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Deutsch: Kurfürsten des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
English: The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. There were 3 clerical electors (Archbishop of Mainz, Trier and Cologne and 4 wordly electors (King of Bohemia, Duke of Saxony, Marquess of Brandenburg, and Count of Palatinate). After 1648 the duke of Bavaria was added. Since 1697 was Brunswick-Lüneburg the ninth prince-elector. In 1803, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Duke of Salzburg, the Duke of Württemberg and the Count of Hessen-Kassel were made electors. In 1806, the Empire (and its electoral college) dissolved.
member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, electing the King and then Emperor of the Romans
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