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Rupert (III) of Germany (1352 – 1410) Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400. Knight of the Garter. Louis III (1378 –1436) Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Louis IV (1424–1449) Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Frederick I, the Victorious (1425–1476) Elector Palatine of the Rhine, Ancestor of the morganatic House of Löwenstein ...
The Elector of the Palatinate (German: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled the Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhine in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The Palatinate emerged from the County Palatine of Lotharingia, which came into existence in the 10th century. Wigeric of Lotharingia, count of the Bidgau (c. 915/916–922) Godfrey, count of the Jülichgau (c ...
Louis VI, Elector Palatine was the son of Louis V and Sibylle of Bavaria. At a young age he joined his father during the Protestant Wars and was raised as a staunch opponent of Martin Luther and all his successors. With age he however lost this anger, his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Ferdinand of Austria, saw this as a Habsburg and with Charles I of Spain on the throne, he soon found himself ...
Louis VI (German: Ludwig VI.) (4 July 1539 - 22 October 1583) was the Elector Palatine from 1576 until 1583. Louis was born in Simmern in 1539 to Frederick III, Elector Palatine. Louis was secretly raised by his mother Maria of Brandenburg-Kulmbach as a Lutheran against the wishes of his Calvinist father. He succeeded his father as Elector Palatine in 1576. Although Frederick in his will ...
Feb 1, 2011 · 15205 Louis VI succeeds as Elector Palatine 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.
Louis VI, Elector Palatine (4 July 1539 in Simmern – 22 October 1583 in Heidelberg), was an Elector from the Palatinate-Simmern branch of the house of Wittelsbach. Read more on Wikipedia Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis VI, Elector Palatine has received more than 96,872 page views.
Signature. Frederick's coat of arms. Frederick V (German: Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) [1] [2] was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the ...
