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The boundaries of the Palatinate varied with the political and dynastic fortunes of the counts palatine. In early medieval Germany , counts palatine served as stewards of royal territories in the absence of the Holy Roman emperors.
Palatines (Palatine German: Pälzer) were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor. After the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the nationality referred more specifically to residents of the Rhenish Palatinate, known simply as "the Palatinate".
boundaries of the Palatinate varied with the military successes and political fortunes of the Counts Palatine. Today the Palatinate land west of the Rhine River is part of France. The rest of the Palatinate has been absorbed into other German states. Origin of Palatine Name
By JOHN W. AND MARTHA B. HARPER. One of the most adventurous and hazardous migrations in Pennsylvania history occurred in the spring of 1723, when a group of fifteen German Palatine families left the Schoharie Valley of New York to settle in the Tulpehocken region of present Berks County.
J. A. Cannon. The Oxford Companion to British History. palatinates were border regions where the demands of security dictated that the local rulers should have special powers, particularly to raise troops and to administer justice to all levels.
The first wave of emigration from Rhineland-Pfalz (Palatinate) took place after the 30 Year War (1618-1648) between the Protestants and Catholics. The French took over the Palatinate and many other areas after the war in their quest to expand France as far as the left bank of the Rhine. Louis XIV’ troops attacked and destroyed many of the ...
