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Noun(1) a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine(2) a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine

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(1) Officially it had been referred to as a palatinate from the fifteenth century, because of its special role as the inherited land and patrimony of the Grand Duke.(2) For centuries it was a palatinate under the jurisdiction of the bishop.(3) The county was made palatinate under the Earl of Chester, a title that now belongs to the Prince of Wales.(4) A rival duchy, the House of Bavaria, schemes to use him against the House of Baden to gain possession of the treasured u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Baden palatinate .u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(5) Maryland was by its charter erected into a palatinate after the model of the palatinate of Durham in England.(6) This ended the German phase of the Thirty Years' War and the Rhenish Palatinate was restored to Charles Louis who returned to Heidelberg.(7) He was born in Kues, now Bernkastel-Kues, about 30 km from Trier, an old town in the Palatinate , founded by the Romans.(8) For a pound and thirty pence I had acquired a territory greater in surface area than the Palatinate of the Rhine.(9) But two other factors combined to precipitate the mass migration of people from the Palatinate and surrounding territories.(10) One clause promised to buy off Conde's German mercenaries, led by John Casimir of the Palatinate , with a payment of 500,000 ecus.(11) Spain did aid the Catholics and the son of the Elector of the Palatinate (a Protestant) aided the Huguenots.(12) France also played a central part in the formulation of a coalition that included Denmark, Holland, England and Frederick of the Palatinate who allied against the might of the Holy Roman Emperor.