Electoral Palatinate
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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.
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