The Three Bishoprics of Verdun, Metz, and Toul

The Three Bishoprics (French: Trois-Évêchés) constituted a province of pre-Revolutionary France consisting of the bisphoprics of Verdun, Metz, and Toul in the Lorraine region. The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France the Duchy of Luxembourg The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic Diocese seated at Toul in present-day France French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France the Duchy of Luxembourg The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic Diocese seated at Toul in present-day France Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France. These were territories of the Holy Roman Empire until they were seized by French King Henry II between April and June of 1552. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Henry II (Henri II (31 March 1519 &ndash 10 July 1559 of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I, was King of France from 31 The conquest was legitimised ahead of time by a treaty with the Protestant Imperial princes and the Ottoman Empire against the Habsburgs, signed at Chambord on January 15, 1552, which confirmed the French king's lordship over Metz, Toul, Verdun, "and other towns of the Empire that do not speak German". Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable Châteaux in the world because of its very Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.

At the end of the Thirty Years' War, they were awarded to France by the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of

The Diocese of Saint-Dié, created in 1777 and sometimes called the "Fourth Bishopric of Lorraine" (« le Quatrième Évêché lorrain »), is not related historically to the Three Bisphoprics. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Metz Cathedral

Toul Cathedral

Verdun Cathedral

Sources

• (French) Trois-Évêchés on the French Wikipedia
• (French) 450th anniversary celebrations on the French Ministry of Culture's website
• (French) Biography of Henry II