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Electorate of Salzburg Kurfürstentum Salzburg (German) | |||||||||
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1803–1805 | |||||||||
Capital | Salzburg | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Elector | |||||||||
• 1803–1805 | Ferdinand III | ||||||||
Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Archbishopric secularized | February 11, 1803 | ||||||||
April 27, 1803 | |||||||||
December 26, 1805 | |||||||||
Currency | Salzburg Thaler | ||||||||
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The Electorate of Salzburg (German: Kurfürstentum Salzburg or Kursalzburg), occasionally known as the Grand Duchy of Salzburg, was an electoral principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803–05,[1] the short-lived successor state of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg.