Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire

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electoral body political institution princely college

The Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire were a select group of powerful secular and ecclesiastical rulers who held the exclusive right to elect the emperor, shaping the political structure and succession of the Empire.

Aliases (14)

Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire ×3
Electors of Brandenburg ×2
Elector of Brandenburg ×1
Elector of Saxony ×1
Electoral forces of the Holy Roman Empire ×1
Electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire ×1
Electors Palatine ×1
Electors of the Holy Roman Empire ×1
Imperial electors ×1
Imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire ×1
Prince-elector of the Palatinate ×1
Prince-electors ×1
prince-electors ×1
prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral body → political institution → princely college →
boundEmperorBy	electoral capitulation →
consistedOf	ecclesiastical princes → secular princes →
dissolvedIn	1806 →
electoralCity	Augsburg → Frankfurt am Main → Regensburg → Rhens → Trier →
equivalentName	Electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire → Kurfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reiches →
formalizedIn	1356 →
grantedExclusiveRight	imperial election →
hadCollectiveTitle	Kurfürsten →
hadPresidingOfficer	Archchancellor of Germany →
hadPrivilege	electoral vote → right to be addressed as "Durchlaucht" in later periods → special precedence at imperial ceremonies →
hadRank	highest princes of the Empire →
hadSeatIn	Imperial Diet →
hasLegalBasis	Golden Bull of 1356 →
hasRole	electing the Holy Roman Emperor → electing the King of the Romans →
historicalPeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
influenced	constitutional development of the Holy Roman Empire → imperial succession →
languageOfInstitution	German → Latin →
laterElectorsIncluded	Elector of Baden → Elector of Bavaria → Elector of Hanover → Elector of Hesse-Kassel → Elector of Württemberg →
metIn	electoral capitulations →
minimumElectorsNumber	7 →
originalElectorsIncluded	Archbishop of Cologne → Archbishop of Mainz → Archbishop of Trier → Count Palatine of the Rhine → Duke of Saxony → King of Bohemia → Margrave of Brandenburg →
partOf	Holy Roman Empire →
wereHeadedBy	Archbishop of Mainz →
wereRecognizedAs	Reichsfürsten (imperial princes) →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adolf of Nassau ("prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire") → Holy Roman Emperor ("Imperial electors") → Rudolf I of Germany →	electedBy
Kurfürsten ("Prince-electors") → Kurfürsten ("Electors of the Holy Roman Empire") → Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ("Electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire") →	equivalentName
Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire ("Elector of Brandenburg") → Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire ("Elector of Saxony") →	heldBy
Elector of Württemberg ("Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire") → Prince-elector of Trier ("Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire") →	memberOf
Kurfürstenkollegium ("Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire") →	alsoKnownAs
Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire →	associatedWith
Battle of Fleurus (1794) ("Electoral forces of the Holy Roman Empire") →	belligerent
Kurfürstenkollegium ("prince-electors") →	composedOf
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia →	deposedBy
University of Frankfurt (Oder) ("Electors of Brandenburg") →	governedBy
Electoral Palatinate ("Prince-elector of the Palatinate") →	hasTitleHolder
Duke of Saxony ("Imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire") →	partOf
Berlin City Palace ("Electors of Brandenburg") →	residenceOf
Palatine lion ("Electors Palatine") →	usedBy