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Also Known As Countship Palatine of the Rhine • Pfalz

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Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia

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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
Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Frederick IV
elector Palatine of the Rhine
Christian of Brunswick
German military commander
Agricola, Rodolphus
Rodolphus Agricola
Dutch humanist
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