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Three Bishoprics
The
Three Bishoprics
(, ) constituted a
province
of pre-revolutionary
France
consisting of the
dioceses
of
Metz
,
Verdun
, and
Toul
within the
Lorraine
region. The three dioceses were
Prince-bishoprics
of the
Holy Roman Empire
until they were seized by King
Henry II of France
between April and June 1552. At the end of the
Thirty Years' War
, they were officially ceded to France by the 1648
Peace of Westphalia
.
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