Pfalzerzherzog

German[edit]

Pfalz (“Palatinate”) +‎ Erzherzog (“archduke”), from erz- (“arch-”) +‎ Herzog (“duke”). A calque of the Medieval Latin Palātīnus archidux.^[1]

Pfalzerzherzog m (strong, genitive Pfalzerzherzogs or Pfalzerzherzoges, plural Pfalzerzherzöge or (uncommon) Pfalzerzherzoge)

(medieval) Archduke Palatine (created by and for Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, in the forged charter, the Privilegium Maius, this title was similar to the Elector Palatine of the Rhine, holder of an electoral vote)

Declension of Pfalzerzherzog [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pfalzerzherzog	die	Pfalzerzherzöge, Pfalzerzherzoge²
genitive	eines	des	Pfalzerzherzogs, Pfalzerzherzoges	der	Pfalzerzherzöge, Pfalzerzherzoge²
dative	einem	dem	Pfalzerzherzog, Pfalzerzherzoge¹	den	Pfalzerzherzögen, Pfalzerzherzogen²
accusative	einen	den	Pfalzerzherzog	die	Pfalzerzherzöge, Pfalzerzherzoge²

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Uncommon.

^ Privilegium Maius‎^[1] (in Latin), 1358-1359 CE, §15: “Si quibusvis curiis publicis Imperii dux Austrię presens fuerit, unus de palatinis archiducibus est censendus et nichilominus in consessu et incessu ad latus dextrum Imperii post electores principes obtineat primum locum. ― If the duke of Austria will have been present at any of the public courts of the Empire, also let him, (who) should be ranked among the Archdukes Palatine, obtain the first position after the prince electors at the right side of the Empire in both assembly and entrance.”