Electorate of Mainz

Also known as Mainz

territory in the Holy Roman Empire

Key facts

1760: 336,000
Status: State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital: Mainz
Common languages: German
Religion: Catholic Church
Government: Ecclesiastical principality
754 786: Lullus (first)
1802 1803: Karl Theodor von Dalberg (last)
Historical era: Middle Ages Early Modern
Mainz made free city: 1242–1462
Republic of mainz: 18 March – 23 July 1793
Treaty of campo formio: 17 October 1797

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Today part ofGermany

The Electorate of Mainz (German: Kurfürstentum Mainz [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌfʏʁstn̩tuːm ˈmaɪnts] or Kurmainz [kuːɐ̯ˈmaɪnts] ; Latin: Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was also the Primate of Germany (primas Germaniae), a purely honorary dignity that was unsuccessfully claimed from time to time by other archbishops. There were only two other ecclesiastical Prince-electors in the Empire: the Electorate of Cologne and the Electorate of Trier.