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An Archbishopric on the Weser in northwestern Germany, founded in 787. The ecclesiastic Principality once covered much of the district of Stade, the land between the Weser and the Elbe. The state was secured by Protestant forces in 1558, and was secularized 90 years later.

  1. Willehad (1st Bishop of Bremen 787)................787-789

  2. Willerich..........................................789-837

  3. Landerich..........................................837-845

  4. vacant

  5. Ansgar (Abp. Hamburg 834; 1st Abp. Bremen 849).....849-865

  6. Rembert............................................865-888

  7. Adalgar............................................888-909

  8. Hoger..............................................909-915

  9. Reginwart..............................................916

  10. Ungi...............................................916-936

  11. Adaldag............................................936-988

  12. Libentius I........................................988-1013

  13. Unwan.............................................1013-1029

  14. Libentius II......................................1029-1032

  15. Hermann...........................................1032-1035

  16. Bezelin...........................................1035-1045

  17. Adalbert I of Saxony..............................1045-1072

  18. Liemar............................................1072-1101

  19. Humbert...........................................1101-1104

  20. Friedrich I.......................................1104-1123

  21. Adalbert II.......................................1123-1148

  22. Hartwig I of Stade................................1148-1168

  23. Baldwin of Holland................................1168-1178

  24. Berthold..........................................1178-1179

  25. Sigfried of Anhalt................................1179-1184

  26. Hartwig II von Utlede.............................1184-1207

  27. Burchard I of Stumpenhausen.......................1207-1210

  28. Gerhard I of Wildeshausen.........................1210-1219

  29. Gerhard II of Lippe...............................1219-1258

  30. Hildebold of Hunstorf.............................1258-1273

  31. Giselbert von Bronchorst..........................1273-1306

  32. Heinrich I von Goltern............................1306-1307

  33. Florent von Bronchorst.................................1307

  34. Bernhard of Wolpe......................................1307

  35. Johann I Grand....................................1308-1327

  36. Burchard II Grelle................................1327-1344

  37. Otto I of Oldenburg...............................1344-1348

  38. Gottfried of Arnsberg.............................1348-1359

  39. Albrecht of Braunschweig-Luneburg.................1359-1395

  40. Otto II of Oldenburg..............................1395-1406

  41. Johann II Schlamstorf.............................1406-1421

  42. Nicholas (Count of Delmenhorst 1423-1438)....1422-1435 d. 1444

  43. Baldwin von Wenden................................1435-1441

  44. Gerhard III of Hoya...............................1441-1463

  45. Heinrich II of Schwarzburg........................1463-1496

  46. Johann III Rode...................................1496-1511

  47. Christoph of Braunschweig-Luneburg................1511-1558

  48. Georg of Braunschweig-Luneburg....................1558-1566

  49. Heinrich III of Saxe-Lauenburg....................1567-1585

  50. Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp..................1585-1596

  51. Johann Friedrich of Holstein-Gottorp..............1596-1634

  52. Friedrich II (King of Denmark 1648-1670)....1634-1648 d. 1670

  53. To Sweden.........................................1648-1702

  54. To Denmark........................................1702-1704

  55. To Sweden.........................................1704-1719

  56. To Hannover.......................................1719-1802

  57. To France.........................................1802-1807

  58. To Hannover.......................................1807-1808

  59. To Westphalia.....................................1808-1813

  60. To Hannover.......................................1813-1866

  61. To Prussia........................................1866-1918