, King of the Romans. One of the five members of the Livonian Confederation, the seat of the bishop was successively Leal (Lihula), Perona (Vana-Pärnu), Hapsal (Haapsalu), and the castle of Arensburg (Kuressaare) on the island of Ösel (Saaremaa); the cathedral and chapter remained in Hapsal. Administratively the state was divided into two bailiwicks (advocaciae, Vogteien). The bishop was also the lord of the Teutonic Order over its fiefs on the bishopric's territory.
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