State · 1278 – 1803
Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg
A state of 1278 – 1803 — 525 years in Europe. The atlas records 10 things within it — people 10. Its line of rulers holds 10 people, 9 with dated terms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 525 years
- 1278 – 1803
- Rulers
- 10
- the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salzburg
- Within it
- 10
- recorded rows
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
The line of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salzburg.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad IV of Fohnsdorf-Breitenfurt | 1291 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Johann Beckenschlager | 1487 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg | 1519 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau | 1587 – 1612 | 25 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Max Gandolph von Kuenburg | 1668 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Franz Anton von Harrach | 1709 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Leopold Anton von Firmian | 1727 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn | 1745 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Hieronymus von Colloredo | 1772 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record |
10 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1291 – 1772. Median reign 25 years. 0 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedWappen Erzbistum Salzburg · Attribution · David Liuzzo
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1400 – 14992 rows
- Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg · ruler · 1468 – 1540
- Johann Beckenschlager · ruler · 1435 – 1489
1500 – 15992 rows
- Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau · ruler · 1559 – 1617
- Paris Lodron · ruler · 1586 – 1653
1600 – 16994 rows
- Max Gandolph von Kuenburg · ruler · 1622 – 1687
- Leopold Anton von Firmian · ruler · 1679 – 1744
- Franz Anton von Harrach · ruler · 1665 – 1727
- Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn · ruler · 1690 – 1747
1700 – 17992 rows
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · artist · 1756 – 1791
- Hieronymus von Colloredo · ruler · 1732 – 1812
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood525 years
stood longer than 88% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median25 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 75% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record10
has more rulers on record than 80% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1225 – 1856, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1541, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q701614 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.