Electoral Palatinate: State of the Holy Roman Empire (1085–1803)
Electoral Palatinate (German: Kurpfalz, Bavarian: Kurpfoiz) was a palatinate in the Holy Roman Empire.
It lasted from 1085–1803.
Electorate of the Palatinate Kurfürstentum Pfalz | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1085–1803 | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg) Flag (1604 design) .svg) Coat of arms (1356–1803) | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg) Territory of the Electoral Palatinate in 1618, prior to the Thirty Years' War | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Electorate | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Common languages | German | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Dominant confession among the population was Roman Catholic (1085–1556), Lutheran (1556–1563) and Calvinist (1563–1803). Elector was Roman Catholic until the 1530s, then Lutheran until 1559, then Calvinist until 1575, then again Lutheran until 1583, then again Calvinist until 1685, and then again Roman Catholic since 1685. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Hereditary monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elector | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1085–1095 | Henry of Laach (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1799–1803 | Maximilian Joseph (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages/ Renaissance | ||||||||||||||||||
• Demotion of the Count Palatine of Lotharingia | 1085 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Confirmed as Electorate | 10 January 1356 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 May – 24 October 1648 | |||||||||||||||||||
• Subsumption by Bavaria | 30 December 1777 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Lunéville | 9 February 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Annexed by Baden | 27 April 1803 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Germany France | ||||||||||||||||||
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