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The seven - later nine - members of the electoral college of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] were called '''prince electors''' ([[German]]: Kurfürst, pl: Kurfürsten) Their role in the election of the emperor was codified in the [[Golden Bull]] of 1356.
The original college was made up by:
* Three ecclesiastic electors
** the [[Mainz|Archbishop of Mainz]]
** the [[Trier|Archbishop of Trier]]
** the [[Cologne|Archbishop of Cologne]]
* Four secular electors
** the [[King]] of [[Bohemia]] ([[German]]: ''König von Böhmen'', [[Czech]]: ''král český'')
** the [[Margrave]] of [[Brandenburg]] (''Markgraf von Brandenburg'')
** the [[Count Palatine]] of the [[Rhine]] ([[German]]: ''Pfalzgraf bei Rhein'')
** the [[Duke]] of [[Saxony]] ([[German]]: ''Herzog von Sachsen'')
The emperor was not necessarily chosen from this body (e.g. [[Frederick Barbarossa]]): in fact, the ecclesiastic electors were ineligible.
[[Category:German History]]
The original college was made up by:
* Three ecclesiastic electors
** the [[Mainz|Archbishop of Mainz]]
** the [[Trier|Archbishop of Trier]]
** the [[Cologne|Archbishop of Cologne]]
* Four secular electors
** the [[King]] of [[Bohemia]] ([[German]]: ''König von Böhmen'', [[Czech]]: ''král český'')
** the [[Margrave]] of [[Brandenburg]] (''Markgraf von Brandenburg'')
** the [[Count Palatine]] of the [[Rhine]] ([[German]]: ''Pfalzgraf bei Rhein'')
** the [[Duke]] of [[Saxony]] ([[German]]: ''Herzog von Sachsen'')
The emperor was not necessarily chosen from this body (e.g. [[Frederick Barbarossa]]): in fact, the ecclesiastic electors were ineligible.
[[Category:German History]]