What is Electoral Palatinate?
{{Infobox former country |native_name = ''Kurfürstentum Pfalz'' |conventional_long_name = Electorate of the Palatinate |common_name = Palatinate |iso3166code = omit |status = Electorate |empire = [[Holy Roman Empire]] |image_flag = Flag of The Electoral Palatinate (1604).svg |flag_caption = Flag (1604 design) |image_coat = Arms of the Electoral Palatinate (Variant 2).svg |coa_size = x100px |symbol_type = Coat of arms<br/>(1356–1803) |image_map = Locator Electoral Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire (1618).svg |image_map_alt = Located in central Germany |image_map_caption = Territory of the Electoral Palatinate in 1618, prior to the [[Thirty Years' War]] |capital = {{unbulleted list|[[Heidelberg]]|<small>(1085–1690)</small>|[[Düsseldorf]]|<small>(1690–1720)</small>|[[Mannheim]]|<small>(1720–1803)</small>}} |common_languages = [[German language|German]] |religion = Dominant confession among the population was [[Roman Catholic]] <small>(1085–1556)</small>, [[Lutheran]] <small>(1556–1563)</small> and [[Calvinist]] <small>(1563–1803)</small>.<br><br>Elector was Roman Catholic until the 1530s, then Lutheran until 1559, then Calvinist until 1575, then again Lutheran until 1583, then again Calvinist until 1685, and then again Roman Catholic since 1685. |government_type = [[Hereditary monarchy]] |title_leader = [[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector]] |leader1 = [[Henry of Laach]] <small>(first)</small> |year_leader1 = 1085–1095 |leader2 = [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian Joseph]] <small>(last)</small> |year_leader2 = 1799–1803 |era = [[Middle Ages]]/<br/>[[German Renaissance|Renaissance]] |event_start = Demotion of the Count Palatine of [[Lotharingia]] |year_start = 1085 |event_end = [[Annexation|Annexed]] by [[Electorate of Baden|Baden]] |date_end = 27 April |year_end = 1803 |event1 = [[Golden