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Upon his father's death in 1632, Karl Ludwig inherited his exiled father's pretensions to the Palatinate, and was, in fact, restored to his patrimony with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, although he was not restored to the imperial electorate of which his father had been deprived in 1623 - instead he received a new Electoral title, while the original one remained in the possession of the Electors of Bavaria. Karl Ludwig reigned over a largely devastated country, and consequently his reign was not especially eventful. See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by Gerard Terborch (1648) The Peace of Westphalia, also known as the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück, is the series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years War and officially recognized the United Provinces and Swiss Confederation. ... Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

The most notable facet of his reign was probably his unilateral divorce of his wife, Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and subsequent bigamous marriage to Marie Luise von Degenfeld. This second wife was given the unique title of Raugräfin ("Waste Count"), and their children were known as the Raugraves.

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