<Ul> <Li> Bavaria retained the Palatinate's vote in the Imperial Council of Electors (which elected the Holy Roman Emperor), which it had been granted by the ban on the Elector Palatine Frederick V in 1623 . The Prince Palatine, Frederick's son, was given a new, eighth electoral vote . </Li> <Li> The Palatinate was divided between the re-established Elector Palatine Charles Louis (son and heir of Frederick V) and Elector - Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, and thus between the Protestants and Catholics . Charles Louis obtained the Lower Palatinate, along the Rhine, while Maximilian kept the Upper Palatinate, to the north of Bavaria . </Li> <Li> Brandenburg - Prussia (later Prussia) received Farther Pomerania, and the Bishoprics of Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Kammin, and Minden . </Li> <Li> The succession to the United Duchies of Jülich - Cleves - Berg, whose last duke had died in 1609, was clarified . Jülich, Berg, and Ravenstein were given to the Count Palatine of Neuburg, while Cleves, Mark, and Ravensberg went to Brandenburg . </Li> <Li> It was agreed that the Prince - Bishopric of Osnabrück would alternate between Protestant and Catholic holders, with the Protestant bishops chosen from cadets of the House of Brunswick - Lüneburg . </Li> <Li> Barriers to trade and commerce erected during the war were abolished, and "a degree" of free navigation was guaranteed on the Rhine . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bavaria retained the Palatinate's vote in the Imperial Council of Electors (which elected the Holy Roman Emperor), which it had been granted by the ban on the Elector Palatine Frederick V in 1623 . The Prince Palatine, Frederick's son, was given a new, eighth electoral vote . </Li> <Li> The Palatinate was divided between the re-established Elector Palatine Charles Louis (son and heir of Frederick V) and Elector - Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, and thus between the Protestants and Catholics . Charles Louis obtained the Lower Palatinate, along the Rhine, while Maximilian kept the Upper Palatinate, to the north of Bavaria . </Li> <Li> Brandenburg - Prussia (later Prussia) received Farther Pomerania, and the Bishoprics of Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Kammin, and Minden . </Li>

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