| 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 |
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| 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 |
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