Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht was conquered by Habsburg troops in 1528. The southwestern Nedersticht core territory around the city of Utrecht became the Lordship...

Utrecht (Nedersticht, 'lower Sticht'), but also extended to the northeast. The feudal conflict of the Middle Ages heavily affected Utrecht. The prince-bishopric...

The Utrecht Schism (Dutch: Utrechts Schisma) was a diocesan feud in the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht from 1423 to 1449. The legitimate prince-bishop of...

districts in the northwest of the Nedersticht (largely the current province) of Utrecht, first in the name of the bishop of Utrecht and later the count of Holland...

Cologne and the pope. The impasse resulted in Dirk being recognised in the Nedersticht while Arnold was recognised in the Oversticht. Both candidates travelled...

Oversticht (modern Overijssel and Drenthe) and Nedersticht (modern Utrecht province) of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, the city of Groningen and its Ommelanden...

recognised in the Nedersticht. Both candidates travelled to Rome, where Arnold was consecrated by Pope Celestine III as bishop of Utrecht. However, he died...

in order to pay him off. The following year both Vollenhove and the Nedersticht were also given away in loan. Moreover, the Pope sent a mandate to seize...

provost Gijsbrecht van Brederode as bishop. But Philip the Good forced the Nedersticht to accept David's appointment on 3 August 1456 at the treaty of IJsselstein...

important document that is considered the first constitution of the Nedersticht. Now that the wars had been halted, an old party struggle in the city...