Electorate of Cologne (in German Erzstift und Kurfürstentum Köln ), State of the empire of Germany and one of the three ecclesiastical electorates, belonged to the Cercle of the Low-Rhine, and was composed of the following elements:
- High-Electorate (on the the Rhine, between the duchies of Juliers and Berg);
- Low-Electorate (between the States of Juliers and Truces);
- duchy of Recklinghausen;
- duchy of Westphalia;
By a singular bizarrery, the city even of Cologne did not form part of the electorate; it was free city and was included/understood in the Cercle of Westphalia.
The electorate of Cologne dates from the year 1357; he was made up in favor of the archbishops of Cologne. At the 16th century Gerhard Truchsess de Waldbourg, archbishop-voter of Cologne, embraced the Réforme and married Agnès de Mansfeld, while preserving the episcopate. It was driven out by the Bavarian ones.
Louis XIV seized one moment the electorate, which had then the archbishop Joseph Clément of Bavaria.
The last voter, died in 1801, Maximilien-François-Xavier, was the brother of Marie-Antoinette of Austria. The voter of Cologne carried the title of Great Elector.
External bonds
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the edicts d´Électorat of Cologne (with the duchy of Westphalia, Vest Recklinghausen, 1461-1816 online
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