Electoral Palatinate

Also known as County Palatine of Lotharingia, Bavarian Palatinate, Electorate of Palatinate, Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein, Electorate the Palatinate, Palatinate of the rhein, County Palatine of the Rhine,

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The Electoral Palatinate was a state within the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1085 to 1803, governed by a prince-elector who had the power to vote in imperial elections. It was an important political entity in the German-speaking territories of the Empire during this nearly 700-year period.

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Status: Imperial Estate
Common languages: German , Palatine German
Religion: Pre-1556 Roman Catholic , thereafter Protestant
Government: Hereditary monarchy
1085 1095: Henry of Laach (first)
1799 1803: Maximilian Joseph (last)
Historical era: Middle Ages Renaissance
Confirmed as electorate: 10 January 1356
Peace of westphalia: 15 May – 24 October 1648
Subsumed by bavaria: 30 December 1777
Treaty of lun ville: 9 February 1801
Annexed by baden: 27 April 1803

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The Electoral Palatinate was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire until it was annexed by the Electorate of Baden in 1803. From the end of the 13th century, its ruler was one of the Prince-electors who elected the Holy Roman Emperor, ranking them among the most significant secular Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.