Nominally, the order of the Electoral college was fixed in 1356 with a golden bull and once more recorded in this combination in 1489. The Bull dictated 7 Electors. One of those Electors was the King of Bohemia, next to the Palatine, Saxony, Brandenburg, Cologne, Trier, and Mainz.1 Later more electors would appear, but for the longest time, this was the setup. When in 1526 the King of Bohemia died, the crown and title of arch-cupbearer fell to the Habsburgs in the person of Archduke Ferdinand...
