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Also Known As Countship Palatine of the Rhine • Pfalz

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Major Events

Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia

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Germany
Germany

Key People

Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
Charles Theodore
Charles Theodore
elector of the Palatinate
Frederick V, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, c. 1620; in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Ger.
Frederick V
elector Palatine of the Rhine
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Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
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Frederick IV
elector Palatine of the Rhine
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Christian of Brunswick
German military commander
Agricola, Rodolphus
Rodolphus Agricola
Dutch humanist
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Conrad Beissel
American religious leader
Frederick III the Pious, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, c. 1576; in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Ger.
Frederick III
elector Palatine of the Rhine