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1531 imperial election
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An imperial election was held in Cologne on 5 January 1531 to select the King of the Romans of the Holy Roman Empire. As the current emperor, Charles V, had not yet died nor abdicated, this election w
1531 imperial election
Imperial election
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The election of a Holy Roman Emperor was generally a two-stage process whereby the King of the Romans was elected by a small body of the greatest princes of the realm, the prince-electors. This was th
The election of Matthias as Roman-German Emperor by the prince electors in 1612 depicted on a contemporary engraving
The election of Matthias as Roman-German Emperor by the prince electors in 1612 depicted on a contemporary engraving
The Emperor and the eight electors (of Trier, Cologne, Mainz, Bohemia, Bavaria, Saxony, Brandenburg and the Electorate of the Palatinate). Copper engr
The Emperor and the eight electors (of Trier, Cologne, Mainz, Bohemia, Bavaria, Saxony, Brandenburg and the Electorate of the Palatinate). Copper engraving by Abraham Aubry, Nuremberg, 1663/64.