See also: Prince-Voters

The Prince-Voters ( Kurfürsten ) - or Voters - were the seven princes German S who elected the Germanic Roman Emperor, whose statute was defined by the Bulle of Gold of 1356. One needed the majority of the votes to be elected Empereur. The Voters had Privilège S very wide of which the Souveraineté Territoriale (“Landeshoheit”) which made them nearly independent of the Empereur.

The Prince-Voters were:

• the Archbishop of Mainz, archi-chancellor for the Germanic,
• the Archbishop of Trier, archi-chancellor of the Empire for the Gaulle,
• the Archbishop of Cologne, archi-chancellor of the Empire for the Italy,
• the king de Bohême, archi-wine waiter,
• the Count Palatine of the Rhine or “Elector Palatine”, archi-seneshal, Curator (vicar in the event of vacancy of the imperial seat) of the countries of right franconien to the West of the Empire,
• the duke of Saxony (“Voter of Saxony”), archi-marshal, curator of the countries of Saxon right to the East of the Empire,
• the Margrave de Brandebourg (“Voter of Brandebourg”), archi-chamberlain.

In 1623 palatine the Frederic V was dispossessed of its load which was transmitted to the duke Maximilien Ier of Bavaria, but in 1648 his/her son Charles Louis accepted a new electoral load, with the dignity of archi-treasurer.

In 1692 the Duc of Brunswick was made voter of Hanover with the dignity of archi-carry-standard. It took in 1708 the dignity of archi-treasurer, after the resignation of Palatine which claimed its old dignity of archi-seneshal.

In 1777 the Elector Palatine inherited the Bavaria and the two electorates were plain.

In 1803, the Empire was reorganized under the supervision of Napoleon Bonaparte. The electorates of Trier and Cologne were removed. On the other hand one gave the electoral load to four laic princes, the duke of Wurtemberg, the Margrave of Bade, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel and the Duc of Salzburg. In 1806 the Empire was dissolved. Only the voter of Hesse continued to carry the electoral title until in 1866.

France

At the time of the organization of the French empire, one created a Great Elector, charged to convene the electoral colleges and the legislative Body. Joseph Bonaparte was invested of this dignity.

See too

• List of the sovereigns of Brandebourg then of Prussia
• List of the Count Palatines of the Rhine
• electoral Circle of the Rhine
• History of Mainz

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