Electorate of Bavaria

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electorate former monarchy state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Electorate of Bavaria was a significant state of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the Wittelsbach dynasty and centered on Munich, that played a major role in early modern European politics and conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Electors of Bavaria 2
Duchy of Bavaria 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electorate ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
allyOf First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: France under Napoleon I
borderedBy Duchy of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduchy of Austria

Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate

Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg ⓘ
capital Munich ⓘ
capitalFunction seat of the elector ⓘ
coatOfArms blue and white lozenges of Bavaria ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency South German gulden ⓘ
surface form: Bavarian gulden
dissolved 1806 ⓘ
dynasticHouse House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
surface form: Wittelsbach dynasty
electoralRank prince-electorate ⓘ
electorateCreatedFrom Upper Bavaria ⓘ
electorTitle Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Elector of Bavaria
endTime 1806 ⓘ
followed Duchy of Bavaria ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
elective monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion southern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Southern Germany
language Bavarian ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalSystem territorial law of Bavaria ⓘ
locatedIn Bavaria ⓘ
memberOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
militaryForce Bavarian Army ⓘ
surface form: Bavarian army
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn Counter-Reformation ⓘ
reasonForDissolution dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler Karl Albrecht von Bayern ⓘ
surface form: Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Maximilian I of Bavaria

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
significantEvent French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Seven Years War

Thirty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Thirty Years War

War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
startTime 1620s ⓘ
1623 ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Ulm → absorbedBy → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Prince of Mindelheim → associatedState → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Blindheim → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Hohenlinden → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Battle of Oudenarde → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Battle of Ramillies → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
War of the Bavarian Succession → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition → belligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss → beneficiary → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Ludwig Feuerbach → birthPlace → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria → birthPlace → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford → citizenship → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
League of Augsburg → country → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Battle of Hohenlinden → countryAtTheTime → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → countryAtTime → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Nebel → countryDuringEvent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → deathPlace → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor → deathPlace → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Henriette Adelaide of Savoy → deathPlace → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Munich Residenz → formerSeatOf → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electors of Bavaria
Nine Years' War → hasBelligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
First Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
League of Augsburg → hasMember → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Second Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Catholic League (Holy Roman Empire) → hasPart → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Bavaria → historicalStatus → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → includedTerritory → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Bavaria
Thirty Years' War → mainBelligerent → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) → mainParty → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate → mergedInto → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor → monarchOf → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria → monarchOf → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
German mediatization → participant → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria → predecessor → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
House of Wittelsbach → ruled → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Treaty of Nijmegen → signatory → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) → signedIn → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate → successorState → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → territoryRuled → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Nymphenburg Palace → usedBy → Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electors of Bavaria