State · 982 – 1803
Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
A state of 982 – 1803 — 821 years in Europe. It followed Duchy of Swabia. It was followed by Kingdom of France, Electorate of Baden and Free Imperial City of Strasbourg and 1 more. The atlas records 19 things within it — people 19. Its line of rulers holds 56 people, 52 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
- 821 years
- 982 – 1803
- Rulers
- 56
- the Roman Catholic Bishop of Strasbourg
- Within it
- 19
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Duchy of Swabia · follows · 917 – 1313
After it
- Free Imperial City of Strasbourg · followed by
- Electorate of Baden · followed by · 1803 – 1806
- Kingdom of France · followed by · 987 – 1791
- province of Alsace · followed by
Rulers
The line of Roman Catholic Bishop of Strasbourg.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witgernus | 720 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Erchenbald of Strasbourg | 965 – 991 | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Wilderod | 991 – 999 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| Alawich II. | 999 – 1001 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Werner I | 1001 – 1028 | 27 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| William I | 1029 – 1049 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Hermann | 1048 – 1065 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Werner II. von Achalm | 1065 – 1079 | 14 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Theobald | 1078 – 1082 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Otto von Büren | 1085 – 1100 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Balduin de Strasbourg | 1100 – 1100 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Kuno of Michelbach | 1100 – 1128 | 28 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Eberhard von Fürstenberg | 1125 – 1127 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Gebhard von Urach | 1131 – 1141 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Burchard von Michelbach | 1141 – 1162 | 21 years | ending not on record | |
| Rudolf von Rothweil | 1162 – 1179 | 17 years | ending not on record | |
| Konrad I. von Geroldseck | 1179 – 1180 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Henri Ier de Hasebourg | 1181 – 1190 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Konrad von Hüneburg | 1190 – 1202 | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Heinrich II. von Veringen | 1202 – 1223 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Berthold I of Teck | 1223 – 1244 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Heinrich III. von Stahleck | 1245 – 1260 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Walter von Geroldseck | 1260 – 1263 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Heinrich IV. von Geroldseck | 1263 – 1273 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Conrad of Lichtenberg | 1273 – 1299 | 26 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Friedrich I. of Lichtenberg | 1299 – 1305 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Johann I. von Straßburg | 1306 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Berthold von Buchegg | 1328 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Jean II de Lichtenberg | 1353 – 1365 | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| John of Luxembourg-Ligny | 1365 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Lamprecht von Brunn | 1371 – 1374 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Frederick of Blankenheim | 1375 – 1393 | 18 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Louis de Thierstein | 1393 – 1393 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Burkhard II. von Lützelstein | 1393 – 1394 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Guillaume II de Diest | 1393 – 1439 | 46 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Conrad IV of Bussnang | 1439 – 1440 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Rupert of Palatinate-Simmern | 1440 – 1478 | 38 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Albert of Palatinate-Mosbach | 1478 – 1506 | 28 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Wilhelm von Hohnstein | 1506 – 1541 | 35 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Erasmus von Limburg | 1541 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| John IV of Manderscheid-Blanckenheim | 1569 – 1592 | 23 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Johann Georg von Brandenburg | 1592 – 1604 | 12 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Charles of Lorraine | 1604 – 1607 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Leopold V, Archduke of Austria | 1607 – 1625 | 18 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria | 1626 – 1662 | 36 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg | 1663 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg | 1682 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | sibling |
| Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan | 1704 – 1749 | 45 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Cardinal de Soubise | 1749 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Louis Constantin de Rohan | 1756 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Louis-René de Rohan | 1779 – 1801 | 22 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | nephew or niece |
| Jean-Pierre Saurine | 1802 – 1813 | 11 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
56 rulers, 52 with terms dated as terms, covering 720 – 1813. Median reign 15 years. 6 of 51 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”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedWappen Bistum Straßburg · Attribution · David Liuzzo .svg/120px-Banner_of_the_Prince-Bishopric_of_Strassbourg_I_(1%5E1).svg.png)
flag, undatedBanner of the Prince-Bishopric of Strassbourg I (1^1) · Public domain
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.
1200 – 12991 row
- Conrad of Lichtenberg · ruler · 1240 – 1299
1300 – 13992 rows
- Frederick of Blankenheim · religious leader · 1355 – 1423
- John of Luxembourg-Ligny · ruler · 1342 – 1373
1400 – 14994 rows
- Rupert of Palatinate-Simmern · religious leader · 1420 – 1478
- Albert of Palatinate-Mosbach · ruler · 1440 – 1506
- Conrad IV of Bussnang · ruler · 1400 – 1471
- Wilhelm von Hohnstein · ruler · 1466 – 1541
1500 – 15993 rows
- Leopold V, Archduke of Austria · ruler · 1586 – 1632
- Johann Georg von Brandenburg · ruler · 1577 – 1624
- Charles of Lorraine · religious leader · 1567 – 1607
1600 – 16995 rows
- Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria · religious leader · 1614 – 1662
- Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg · religious leader · 1629 – 1704
- Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan · religious leader · 1674 – 1749
- Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg · ruler · 1625 – 1682
- Louis Constantin de Rohan · religious leader · 1697 – 1779
1700 – 17992 rows
- Louis-René de Rohan · ruler · 1734 – 1803
- Cardinal de Soubise · ruler · 1717 – 1756
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 stood821 years
stood longer than 95% 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 median15 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 49% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record56
has more rulers on record than 98% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 900 – 1885, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1393, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q771332 (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.