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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. He was the first-born son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach .
- 26 October 1576 – 22 October 1583
- Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
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. He was the first-born son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
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Louis VI (1539 –1583) Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Married firstly Elisabeth of Hesse (1539 – 1582) daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and secondly Countess Anne of Ostfriesland (1562 – 1621) daughter of Edzard II, Count of East Frisia. Frederick IV (1574 – 1610) Elector Palatine of the Rhine.
This article lists counts palatine of Lotharingia, counts palatine of the Rhine, and electors of the Palatinate ( German: Kurfürst von der Pfalz ), the titles of three counts palatine who ruled some part of the Rhine region in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire between 915 to 1803.
RulerRulerBornReign23 December 11731214–123115 September 12317 April 12061231–125329 November 125313 April 12291253–12942 February 12944 October 12741296–131712 August 1319Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: Ludwig V. von der Pfalz) (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was prince elector of the Palatinate .
- 28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544
- Margaret of Bavaria
artist: Unknown. title: Ludwig (Louis) VI, 1539 - 1583. Elector Palatine. date created: Unknown. materials: Line engraving on paper. measurements: 6.05 x 4.45 cm. object type: Work on paper. credit line: Purchased 1932. accession number: FP I 196.1. gallery: Scottish National Portrait Gallery ( Print Room) depicted: Ludwig Ludwig.
Louis VI (German: Ludwig VI.) (4 July 1539 - 22 October 1583) was the Elector Palatine from 1576 until 1583. Life. 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.
