Duchy of Bremen and Verden

Also known as Duchies of Bremen and Verden

Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (; ), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen and Bishopric of Verden.

Key facts

Former country.event3: occupied by Branden-burg-Prussia (2nd Coalition ag. France)• French occupation (Conv. of Artlenburg)• Prussian occupation• French occupation (4th Coalition ag. France)• annexed by Westphalia• annexed by France
Former country.date_event3:  18011803–18051805–18061807–181018101811–1813
Former country.event4: Restitution (Battleof the Nations)
Former country.date_event4: 1813
Former country.event_end: Real union with Royal Hanover asHigh-Bailiwick of Stade
Former country.p1: Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Former country.image_p1: 20px|Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
Former country.p2: Prince-Bishopric of Verden
Former country.image_p2: 20px|Bishopric of Verden
Former country.p3: Verden (Aller)
Former country.image_p3

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Territory and insignia
History
Transformation of prince-bishoprics into Bremen-Verden in 1648
Personal union with Sweden (1648–1712) and under Danish occupation (1712–1715)
Personal union with Great Britain and Hanover (1715–1803)
Napoleonic wars (1803–1813)
From Restitution to incorporation into Hanover in 1823
List of rulers (1648–1823)
Heads of government (1648–1823)
Governors-general under Swedish rule (1646/1648–1712)
Presidents of the government under Hanoverian rule (1715–1807, 1813–1823)
President of the government under Westphalian Rule (1810 March-Dec.)
Nobility of Bremen
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
External links

In 1648, both prince-bishoprics were secularised, meaning that they were transformed into hereditary monarchies by constitution, and from then on both the Duchy of Bremen and the Duchy of Verden were always ruled in personal union, initially by the royal houses of Sweden, the House of Vasa and the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, and later by the House of Hanover.