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Electoral Palatinate
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state of the Holy Roman Empire (1085–1803)
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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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Named after
- kaiserpfalz
- Official name
- Kurfürstentum Pfalz
- Demonym
- Pfälzer
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Electoral Palatinate
- Located in
- Holy Roman Empire
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Düsseldorf
- Official language
- German
- Body of water
- Rhine
- Form of government
- hereditary monarchy
- Location
- Europe
- Significant event
- Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
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- Commons category
- Palatinate
- topic's main category
- Category:Electoral Palatinate
- inception
- 1085-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1803-04-27
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Palatinate
- native label
- Kurfürstentum Pfalz
- short name
- Pfalz
- located in/on physical feature
- Central Europe
- language used
- Palatinate German
- name in native language
- Kurfürstentum Pfalz
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
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