Electoral Palatinate

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former principality prince-electorate state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Electoral Palatinate was a significant principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-elector who held the prestigious right to participate in the election of the emperor and played a key role in early modern European politics.

Aliases (8)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former principality → prince-electorate → state of the Holy Roman Empire →
alliedWith	Protestant Union →
capital	Heidelberg → Mannheim →
coatOfArms	Palatine lion →
continent	Europe →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
dissolvedBy	German mediatization →
electoralStatusConfirmedBy	Golden Bull of 1356 →
endTime	1803 →
governmentForm	monarchy → princely state →
hasTitleHolder	Prince-elector of the Palatinate →
heldRight	vote in election of Holy Roman Emperor →
historicalRegion	Palatinate (Pfalz) →
importantCity	Heidelberg → Mannheim → Neustadt an der Weinstraße →
language	German →
legalSystem	Roman law influenced →
locatedIn	Upper Rhine region → present-day Baden-Württemberg → present-day Germany → present-day Rhineland-Palatinate →
mergedInto	Electorate of Bavaria →
notableInstitution	Heidelberg University →
notableRuler	Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → Frederick III, Elector Palatine → Frederick IV, Elector Palatine → Frederick V, Elector Palatine →
partOf	Holy Roman Empire →
playedRoleIn	Protestant Reformation → Thirty Years' War →
precededBy	County Palatine of the Rhine →
religion	Calvinism → Lutheranism → Roman Catholicism →
rulingDynasty	House of Wittelsbach →
significantEvent	Golden Bull of 1356 →
startTime	1356 →
successorState	Electorate of Bavaria → Grand Duchy of Baden → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Kingdom of Bavaria →
territoryLostIn	French Revolutionary Wars →
territoryOn	left bank of the Rhine → right bank of the Rhine →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine → Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → Frederick III, Elector Palatine → Frederick IV, Elector Palatine → Frederick V, Elector Palatine → Philip Melanchthon ("Electorate of the Palatinate") → Sophia of the Palatinate ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	countryOfCitizenship
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken → House of Wittelsbach ("Palatinate") → Palatine lion ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	associatedWith
Electorate of Bavaria ("Electorate of the Palatinate") → Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz ("Palatinate") → Prince-Archbishopric of Trier ("Palatinate") →	borderedBy
House of Palatinate-Simmern → House of Palatinate-Simmern ("Palatinate") → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("Palatinate") →	region
House of Palatinate-Simmern → House of Palatinate-Simmern ("Palatinate-Simmern") → House of Wittelsbach ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	ruled
Prince Rupert of the Rhine → Sophia of the Palatinate ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	citizenship
Rudolf I of Germany ("Electorate of the Palatinate") → Zacharias Ursinus →	deathPlace
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate → Heidelberg Castle ("Electoral Palatinate (historical)") →	locatedIn
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine → Philip Melanchthon ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	placeOfBirth
Second Helvetic Confession →	approvedBy
Elizabeth Stuart ("Palatinate") →	associatedPlace
War of the Spanish Succession →	belligerent
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate →	country
Christoph Willibald Gluck ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	countryOfBirth
Heidelberg Catechism ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	countryOfOrigin
Oggersheim ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	hasHistoricalAffiliation
Count Palatine of the Rhine →	heldTitleOver
Upper Palatinate ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	historicalAffiliation
Electoral Palatinate ("Palatinate (Pfalz)") →	historicalRegion
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate →	historicalTerritoryOf
Kingdom of Bavaria ("Palatinate (Rhenish Palatinate)") →	includedRegion
Upper Rhenish Circle ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	includesTerritory
Diet of Worms (1521) ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	location
Protestant Union ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	member
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken →	originatesFrom
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine →	placeOfDeath
Electoral Palatinate ("County Palatine of the Rhine") →	precededBy
Count Palatine of the Rhine ("Palatinate") →	ruledRegion
Count Palatine of the Rhine ("Lower Palatinate") →	territorialBase
Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine →	territoryRuled
Heidelberg ("Electorate of the Palatinate") →	wasCapitalOf