Editing Electoral Palatinate (section)

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[[File:Hornöck Maximilian I von Bayern um 1810.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian Joseph]], Elector of Bavaria (1799–1806)]]

The Palatine territories on the [[left bank of the Rhine]] were annexed by [[French First Republic|France]] in 1795, mainly becoming part of the [[Mont-Tonnerre]] department. In 1799 Elector Charles Theodore died and the territory was inherited by the Duke of [[Palatine Zweibrücken]], uniting all the Wittelsbach lands. The loss of the left bank territories was accepted by the new Elector [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian Joseph]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1802)|Treaty of Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kurpfalzarchiv.de/die-aufloesung-der-kurpfalz/|title=Die Auflösung der Kurpfalz |trans-title=Dissolution of the Electoral Palatinate|website=Kurpfalz Regional Archiv|access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> Those on the right were taken by the [[Elector of Baden]], after the 1805 [[Peace of Pressburg (1805)|Peace of Pressburg]] dissolved the Holy Roman Empire; the remaining Wittelsbach territories were united by Maximilian Joseph as the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]].{{sfn|Nicholls|1999|p=18}}