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Countess Palatine of the Rhine, wife of Count Palatine Adolf the Upright
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 ...
Prince Rupert's coat of arms as a Prince Palatine of the Rhine, showing the arms of the Palatine quartered with his dynastical arms of Wittelsbach. Prince Rupert had a varied career. He was a soldier as a child, fighting alongside Dutch forces against Habsburg Spain during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), and against the Holy Roman Emperor ...
Quick Reference. In the later Roman Empire, a count ( comes) attached to the imperial palace, and having supreme judicial authority in all causes that came to the king's immediate audience; later, a feudal lord having royal authority within a region of a kingdom; a high official of the Holy Roman Empire with royal authority within his domain.
Nov 29, 2022 · Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German Ruprecht II., der Harte (der Ernste)) (12 May 1325, Amberg 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 13901398. He was the elder son of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Countess Irmengard
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine -Birth. 27 September, 1300
