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Louis III was the third son of King Rupert of Germany [1] and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg. [2] During his father's campaign in Italy 1401-1402 Louis served as imperial vicar. He succeeded his father in 1410 as Elector of the Palatinate but did not run for the German crown. The Palatinate was divided among the four of Rupert's surviving sons.
- 23 January 1378
- Elisabeth of Nuremberg
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 ...
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Her widower became Elector Palatine as Louis III in 1410 after the death of his father King Rupert and in 1417 married Matilda, daughter of Amadeo, Prince of Achaea, member of the House of Savoy, who bore him five children.
Charles Louis, Elector Palatine ( German: Karl I. Ludwig; 22 December 1617 – 28 August 1680), was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and sister of Charles I of England . After living the first half of his life in exile during the German Thirty Years' War and ...
- 24 October 1648 – 28 August 1680
- Elizabeth Stuart
May 2, 2023 · To secure his position, Henry arranged political marriages for his six children. His eldest daughter, Blanche, was earmarked for Louis III, Elector Palatine, from the German House of Wittelsbach. He was the Prince Elector of the Palatine region of Germany which was an outpost of the Holy Roman Empire.
Elector Palatine. Also known as Louis III the Bearded. Born on 31 January 1378 in Electoral Palatinate Died on 8 January 1437 in Heidelberg
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