Electoral Highness

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Electoral Highness was the formal honorific style used to address a prince-elector within the Holy Roman Empire, signifying their elevated rank and role in choosing the emperor.

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Electoral Highness canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of address ⓘ
honorific style ⓘ
appliesTo prince-elector ⓘ
associatedWith imperial dignity ⓘ
imperial election ⓘ
category styles and titles of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
ceasedWith dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ
domain European nobility titles ⓘ
hasRank princely rank ⓘ
hasScope imperial constitutional framework ⓘ
higherThan Serene Highness ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfUse German-speaking territories ⓘ
linkedTo Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
partOf courtly protocol of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Imperial Highness ⓘ
Royal Highness ⓘ
signifies elevated rank of a prince-elector ⓘ
role in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
usedBy ecclesiastical prince-electors ⓘ
secular prince-electors ⓘ
usedFor addressing a prince-elector ⓘ
usedIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
usedInContext diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
formal ceremonial address ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elector of Bavaria → style → Electoral Highness ⓘ