Electorate of the Palatinate

English

Proper noun

the Electorate of the Palatinate

  1. (historical) The County Palatinate of the Rhine, a historical state in the Holy Roman Empire, during the period when its count palatinate was an elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1356–1803).

Usage notes

The region was ruled in personal union and partially conflated with Bavaria after 1777.

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