Book Title: Parergon, siue, Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae

Author: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Image Title: Officials of the Holy Roman Empire

Description: This engraving by Gerard de Jode of the officials of the Holy Roman Empire as set by Otto III, who were responsible for selecting the Holy Roman Emperor. In the first row are three officials from the church (Archbishop of Trier, the Archbishop of Cologne, and the Archbishop of Mainz), the Emperor, and four secular officials of the empire (the King of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, and the Margrave of Brandenburg). In the second row are four dukes and four marquises of the Holy Roman Empire. In the bottom row are four provincial and four military dignitaries of the Holy Roman Empire.

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