12/01/2022 · In 1709 England found itself playing host to thousands of Germans who were fleeing famine, war and religious persecution in their native lands. Many of the first arrivals came from the Palatinate, and the refugees became collectively known as the "poor Palatines".They had been displaced by French invasions and famine during the Nine Years' and Spanish Succession wars.

Palatine Migration History. Regions of Germany. The definition of Palatine is listed to be a person who originally lived near the Rhine River in the Palatinate of southwestern Germany. Many wars in the Middle Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire resulted in …

A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural palatini; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. The term palatinus was first used in Ancient Rome for chamberlains of the Emperor due to their association with the Palatine Hill. The imperial palace guard, after the rise of Constantine I, were also called the Scholae ...

The German Palatines were early 18th-century emigrants from the Middle Rhine region of the Holy Roman Empire, including a minority from the Palatinate which gave its name to the entire group. They were both Protestant and Catholic. Throughout the Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701–14), the depredations of the ...

Duitse Palatijnen -. German Palatines. De Duitse Palts waren emigranten uit het Midden-Rijngebied van het Heilige Roomse Rijk die tussen mei en november 1709 in Engeland aankwamen. Hoewel slechts een minderheid uit de Palts kwam , ging de naam verwijzen naar de hele groep. Het waren zowel protestantse als katholieke boeren die verdreven waren ...

The Palatinate or German PFALZ, was, in German history, the land of the Count Palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters: the Rhenish, or …

06/11/2016 · The German Palatines were natives of the Electorate of the Palatinate region of Germany, although a few had come to Germany from Switzerland, the Alsace, and probably other parts of Europe. Towards the end of the 17th century and into the 18th, the Palatine region was repeatedly invaded by French troops, which resulted in continuous military ...

THE PALATINES. Prior to 1871, what is now Germany consisted of a number of separate states such as Wurttemberg, Prussia, Bavaria, etc., whose boundaries changed frequently as a result of war and other causes.The Palatinate (German: Pfalz) was one of these states, and was located along the Rhine, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Rhineland-Pfalz.