Minden
One of the military bishoprics established by Charlemagne in an effort to secure control over what was in his time the Saxon wilderness of northern Germany. The town that grew up around the original establishment struggled for centuries to gain some measure of autonomy from the bishops.
Erkenbert..........................................803-813
Hartward...........................................813-853
Dietrich I aus Bayern..............................853-880
Wulfar.............................................880-886
Drogo..............................................886-902
Adalbert...........................................902-905
Bernhard...........................................905-914
Lothar.............................................914-927
Ebergisl...........................................927-950
Helmward...........................................950-958
Landward...........................................958-969
Milo...............................................969-996
Ramward............................................996-1002
Dietrich II.......................................1002-1022
Siegbert..........................................1022-1036
Bruno von Waldeck.................................1037-1055
Egilbert aus Bayern...............................1055-1080
Reinward............................1080-1089 opposed by...
Volkmar (anti-bishop).............................1080-1096
Ulrich............................................1089-1097
Gottschalk..........................1097-1112 opposed by...
Widelo (anti-bishop until 1112)...................1097-1119
Siegward..........................................1120-1140
Heinrich I........................................1140-1153
Werner aus Buckeburg..............................1153-1170
Anno von Landsberg................................1170-1185
Dietmar...........................................1185-1206
Heinrich II.......................................1206-1209
Konrad I von Diepholz.............................1209-1236
Wilhelm I.........................................1236-1242
Johann von Diepholz...............................1242-1253
Wittekind I.......................................1253-1261
Kuno von Diepholz.................................1261-1266
Otto I aus Stendal................................1266-1275
Volkwin von Schwalenberg..........................1275-1293
Konrad II von Wardenberg..........................1293-1295
Ludolf von Rostorf................................1295-1304
Gottfried von Waldeck.............................1304-1324
Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg..................1324-1346
Gerhard I von von Schauenburg.....................1346-1353
Dietrich III Kagelwit aus Stendal.................1353-1361
Gerhard II von Schauenburg........................1361-1366
Otto II von Wettin................................1366-1368
Wittekind II von Schalksberg......................1369-1383
Otto III von Schalksberg..........................1384-1397
Gerhard III von Hoya..............................1397-1398
Marquard von Randeck...................................1398
Wilhelm II von Buchen.............................1398-1402
Otto IV von Rietberg..............................1402-1406
Wilbrand von Hallermund...........................1406-1436
Albrecht von Hoya.................................1436-1473
Heinrich III von Schauenburg......................1473-1508
Franz I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.................1508-1529
Franz II von Waldeck..............................1530-1553
Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg..................1553-1554
Protestant Bishops
Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg...................1554-1566
Hermann von Schauenburg...........................1566-1582
Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.........1582-1585
vacant
Anton von Schauenburg.............................1587-1599
Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.......1599-1625 d. 1633
vacant
Catholic Bishop
Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg..............1631-1648 d. 1661
Secularized to Brandenburg (Prussia from 1701)....1648-1759
To France..............................................1759
To Prussia........................................1759-1807
To Westphalia.....................................1807-1813
To Prussia........................................1813-1918