Talk:Imperial count palatine

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Unnecessary new page

This page appears to be a content fork whose entire content is best located at the article already existing, Count Palatine, there not being enough reliable sources to support the notion that an "Imperial Count Palatine" is, in origin, substantively different from others. I think a speedy delete may be called for. FactStraight (talk) 05:57, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very useful page; Prior count palatine page could use enhancement & restructuring

As an answer to User:FactStraight, let me assert that this is a very fine article brought over from the German Wikipedia. As an historian of early modern Germany, I will confess that I initially found the presence of this office, whose title overlapped with that of the Count Palatine of the Rhine, quite perplexing. The Count Palatine of the Rhine was one of the highest ranking princes of the empire and while an imperial count palatine might often be a scholar or some other court figure who had risen from a humble status. In short, one might say they were glorified notaries. This article, which is well attested in German sources, makes a useful contribution. Furthermore as this office functioned largely in the Holy Roman Empire, English language reference works do not generally do it justice.

At this point the article is simply a translation of from German Wikipedia. In the coming days I will work to differentiate the office of an imperial count palatine from the more illustrious noble title. It will also be useful to retain this as a separate article to support the Category:Count Palatine (Imperial) which should soon have in the neighborhood of fifty linking articles (see de:Kategorie:Hofpfalzgraf).

I will concede at this point that the previously existing Count palatine page needs enhancement and restructuring, and the relationship of the articles needs to be clarified. Nevertheless this office is so distinct from the more general noble title that the article should be retained. A look at my contribution list will show that I have been doing a my part to organize the history of the Electoral Palatinate in the early modern period. Gamonetus (talk) 13:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Count palatine

@FactStraight: Is it time to a file a new request for a merge with Count Palatine? The associated specific Category:Count Palatine (Imperial), however, may still remain. PPEMES (talk) 13:09, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 11 June 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 18:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Imperial Count Palatine → Imperial count palatine – Per WP:CONSISTENCY with Count palatine, as emphasised by Talk:Count palatine. PPEMES (talk) 18:40, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Srnec (talk) 14:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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