Count Palatine of the Rhine

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Prince-elector imperial prince princely title territorial ruler

The Count Palatine of the Rhine was a powerful territorial prince of the Holy Roman Empire who ruled the Palatinate region along the Rhine and held significant political influence, including a vote in the imperial election.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Elector Palatine of the Rhine	5
Elector Palatine	2
Counts Palatine of the Rhine	1
Pfalzgraf	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prince-elector ⓘ imperial prince ⓘ princely title ⓘ territorial ruler ⓘ
abolishedWith	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith	Rhenish Circle ⓘ surface form: Electoral Rhenish Circle Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River
coatOfArms	lion of the Palatinate ⓘ
confirmedBy	Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasty	House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
existedInPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages ⓘ
feudalStatus	immediate vassal of the emperor ⓘ
governmentType	princely territorial lordship ⓘ
hasRight	participation in election of Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ vote in imperial election ⓘ
heldOffice	Arch-marshal of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Archsteward of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial prelates ⓘ surface form: Imperial vicar
heldOfficeDuringInterregnum	Imperial vicar for Franconia ⓘ Imperial vicar for Swabia ⓘ
heldTitleOver	Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	German ⓘ
memberOf	College of Electors ⓘ College of Electors ⓘ surface form: Electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire
nobleRank	count palatine ⓘ prince ⓘ
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalInfluence	influence in imperial diet ⓘ major role in imperial politics ⓘ
predecessorDynasty	Ezzonid dynasty ⓘ Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruledRegion	Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Palatinate Rhineland ⓘ
seatOfPower	Heidelberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mannheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Golden Bull of 1356 confirmed electoral status ⓘ
successorState	Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialBase	Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Lower Palatinate Upper Palatinate ⓘ
titleInGerman	County Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ surface form: Pfalzgraf bei Rhein
titleInLatin	Comes Palatinus Rheni ⓘ
yearAbolished	1806 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

House of Palatinate-Simmern → hasTitle → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector Palatine

House of Palatinate-Simmern → hasTitle → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Kurfürsten → includedOffice → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

College of Electors → includesOffice → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Golden Bull of 1356 → listsElector → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Kurfürstenkollegium → member → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine → nobleTitle → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector Palatine

Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine → nobleTitle → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ

Frederick III, Elector Palatine → nobleTitle → Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ