Electoral Palatinate

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The Electoral Palatinate was a significant principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-elector who held the prestigious right to participate in the election of the emperor and played a key role in early modern European politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former principality
prince-electorate
state of the Holy Roman Empire
alliedWith Protestant Union
capital Heidelberg
Mannheim
coatOfArms Palatine lion
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedBy German mediatization
electoralStatusConfirmedBy Golden Bull of 1356
endTime 1803
governmentForm monarchy
princely state
hasTitleHolder Prince-elector of the Palatinate
heldRight vote in election of Holy Roman Emperor
historicalRegion Palatinate (Pfalz)
importantCity Heidelberg
Mannheim
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
language German
legalSystem Roman law influenced
locatedIn Upper Rhine region
linked to: Alsace

present-day Baden-Württemberg
present-day Germany
present-day Rhineland-Palatinate
mergedInto Electorate of Bavaria
notableInstitution Heidelberg University
notableRuler Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine
Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
partOf Holy Roman Empire
playedRoleIn Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation

Thirty Years' War
precededBy County Palatine of the Rhine
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty House of Wittelsbach
significantEvent Golden Bull of 1356
startTime 1356
successorState Electorate of Bavaria
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Kingdom of Bavaria
territoryLostIn French Revolutionary Wars
territoryOn left bank of the Rhine
right bank of the Rhine

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War of the Spanish Succession belligerent Electoral Palatinate
Sophia of the Palatinate countryOfCitizenship Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Electoral Palatinate precededBy County Palatine of the Rhine
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Electoral Palatinate historicalRegion Palatinate (Pfalz)
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Heidelberg Catechism countryOfOrigin Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Heidelberg wasCapitalOf Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine placeOfBirth Electoral Palatinate
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine placeOfDeath Electoral Palatinate
Diet of Worms (1521) location Electorate of the Palatinate
subject linked to: Diet of Worms
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Philip Melanchthon countryOfCitizenship Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Philip Melanchthon placeOfBirth Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken originatesFrom Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken region Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken associatedWith Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Simmern region Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Simmern region Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Simmern ruled Electoral Palatinate
House of Palatinate-Simmern ruled Palatinate-Simmern
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Elizabeth Stuart associatedPlace Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Sophia of the Palatinate citizenship Electorate of the Palatinate
subject linked to: Electress of Hanover
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Kingdom of Bavaria includedRegion Palatinate (Rhenish Palatinate)
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Upper Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Upper Palatinate historicalAffiliation Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Electorate of Bavaria borderedBy Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Prince Rupert of the Rhine citizenship Electoral Palatinate
Christoph Willibald Gluck countryOfBirth Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Second Helvetic Confession approvedBy Electoral Palatinate
Protestant Union member Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Palatine lion associatedWith Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz borderedBy Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Rudolf I of Germany deathPlace Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Prince-Archbishopric of Trier borderedBy Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Zacharias Ursinus deathPlace Electoral Palatinate
House of Wittelsbach ruled Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
House of Wittelsbach associatedWith Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Oggersheim hasHistoricalAffiliation Electorate of the Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Count Palatine of the Rhine heldTitleOver Electoral Palatinate
Count Palatine of the Rhine ruledRegion Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Count Palatine of the Rhine territorialBase Lower Palatinate
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate country Electoral Palatinate
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate locatedIn Electoral Palatinate
Heidelberg Castle locatedIn Electoral Palatinate (historical)
linked to: Electoral Palatinate
Heiliggeistkirche associatedWith Electoral Palatinate