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Archbishopric of Riga

Medieval Catholic state in present-day Latvia (1186-1561)

Summary

Medieval Catholic state in present-day Latvia (1186-1561)

Field	Value
native_name	la
nds
conventional_long_name	Archbishopric of Riga
common_name	Riga
status	Prince-Bishopric of Terra Mariana
era	Middle Ages
p1	Ancient Estonia
p2	Principality of Jersika
p3	Principality of Koknese
p4	Tālava
s1	Duchy of Livonia
s2	Free City of Riga
year_start	1186
year_end	1561
title_leader	Archbishop of Riga
leader1	Albert Suerbeer (first)
year_leader1	1245–73
leader2	Wilhelm von Brandenburg (last)
year_leader2	1539–63
image_coat	Rigasiebmacher new.png
other_symbol_type	Seal
other_symbol	[[File:Archbishopric of Riga.svg	80px]]
image_map	Medieval Livonia 1260.svg
image_map_caption	Archbishopric of Riga (in yellow), shown within Terra Mariana
government_type	Theocracy
common_languages
capital	Riga
religion	Roman Catholic
currency	Livonian Penny
Livonian Schilling
today	Latvia

nds Livonian Schilling

The Archbishopric of Riga (, ) was a Catholic diocese and civil government in Medieval Livonia, subject to the Holy See. It was established in 1186 and ended in 1561.

History

The diocese was established in 1186 as the Bishopric of Livonia at Ikšķile; after its seat was moved to Riga, it became the Bishopric of Riga in 1202 and was elevated to an archbishopric in 1255.

The archbishops of Riga were also the secular rulers of Riga until 1561 when during the Reformation the territory converted from Catholicism to Lutheranism and all church territories were secularized. The see was restored as a diocese of the Catholic Church in 1918 and raised into an archdiocese in 1923.

Bishops and Archbishops of Riga

Bishopric of Livonia
(Bishopric of Üxküll)
1186–1255	Bishopric of Riga
1202–1255	Archbishopric of Riga
1255–1561
1186–1196	Saint Meinhard
1196–1198	Berthold of Hanover
1199–1202	Albert of Riga
1202–1229	Albert of Riga
1229–1253	Nikolaus von Nauen
1245–1255	Albert Suerbeer
1255–1273	Albert Suerbeer
1273–1284	Johannes I of Lune
1285–1294	Johannes II of Vechten
1294–1300	Johannes III of Schwerin
1300–1302	Isarnus Tacconi of Fontiès-d'Aude
1303–1310	Jens Grand
titular, never came to Riga
1304–1341	Friedrich von Pernstein
1341–1347	Engelbert von Dolen
1348–1369	Bromhold von Vyffhusen
1370–1374	Siegfried Blomberg
1374–1393	Johannes IV von Sinten
1393–1418	Johannes V von Wallenrodt
1418–1424	Johannes Ambundi
1424–1448	Henning Scharpenberg
1448–1479	Silvester Stodewescher
1479–1484	Sede vacante (empty seat)
1484–1509	Michael Hildebrand
1509–1524	Jasper Linde
1524–1527	Johannes VII Blankenfeld
1528–1539	Thomas Schöning
1539–1563	Wilhelm von Brandenburg

A new Bishopric of Livonia was established in Latgalia in 1621 during the Inflanty Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Coinage

The Archbishops of Riga were innovators in the field of minting currency, reviving techniques abandoned since the collapse of Rome. The names of individual archbishops after 1418, as well as the years of their respective reigns, are stamped on Livonian pennies excavated at archaeological sites. In many cases, this is the only biographical data available. No Livonian pennies before 1418 have been found.

References

Wendehors, Alfred. (1989). "Das Stift Neumünster in Würzburg". Walter de Gruyter.
due to [[deflation]], no coins were minted during the reign of Jasper Linde; biographical data exists in alternate formats
due to deflation, no coins were minted during the reign of Johannes VII Blankenfeld; biographical data exists in alternate formats

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