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Religion. Reformed. Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (14 February 1515 – 16 October 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern - Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine ( Ottheinrich) in 1559.
Count Palatine of Simmern. Johann Johann I Pfalzgraf von Simmern von Pfalz-Simmern (15 May 1459 - 27 Jan 1509)
Stephen (German: Stefan) (23 June 1385 - 14 February 1459) was the Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken from 1410 until 1459. Stephen was born in 1385 as the fifth son of King Rupert III, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth of Nuremberg. After his father's death in 1410, his lands were partitioned between his four surviving sons: Stephen received the County of Zweibrücken (elevated to a ...
Life. Frederick was born in Zweibrücken in 1585 as the second son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. [1] After his father's death in 1604, Frederick Casimir and his brothers partitioned his territories; Frederick Casimir received the territory around Landsberg Castle near Obermoschel. [2]
Frederick I, the Hunsrücker (German: Friedrich I.; 19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480. Frederick was born in 1417 to Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife, Anna of Veldenz. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis. Frederick married Margaret of Guelders ...
Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken (German: Stefan Pfalzgraf von Simmern-Zweibrücken) (23 June 1385 – 14 February 1459, Simmern) was Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken from 1410 until his death in 1459. He was the son of King Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg. After the death of Rupert the Palatinate was divided ...
