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• The count palatine was again driven from his hereditary dominions, and sought refuge in Holland Sidenote: Count Wallenstein But, though the emperor was successful, his finances were exhausted, and he was disagreeably dependent on Bavaria. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• He endeavoured to avoid a breach with Spain on the election of the elector palatine, the king's son-in-law, to the Bohemian throne; and in March 1621, after the latter's expulsion from Bohemia, Digby was sent to Brussels to obtain a suspension of hostilities in the Palatinate. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• But it gave such satisfaction at the moment that the fortunate master was created knight and count palatine, and appointed painter to the Emperor with a fixed pension. —  Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
• In the shadow of a spreading beech-tree were assembled the official personages: the vice-palatine, the county surveyor, the village pastor, the district physician, the justice of the peace, and the different attendants, county and state employees, belonging to these gentlemen. —  The Nameless Castle

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