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Georg Karl Ignaz ''Freiherr
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
'' von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach (1749–1808) was the last Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, holding office from 1795 until 1803, when the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (german: Fürstbistum Würzburg; Hochstift 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 ...
was mediatised to the Electorate of Bavaria
The Electorate of Bavaria (german: Kurfürstentum Bayern) was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623 to 1806, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria.
The Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled the Duchy of Ba ...
. He continued to serve as Bishop of Würzburg
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, though without temporal power, until his death. He was also Bishop of Bamberg This is a list of bishops and archbishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg in Germany.
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* Eberhard I 1007-1040
* Suidger von Morsleben 1040-1046 (Later Pope Clement II)
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from 1805 until his death.
Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach was born in Mainz
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Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
on 20 February 1749.Profile on catholic-hierarchy.org/ref> He was
ordained
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as a priest
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on 18 February 1779.
On 12 March 1795 the cathedral chapter
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of Würzburg Cathedral
Würzburg Cathedral (german: Würzburger Dom) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to Saint Kilian. It is the seat of the Bishop of Würzburg and has served as the burial place for the Prince-Bishops of Würzb ...
elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, with Pope Pius VI
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Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...
confirming his appointment on 1 April 1795. He was consecrated
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as a bishop
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by Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (8 February 1744 – 10 February 1817) was Prince- Archbishop of Regensburg, Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Bishop of Constance and Worms, prince-primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Gra ...
on 21 June 1795. On 26 March 1800 the cathedral chapter of Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg Cathedral (german: Bamberger Dom, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is the se ...
elected him to be coadjutor bishop
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of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (german: Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire. It goes back to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg established at the 1007 synod in Frankfurt, at the behest of King Henry II ...
.
The Treaty of Lunéville
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of 9 February 1801 decreed the secularization of the German prince-bishoprics. Bamberg was mediatised to the Electorate of Bavaria
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The Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled the Duchy of Ba ...
in 1802. The bishop fought bitterly to maintain his control of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, but on 25 February 1803 the prince-bishopric was mediatised to the Electorate of Bavaria
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. Article on German Wikipedia He remained bishop, but no longer exercised temporal power in Würzburg. On 15 September 1805 the Bishop of Bamberg, Christoph Franz von Buseck
Christoph Franz von Buseck (28 December 1724 - 28 September 1805) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Bamberg and the last Prince-Bishop of Bamberg.
Early life
Von Buseck was born in Jagstberg to Ernst Johann Philipp Hartmann von Buseck and Mar ...
, died, and Fechenbach succeeded as Bishop of Bamberg.
He died in Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
on 9 April 1808.
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