County Palatine of the Rhine

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The County Palatine of the Rhine was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered along the Middle Rhine, whose rulers held the influential title of Prince-Elector.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electorate of the Holy Roman Empire
former country
historical region
imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire
princely state
alsoKnownAs Electoral Palatinate
Kurpfalz
Kurpfalz
surface form: Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein
capital Heidelberg
Mannheim
coatOfArms golden lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, on a field or
continent Europe
dissolutionCause German mediatization
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
dissolvedIn 1803
electoralDignity Elector Palatine
surface form: Elector of the Palatinate
electorateFrom 1356
electorateUntil 1803
electorRankGrantedBy Golden Bull of 1356
endTime 1803
governmentForm monarchy
hasAcademicInstitution Heidelberg University
hasJudicialRole Imperial vicar for Swabia
surface form: Imperial Vicar for Franconia, Swabia and the Rhine
headOfStateTitle Count Palatine of the Rhine
Prince-elector
surface form: Prince-Elector
languageUsed German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mittelrhein
surface form: Middle Rhine

Rhineland
memberOf Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire
mergedInto Electorate of Bavaria
notableRuler Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine
Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
partOf Holy Roman Empire
presentInTerritoryOf Austria
France
Germany
Switzerland
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruledByDynasty Hohenstaufen dynasty
surface form: House of Hohenstaufen

House of Welf
House of Wittelsbach
significantConflict Thirty Years' War
War of the League of Augsburg
surface form: War of the Palatine Succession
significantEvent adoption of the Heidelberg Catechism
destruction in the Nine Years' War
startTime 1085

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House of Wittelsbach ruled County Palatine of the Rhine
Count Palatine of the Rhine titleInGerman County Palatine of the Rhine
this entity surface form: Pfalzgraf bei Rhein
George, Count Palatine of Simmern realm County Palatine of the Rhine
this entity surface form: County Palatine of Simmern
George, Count Palatine of Simmern governedTerritory County Palatine of the Rhine
this entity surface form: County Palatine of Simmern
Elector Palatine heldTitleOver County Palatine of the Rhine
Comes Palatinus Rheni hasJurisdictionOver County Palatine of the Rhine
House of Palatinate-Neuburg hasTerritory County Palatine of the Rhine