Prince-elector

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A Prince-elector was a high-ranking German noble who held the exclusive right to participate in electing the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial office
noble rank
princely title
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire
country Holy Roman Empire
endCause dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
endTime 1806
followedBy sovereign princes of the Confederation of the Rhine
grantedBy Golden Bull of 1356
hasCharacteristic combined secular or ecclesiastical rule with electoral rights
enjoyed precedence over other princes
held hereditary electoral dignity
high-ranking German prince
possessed territorial sovereignty
hasGermanName Kurfürsten
surface form: Kurfürst
hasGermanPluralForm Kurfürsten
hasLanguage German
hasLatinName princeps elector
princeps electoralis
hasPart Elector of Aschaffenburg
Elector of Baden
Elector of Baden
surface form: Elector of Baden (1803–1806)

Elector of Baden
surface form: Elector of Baden-Baden

Elector of Baden
surface form: Elector of Baden-Durlach

Elector of Bavaria
Margrave of Brandenburg
surface form: Elector of Brandenburg

Prince-elector of Cologne
surface form: Elector of Cologne

Elector of Frankfurt
Elector of Frankfurt (1810–1813)
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Elector of Hanover

Elector of Hesse
Elector of Hesse
surface form: Elector of Hesse (1803–1806)

Elector of Hesse
surface form: Elector of Hesse-Kassel

Prince-elector of Mainz
surface form: Elector of Mainz

Elector of Regensburg
Elector of Regensburg (1803–1810)
Elector of Salzburg
Elector of Salzburg (1803–1805)
Elector of Salzburg
surface form: Elector of Salzburg and Berchtesgaden

Elector of Saxony
Prince-elector of Trier
surface form: Elector of Trier

Prince-elector self-linksurface differs
surface form: Elector of Westphalia

Elector of Westphalia (1807–1813)
Elector of Württemberg
Elector of Württemberg
surface form: Elector of Württemberg (1803–1806)

Elector of Würzburg
Elector Palatine
surface form: Elector of the Palatinate

King of Bohemia NERFINISHED
hasPluralForm Prince-electors
hasType ecclesiastical elector
secular elector
legalBasis Golden Bull of 1356
partOf College of Electors
Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
relatedTo College of Electors
surface form: Electoral college

Holy Roman Emperor
Imperial Diet
King of the Romans
rightGranted right to elect the Holy Roman Emperor
right to elect the King of the Romans
significantEvent formalization in the Golden Bull of 1356
startTime 13th century
usedTitleInLanguage Kurfürsten
surface form: Kurfürst (German)

Prince électeur (French)
Princeps elector (Latin)

Referenced by (8)

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

this entity surface form: prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Cologne electoralRank Prince-elector
King of Bohemia electoralStatus Prince-elector
this entity surface form: Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-elector hasPart Prince-elector self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Elector of Westphalia
Elector of Baden hasStyle Prince-elector
this entity surface form: Electoral Highness
Imperial Diet participant Prince-elector
this entity surface form: Prince-elector of Saxony
this entity surface form: Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Elector of Brandenburg