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Palatine, any of diverse officials found in numerous countries of medieval and early modern Europe. Originally the term was applied to the chamberlains and troops guarding the palace of the Roman emperor. In Constantine’s time (early 4th century), the designation was also used for the senior field.
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Nov 6, 2016 · The German Palatines were natives of the Electorate of the Palatinate region of Germany, although a few had come to Germany from Switzerland, the Alsace, and probably other parts of Europe.
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Palatinate , German Pfalz, Historical region, now part of Germany. The region was once under the jurisdiction of the counts palatine (secular princes), who in the 14th century became electors of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 16th and 17th centuries the Palatinate was a stronghold of Protestantism.
Oct 8, 2022 · The Germans that would eventually settle the Mohawk Valley came from the Rhine Valley River region known as the "Palatinate." The name arose from the Roman word "Palatine," the title given to the ruling family of the area when it was part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Jun 22, 2023 · After establishing the political significance of Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate both within and outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the chapter covers his part in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War and the Bohemian Revolt, and how he became the exiled ‘Winter King’ with his wife and children forced to seek sanctuary at The Hague.
The vast majority of these people came from the southwest region of modern German, which at that time was a patchwork of small, independent principalities. Specifically, they came from a place then called the Electorate of the Palatinate, which is now part of the German Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Palatinate was situated west of the Rhine and north of the French (Alsatian) border. Before 1800, it used to include large areas east of the Rhine, including Mannheim and Heidelberg. Those of us today trying to find the Palatinate of the 1700s on maps, and drying to understand what was meant by the terms German, Deutch, and Palatine or ...
