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Prince-Elector

"The prince-electors (German: Kurfürst (listen (help·info)), pl. Kurfürsten, Czech: Kurfiřt, Latin: Princeps Elector), or electors for short, were the members of the electoral college that elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

From the 13th century onwards, the prince-electors had the privilege of electing the monarch who would be crowned by the pope. After 1508, there were no imperial coronations and the election was sufficient. Charles V (elected in 1519) was the last emperor to be crowned (1530); his successors were elected emperors by the electoral college, each being titled "Elected Emperor of the Romans" (German: erwählter Römischer Kaiser; Latin: electus Romanorum imperator). " - (en.wikipedia.org 24.03.2021)

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office held

office held Frederick I of Prussia Brandenburg 1688-1701
office held Frederick II Saxony
office held Louis III, Elector Palatine
office held Frederick I Saxony
office held John George I, Elector of Saxony Saxony 1611-1656
office held John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg Brandenburg
office held George III of Great Britain Hanover

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Porträt Klemens Wenzeslaus, Kurfürst von TrierElisabeth Amalia Magdalena Kurfürstin v. d. Pfalz (1635-1709)Kurfürst Karl I. Ludwig von der PfalzKurfürst Karl II. von der Pfalz als ErbprinzReitender Kurfürst Clemens Wenzeslaus vor dem Frankfurter RömerPorträt Friedrich der Weise
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