Electorate of the Palatinate

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
Princely state
gptkbp:area approximately 8,000 km² (varied over time)
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Mainz
gptkb:Lorraine
gptkb:Württemberg
gptkb:Baden
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Heidelberg
gptkb:Mannheim
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Electorate_of_the_Palatinate
gptkbp:country gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Gulden
gptkb:Kreuzer
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:German_mediatization
1803
gptkbp:electorateSince 1356
gptkbp:established 1356
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Electorate_of_the_Palatinate
gptkbp:governingBody Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Early_Modern_period
gptkb:Middle_Ages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electorate of the Palatinate
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:lostElectoralStatus 1623
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Upper_Rhenish_Circle
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
gptkb:War_of_the_Palatine_Succession
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Charles_I_Louis,_Elector_Palatine
gptkb:Frederick_V,_Elector_Palatine
gptkb:Charles_III_Philip,_Elector_Palatine
gptkb:Charles_Theodore,_Elector_Palatine
gptkb:Philip_William,_Elector_Palatine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:population varied, up to several hundred thousand
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:County_Palatine_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:regainedElectoralStatus 1648
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:religiousChange converted to Calvinism in 1560s
restored Catholicism in 1685
gptkbp:ruled Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Grand_Duchy_of_Baden
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Bavaria
gptkb:Hesse-Darmstadt
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Palatinate
gptkb:Lower_Palatinate
Upper Palatinate
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Heidelberg Castle (part of the territory)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Princely_state
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4