The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar. It was annexed to France in 1552; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia

Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the...

 of 1648. It then was a part of the province of the Three Bishoprics

Three Bishoprics

The Three Bishoprics constituted a province of pre-Revolutionary France consisting of the prince-bishoprics of Verdun, Metz, and Toul within the Lorraine region....

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Tenth century

• 923-925 : Hugues Ier
• 925-939 : Bernoin, son of Matfried I, count of Metz and of Lantesinde (sister of Dadon)
• 939-959 : Bérenger
• 959-983 : Wigfrid
• 983-984 : Hugues II
• 984-984 : Adalbéron I de Verdun, later bishop of Metz
• 985-990 : Adalbéron II
• 990-1024 : Heimon

Eleventh century

• 1024-1039 : Reginbert
• 1039-1046 : Richard Ier
• 1047-1089 : Thierry
• 1089-1107 : Richhar

Twelfth century

• 1107-1114 : Richard II de Grandpré
• 1114-1117 : Mazon, administrator
• 1117-1129 : Henri Ier de Blois, deposed at the Council of Chalon (1129)
• 1129-1131 : Ursion
• 1131-1156 : Adalbéron III de Chiny
• 1156-1162 : Albert Ier de Marcey
• 1163-1171 : Richard III de Crisse
• 1172-1181 : Arnoul de Chiny
• 1181-1186 : Henri II de Castel
• 1186-1208 : Albert II de Hierges

Thirteenth century

• 1208-1216 : Robert I de Grandpré
• 1217-1224 : Jean Ier d'Apremont
• 1224-1245 : Raoul de Torote
• 1245-1245 : Guy Ier de Traignel
• 1245-1247 : Guy II de Mellote
• 1247-1252 : Jean II de Aix
• 1252-1255 : Jacques Pantaléon de Court-Palais
• 1255-1271 : Robert II de Médidan
• 1271-1273 : Ulrich de Sarvay
• 1275-1278 : Gérard de Gransee
• 1278-1286 : Henri III de Grançon
• 1289-1296 : Jacques II de Ruvigny
• 1297-1302 : Jean III de Richericourt

Fourteenth century

• 1303-1305 : Thomas de Blankenberg
• 1305-1312 : Nicolas Ier de Neuville
• 1312-1349 : Henri IV de Aspremont
• 1349-1351 : Otton de Poitiers
• 1352-1361 : Hugues III de Bar
• 1362-1371 : Jean IV de Bourbon-Montperoux
• 1371-1375 : Jean V de Dampierre-St Dizier
• 1375-1379 : Guy III de Roye
• 1380-1404 : Leobald de Cousance

Fifteenth century

• 1404-1419 : Jean VI de Saarbruck
• 1419-1423 : Louis I of Bar
  Louis I of Bar
  Louis I of Bar was a French bishop of the 15th century.-Life:He was a son of Robert I of Bar and his wife Marie Valois, . As the couple's fifth son, he was destined for a career in the church...
  
   († 1430), administrator
• 1423-1423 : Raymond
• 1423-1424 : Guillaume de Montjoie
• 1424-1430 : Louis I of Bar
  Louis I of Bar
  Louis I of Bar was a French bishop of the 15th century.-Life:He was a son of Robert I of Bar and his wife Marie Valois, . As the couple's fifth son, he was destined for a career in the church...
  
   († 1430), administrator
• 1430-1437 : Louis de Haraucourt
• 1437-1449 : Guillaume Fillatre
• 1449-1456 : Louis de Haraucourt
• 1457-1500 : Guillaume de Haraucourt

Sixteenth century

• 1500-1508 : Warry de Dommartin
• 1508-1522 : Louis de Lorraine
• 1523-1544 : Jean de Lorraine (1498-1550), brother of predecessor
• 1544-1547 : Nicolas de Mercœur (1524–1577), nephew of predecessor
• 1548-1575 : Nicolas Psaume
  Nicolas Psaume
  Nicolas Psaume was a count-bishop of Verdun and prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The Bishopric of Verdun was then a French-speaking State of the Holy Roman Empire. Nicolas Psaume was originary from the Duchy of Bar.-Life:Having studied classics at the Norbertine Abbey of St...
  
  
• 1576-1584 : Nicolas Bousmard
• 1585-1587 : Charles de Lorraine
• 1588-1593 : Nicolas Boucher
• 1593-1610 : Éric de Lorraine
  • 1593-1601 : Christophe de la Vallée, administrator

Seventeenth century

• 1610-1622 : Charles de Lorraine (1592 † 1631), nephew of predecessor
• 1623-1661 : François de Lorraine (1599 † 1672), brother of predecessor
• 1667-1679 : Armand de Monchy d'Hocquincourt
• 1681-1720 : Hippolyte de Béthune

Eighteenth century

• 1721-1754 : Charles-François D'Hallencourt
• 1754-1769 : Aymar-Fr.-Chrétien-Mi. de Nicolai
• 1770-1793 : Henri-Louis Rene Desnos