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by: Ralph Dornfeld Owen, Friedrich Krebs
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781422362372
ISBN: 142236237X
Label: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Manufacturer: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Number Of Pages: 17
Publication Date: January 01, 1960
Publisher: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Sales Rank: 3339101
Studio: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
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Records of the Port of Phila. during the 18th cent. are filled with entries listing emigrates called Palatines. This article explains the meaning of this term. A courtier in the imperial palace of the old German Empire (700-1800 A.D.) was designed as a comis palatinus, Latin for companion of the palace. The word comis is the parent of the French title of nobility comte & of the English title count. The German equivalent is the title graf. The Latin adjective palatinus is derived from the noun palatium, English palace, German palast. Charlemagne employed some of his counts to administer certain crown lands, & they came to be called palatinata , i.e., lands under the supervision of palace officials. The English term is palatinate, the German Pfalz.
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