 | Edward Gibbon - 1830 - 442 pages
...name and rank, the exclusive privilege of choosing the Roman emperor; and these electors were the king of Bohemia, the duke of Saxony, the margrave of Brandenburg, the count palatine of the Rhine, and the three archbishops of Mentz, of Treves, and of Cologne. II. The college of princes and prelates purged... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 pages
...and rank, the exclusive privilege of choosing the Roman emperor ; and these electors were the king of Bohemia, the duke of Saxony, the margrave of Brandenburg, the count palatine of the Rhine, and the three archbishops of Mentz, of Treves, and of Cologne. II. The college of princes and prelates purged... | |
 | Charles Isidore Hemans - 1869 - 652 pages
...electing the German Emperor by the suffrages of seven princes , lay and ecclesiastical — the king of Bohemia , the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine, the Archbishops of Cologne, Mayence, and Treves — with the condition that till his coronation by... | |
 | Charles Isidore Hemans - 1869 - 642 pages
...electing the German Emperor by the suffrages of seven princes , lay and ecclesiastical — the king of Bohemia , the Duke of Saxony , the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine, the Archbishops of Cologne, Mayence, and Treves — with the condition that till his coronation by... | |
 | John Hosack - 1882 - 440 pages
...been vested in seven electors, and at this time they consisted of the King of Bohemia, the Elector of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the three Archbishops of Mentz, Cologne, and Treves. For upwards of five months every species of influence... | |
 | Popular educator - 1884 - 910 pages
...the king, the man best able to serve the common weal. The electora were seven in number — the King of Bohemia, the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the Prince-Bishops of Mayence, Trêves, and Cologne, and these among themselves decided who should be chief... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1884 - 608 pages
...right of choosing the Roman Emperor. In the thirteenth century, the persons thus honoured were the King of Bohemia, the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine of of inferior rulers who had less interest than himself in promoting the general welfare. The rugged... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1180 pages
...electors were the archbishops of Mayence, Cologne and Treves ; the four temporal were the king of Bohemia, the margrave of Brandenburg, the count Palatine of the Rhine, and the duke of Saxony. It was published in the presence of the emperor on his throne, and at the diet held... | |
 | Louis Heilprin - 1885 - 604 pages
...emperor is for the first time assumed exclusively by the archbishops of Mentz, Treves, and Cologne, the duke of Saxony, the margrave of Brandenburg, the count palatine of the Rhine, and the king of Bohemia, 1257; the Seven Electors recognized in the Golden Bull, 1356; Bavaria created an electorate... | |
 | Arthur Henry Johnson - 1898 - 514 pages
...vested in seven Electors; the three Archbishops of Mainz (Mayence), Trier (Treves), and Koln (Cologne), the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the King of Bohemia. Of these seven Electors all, with the exception of the King of Bohemia, who took no... | |
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Roman emperor ; and these electors were the king of Bohemia, the duke of Saxony, the margrave of Brandenburg, the count palatine of the Rhine, and the three archbishops of Mentz, of Treves, and of Cologne. 
