The Electress of the Palatinate (German: Kurfürstin von der Pfalz) was the consort of the Prince-elector of the Electorate of the Palatinate, one of the Holy Roman Empire's greatest princes.[1]
First Electorate, 1356–1648
House of Wittelsbach, Main branch, 1356–1559
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Elisabeth of Namur | John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre) |
1329 | Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358 |
10 January 1356 Raised to Electress |
29 March 1382 | Rupert I | ||
Beatrice of Berg | William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg (Jülich) |
1360 | before 14 November 1385 | 16 February 1390 husband's death |
16 May 1395 | |||
Elisabeth of Nuremberg | Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern) |
1358 | 27 June 1374 | 6 January 1398 husband's accession |
18 May 1410 husband's death |
26 July 1411 | Rupert III | |
Matilda of Savoy | Amadeus, Prince of Achaea (Savoy) |
1391/1400 | 30 November 1417 | 30 December 1436 husband's death |
14 May 1438 | Louis III | ||
Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 18 October 1445 | 13 August 1449 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis IV | ||
Margaret of Bavaria | Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) |
7 November 1456 | 21 February 1474 | 12 December 1476 husband's accession |
24/25 February 1501 | Philip | ||
Sibylle of Bavaria | Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) |
16 June 1489 | 23 February 1511 | 18 April 1519 | Louis V | |||
Dorothea of Denmark | Christian II of Denmark (Oldenburg) |
10 November 1520 | 26 September 1535 | 16 March 1544 husband's accession |
26 February 1556 husband's death |
31 May 1580 | Frederick II | |
House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1559–1623
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Hohenzollern) |
14 October 1519 | 21 October 1537 | 12 February 1559 husband's accession |
31 October 1567 | Frederick III | ||
Amalia of Neuenahr | Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen, Count of Limburg (Neuenahr) |
6 April 1539 | 25 April 1569 | 26 October 1576 husband's death |
10 April 1602 | |||
Elisabeth of Hesse | Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse) |
13 February 1539 | 8 July 1560 | 26 October 1576 husband's accession |
14 March 1582 | Louis VI | ||
Anne of Ostfriesland | Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (Cirksena) |
26 June 1562 | 12 July 1583 | 22 October 1583 husband's death |
21 April 1621 | |||
Louise Juliana of Nassau | William the Silent (Orange-Nassau) |
31 March 1576 | 23 June 1593 | 19 September 1610 husband's death |
15 March 1644 | Frederick IV | ||
Elizabeth Stuart of England and Scotland | James VI of Scotland (Stuart) |
19 August 1596 | 14 February 1613 | 23 February 1623 husband's accession |
13 February 1662 | Frederick V | ||
House of Wittelsbach, Bavarian branch, 1623–1648
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Elisabeth of Lorraine | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
9 October 1574 | 6 February 1595 | 23 February 1623 husband's accession |
4 January 1635 | Maximilian I | ||
Maria Anna of Austria | Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
13 January 1610 | 15 July 1635 | October 1648 Became better known as Electress of Bavaria |
25 September 1665 | |||
Second Electorate, 1648–1777
House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1648–1685
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel | William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) |
20 November 1627 | 22 February 1650 | 1658 divorce |
26 March 1686 | Charles I Louis | ||
Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark | Frederick III of Denmark (Oldenburg) |
20 or 21 June 1650 | 20 September 1671 | 28 August 1680 husband's accession |
26 May 1685 husband's death |
22 or 23 April 1706 | Charles II | |
House of Palatinate-Neuburg, 1685–1742
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt | George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmsta) |
20 March 1635 | 3 September 1653 | 26 May 1685 husband's accession |
2 September 1690 husband's death |
4 August 1709 | Philip William | |
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici | Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) |
11 August 1667 | 29 April 1691 | 8 June 1716 husband's death |
18 February 1743 | John William | ||
House of Palatinate-Sulzbach, 1742–1799
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Elisabeth Augusta of Palatinate-Sulzbach | Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (Wittelsbach) |
17 January 1721 | 17 January 1742 | 31 December 1742 husband's accession |
17 August 1794 | Charles IV Theodore | ||
Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este | Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Austria-Este) |
10 December 1776 | 15 February 1795 | 16 February 1799 husband's death |
23 June 1848 | |||
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, 1799–1806
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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Caroline of Baden | Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Baden) |
13 July 1776 | 9 March 1797 | 16 February 1799 husband's accession |
1 January 1806 elevated to Queen of Bavaria |
13 November 1841 | Maximilian II Joseph | |
See also
Sources
- Marek, Miroslav. "Rulers of RHEINPFALZ". Genealogy.EU.
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