Imperial Electorate (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

Imperial Council
Type	Electoral body
Legal status	active
Purpose/focus	Electing a new Emperor
Headquarters	Aachen Rathaus
Location	Aachen
Official languages	Latin/German
Parent organization	Holy Roman Empire

The Imperial Council is the collection of Electors within the Holy Roman Empire. The Council is responsible for electing the next Emperor whenever the incumbent dies or decides to abdicate. 

Imperial conclaves

1479 election

Votes:

Electorate	Title	Origin of Authority	Voted?
Mainz	archbishopric	Ecclesiastical	X
Cologne	archbishopric	Ecclesiastical
Trier	archbishopric	Ecclesiastical	X
Bremen	archbishopric	Ecclesiastical	X
Nassau	County	Secular
Bohemia	Kingdom	secular	X
Saxony	Duchy	secular	X
Lower Bavaria	Duchy	secular	X
Hesse	Landgraviate	secular	X
Papacy	Kingdom	observer
Swisterland	Confederation	observer
Bari	Christian order	observer

Nominated states/ Candidates

Candidate	Votes
Henry III Premyslid (Bohemia)	7
Engelbert II La Mark (Saxony)
Hermann III (Hesse)
Rolf "Greyhands" Bayard

1493 election

Votes:

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Voted?
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Adelbert of Saxony	Herman von Getz	X
Cologne
Trier
Bremen
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	X
Secular
Nassau	Suspended
Bohemia	Ottokar III		X
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		X
Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria		X
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	X
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	Bernard "Twice-Died"	X
Thuringia	Thin White Duke	Hugh von Jenagotha	X
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Henry VIII	?	Unused
Premier Captain	Rolf Bayard	N/A	X
Cabinet Members	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria		X
	Leopold von Habsburg
1492 Football Champions	Hohenzollern	Frederick von Hohenzollern	X

Nominated states/ Candidates:

Candidate	Votes
Henry von Jenagotha (Thuringia)	11
William II (France)
Edmund Alwin (Saxony)

1497 Plebiscite

Should Nassau's Elector Status be un-suspended?

Electorate	Elector	Representative	YES	NO	Abstain
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Adelbert of Saxony	Herman von Getz
Cologne
Trier
Bremen
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	X
Secular
Nassau	Suspended
Bohemia	Ottokar III		X
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		X
Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	X
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	Bernard "Twice-Died"	X
Thuringia	Thin White Duke	Hugh von Jenagotha	X
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	N/A
Premier Captain	Rolf Bayard	N/A	X
Cabinet Members	Hugh von Jenagotha		X
	Conrad “One-eye” Přemyslid		X

Candidate	Votes
Yes	8
No
Abstain

1498 Election

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Candidates
			1	2	3	4	5
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Adelbert of Saxony	Herman von Getz	1
Cologne			1	2
Trier
Bremen			X
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	X
Secular
Nassau	Jezrahiah von Nassau		1	2	3
Bohemia	Ottokar IV		1	3			2
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		1			3	2
Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria		1	2		3
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	1	2		3
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	Bernard "Twice-Died"	X
Thuringia	Thin White Duke	Hugh von Jenagotha	2		1
Habsburg	Leopold von Habsburg
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Henry IX	William von Jenagotha	X
Premier Captain	Jaromir Přemyslid	N/A	X
Cabinet Members	Ruprecht von Moers, Archbishop of Cologne
	Jantis "the Jackal" Jett

#	Candidate	1st Votes	2nd Votes	3rd Votes
1	Phillip of the Palatine	11	1
2	Ermanaric von Nassau		4	1
3	Hugh von Jenagotha	1		1
4	William II of France			3
5	Edmund Alwin de la Marck		2

1501 Election

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Candidates
			1	2	3	4	5	6
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Bertrand of Villingen	Herman von Getz	1
Cologne			1			3		2
Trier			3				2	1
Bremen
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	2				1	3
Secular
Nassau	Jezrahiah von Nassau		2				1
Bohemia	Ottokar IV	Charles "the White"		3		2	1
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		3			2	1
Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria		2				1
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	2				1
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	Bernard "Twice-Died"		3		2	1
Thuringia	Thin White Duke	Hugh von Jenagotha	2			3	1
Habsburg	Peter von Habsburg		3				2	1
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Philip von Wittlesbach
Premier Captain	Jaromir Přemyslid	N/A		1	3		2
Cabinet Members	Paracelsus					1	3	2
	Jaromir Přemyslid

#	Candidate	1st Votes	2nd Votes	3rd Votes
1	Jezrahiah von Nassau	2	5	3
2	Hugh von Jenagotha	1		2
3	William II of France			1
4	Edmund Alwin de la Marck		3	2
5	Frederick von Hohenzollern	8	3
6	Peter von Habsburg	2	1	1

1504 Election

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Candidates
			1	2	3	4	5	6
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Bertrand of Villingen		X
Cologne	Ruprecht von Moers		X
Trier
Bremen
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	X
Secular
Nassau	Jezrahiah von Nassau		1		3	2
Bohemia	Ottokar IV	N/A	1			2	3
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		1	3	2
Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	1	3		2
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	Bernard "Twice-Died"	1		2
Thuringia	Thin White Duke	Hugh von Jenagotha	1		2
Habsburg	Peter von Habsburg
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Frederick IV von Hohenzollern	Wilhelm von Hohenzollern	X
Premier Captain	Jaromir Přemyslid	N/A	X
Cabinet Members	Jeannetto de Tassis
	Jaromir Přemyslid		X

#	Candidate	1st Votes	2nd Votes	3rd Votes
1	Ottokar IV Přemyslid	9
2	William II of France			2
3	Edmund Alwin de la Marck		3	1
4	Wilhelm von Hohenzollern		3
5	Peter von Habsburg			1

1522 Election

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Candidates
			1	2	3	4	5	6
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Bertrand of Villingen
Cologne	Ruprecht von Moers		1				3	2
Trier			1				2	3
Bremen	Archbishop Hans Grueber		1		2	3
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A
Secular
Nassau	Jezrahiah von Nassau		1	2	3
Bohemia	Jaromir	N/A	X
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		X
Bavaria	George
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob	1	2	3
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg		2	1	3
Thuringia
Habsburg
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Ottokar I	Pavel "the Samaritan"	X
Premier Captain	Jantis "The Jackal" Jett	N/A	1		2			3
Cabinet Members	Hannes von Sudland
	Marek Ironside, Duke of Livonia		X

#	Candidate	1st Votes	2nd Votes	3rd Votes
1	Jaromir Přemyslid	9	1
2	Hugh von Jenagotha	1	2
3	Edmund Alwin de la Marck		1	4
4	Wilhelm von Hohenzollern			1
5	Peter von Habsburg		1	1
6	Bela of Austria		1	2

1524 Plebiscite

Should the Burgermeister of Hamburg-Lubeck be made an Imperial Elector?

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Options
			YES	NO	ABSTAIN
Ecclesiastic
Mainz	Bertrand of Villingen
Cologne	Ruprecht von Moers
Trier
Bremen	Archbishop Hans Grueber			X
Erfurt	Archbishop Simon Aufderbeck	N/A	X
Secular
Nassau	Jezrahiah von Nassau
Bohemia	Jaromir	N/A	X
Saxony	Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg		X
Bavaria	George
Hesse	Agnes of Hesse	Sir Jan Jakob
Brandenburg	Charles "the Ghost of Lechfeld" Duke of Brandenburg	X
Thuringia			X
Habsburg
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	N/A	N/A
Premier Captain	Jantis "The Jackal" Jett	N/A
Cabinet Members	Johannes of Brandenburg-Bohemia		X
	Walter Meyer
High Diet
Hamburg-Lübeck (Hansa)			X
Lotharingia					X
Bavaria
Pomerania (Hansa)			X
Bohemia			X
Austria
Modena
Switzerland
Livonia
Oldenburg
Brandenburg			X
Mecklenburg (Hansa)			X
Hesse
Messin Republic
Wurttemberg
Habsburg
C. Burgundy			X
C. Henneberg
C. Isenberg
L. Dagsburg
B. Minden
Strassburg
Imperial Council
Edmund Alwin, Duke of Saxony			X
Karl von Voss
Francesco von Habsburg
Bernard "Twice-Died"			X
Leopold II von Habsburg
Ruprecht von Moers
Marek Ironside			X
Georg Burkhart
Georg von Hanover
Thomas Zobel
Johannes of Brandenburg-Bohemia			X
Jantis "the Jackal" Jett			X

1544 Election

Electorate	Elector	Representative	Candidates
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ecclesiastic
Mainz			1		2				3
Cologne			2		1				3
Trier	Archbishop Philip von Wied			1				3		2
Bremen	Archbishop Hans Grueber		2	1	3
Secular
Nassau	Ermanaric II			2		1				3
Bohemia	Henry IV	N/A	1	2	3
Saxony	Wolfgang I						3	1		2
Bavaria	Otto VI					1		2		3
Hesse	Ermanaric II	Sir Jan Jakob		3		2	1
Brandenburg	John II		3	1						2
Thuringia	Gedeon I			3		1		2
Habsburg	Leopold II		2		1		3
Hamburg-Lubeck	Peter Burkhart		1	3	2
Special
K. of Switzerland	Vacant
Late Emperor	Jaromir I	Charles, Duke of Livonia			X
Premier Captain	Jantis "The Jackal" Jett	N/A	2						1
Cabinet Members	Peter Burkhart			X
	Charles "the White", Count of Saxe-Beizig		X

#	Candidate	1st Votes	2nd Votes	3rd Votes
1	Henry IV Přemyslid	3	4	1
2	Charles IV Přemyslid	3	2	3
3	Leopold II von Habsburg	3	2	2
4	Gedeon von Jenagotha	3	1
5	Sigismund II of Poland	1		2
6	Wolfgang de la Marck	1	2	1
7	Stephen IV of Austria	1		2
8	Ermanaric II of Hesse		3	2