The Holy Roman Empire’s Imperial Diet: Electoral Votes in 1792

Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council of Princes

By Stephen Millar

The Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council of Princes was composed of clerical representatives. It held a total of 37 votes (30 votes + seven votes held by Electors). The votes were cast in the following order [also see the Council of Electors]:

Franz I, Erzherzog von Osterreich

1. Osterreich (1792-1806)
2. Burgundy (1792-1806)
3. Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg

3a. Colloredo, Hieronymus von (1772-1803)

4. Prince-Archbishop of Besancon

Maximilian-Franz, Erzherzog von Osterreich (2 votes)

5. Grand-Master of the Teutonic Order (1780-1801)
22. Prince-Bishop of Munster (1784-1801)

Erthal, Franz-Ludwig von (2 votes)

6. Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1779-1795)
7. Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg (1779-1795)
8. Prince-Bishop of Worms

8a. Erthal, Friedrich-Karl-Josef von (1774-1801)

9. Prince-Bishop of Eichstadt

9a. Stubenberg, Josef von (1790-1802)

10. Prince-Bishop of Speyer

10a. Limburg-Vehlen-Styrum, Damian-August-Philipp zu (1770-1797)

11. Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg

11a. Rohan-Guemene, Louis-Rene de (1779-1801)

12. Prince-Bishop of Konstanz

12a. Rodt, Maximilian-Christoph von (1775-1800)

Sachsen, Klemens-Wenzel, Herzog zu (3 votes)

13. Prince-Bishop of Augsburg (1768-1803)
29. Prior of Ellwangen (1787-1803)
33. Prince-Abbot of Prum

Furstenburg, Franz-Egon von (2 votes)

14. Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim (1789-1802)
15. Prince-Bishop of Paderborn (1789-1802)

Schroffenberg-Mos, Josef-Konrad von (3 votes)

16. Prince-Bishop of Freising (1790-1803)
17. Prince-Bishop of Regensburg (1789-1803)
31. Prince-Prior of Berchtesgaden (1780-1803)
18. Prince-Bishop of Passau

18a. Auersperg, Josef-Franz-Anton von (1783-1795)

19. Prince-Bishop of Trent

19a. Thun-Hohenstein, Emanuel-Maria-Peter-Vigilius von (1776-1800)

20. Prince-Bishop of Brixen

20a. Lodrun, Franz-Karl von (1791-1803)

21. Prince-Bishop of Basel

21a. Roggenbach, Josef von (1783-1794)

23. Prince-Bishop of Onsabruck

23a. York, Frederick-Augustus, Duke of [House of Hanover] (1764-1802)

24. Prince-Bishop of Liege

24a. Honsbrock, Cesar-Constantin-Francois de (1784-1792)

25. Prince-Bishop of Lubeck

25a. Holstein-Gottorp, Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig, Herzog zu (1785-1802)

26. Prince-Bishop of Chur

26a. Rost, Franz-Dionysius, Reichsfreiherr von (1777-1794)

27. Prince-Bishop of Fulda (created 1752)

27a. Herstall, Adalbert III von (1788-1802)

28. Prince-Abbot of Kempten

28a. Neuenstein, Rupprecht III von (1785-1793)

30. Grand-Master of the Knights of St. John (Malta)
31. Rohan-Polduc, Emanuel de (1775-1797)
32. Prince-Prior of Weissenburg
34. Prince-Abbot of Stablo [Stavelot and Malmedy]

34a. Thys, Celestin (1786-1794)

35. Prince-Bishop of Corvey (created 1783)

35a. Brabeck, Theodor von (1776-1794)

36. Collective vote of the Prelates of Swabia
37. Collective vote of the Prelates of the Rhineland

Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2005

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