Kurfürsten

E76491

electoral college noble estate princely title

Kurfürsten were the powerful princes of the Holy Roman Empire who held the exclusive right to elect the emperor.

Aliases (5)

Kurfürst ×1
Kurfürst (German) ×1
Kurfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reiches ×1
Margrave of Brandenburg ×1
princes of the Holy Roman Empire ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral college → noble estate → princely title →
consistedOf	secular princes → spiritual princes →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
definedIn	Golden Bull of 1356 →
dissolvedBy	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire →
dissolvedIn	1806 →
duty	coronation of the emperor → participation in imperial elections →
equivalentName	Electors of the Holy Roman Empire → Prince-electors →
governed	electoral principalities →
hasRole	elector of the Holy Roman Emperor →
heldTitle	Archchancellor of Burgundy → Archchancellor of Germany → Archchancellor of Italy →
historicalPeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
includedOffice	Archbishop of Cologne → Archbishop of Mainz → Archbishop of Trier → Count Palatine of the Rhine → Duke of Saxony → King of Bohemia → Margrave of Brandenburg →
influencedBy	Reformation → Thirty Years' War →
languageOfName	German →
laterIncreasedTo	10 → 8 → 9 → more than 10 →
legalBasis	Golden Bull of 1356 →
memberOf	Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire →
minimumNumber	7 →
numberFixedBy	Golden Bull of 1356 →
originalNumber	7 →
partOf	imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire →
politicalPower	significant influence in imperial politics →
privilege	high precedence in imperial hierarchy → special judicial privileges → territorial autonomy →
reformedBy	Peace of Westphalia →
religiousAffiliation	Catholicism → Protestantism →
right	exclusive right to elect the Holy Roman Emperor → exclusive right to elect the King of the Romans →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ("Kurfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reiches") →	equivalentName
Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire →	hadCollectiveTitle
Prince-elector ("Kurfürst") →	hasGermanName
College of Electors ("Margrave of Brandenburg") →	includesOffice
Peasants’ War ("princes of the Holy Roman Empire") →	opposedBy
Prince-elector ("Kurfürst (German)") →	usedTitleInLanguage