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Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern

Count Palatine of Simmern (1459-1480)

Field	Value
name	Frederick I
title	Count Palatine of Simmern
image	File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg
caption	Coat of arms of Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern
noble family	Wittelsbach
father	Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
mother	Anna of Veldenz
spouse	Margaret of Guelders
issue	{{plainlist
issue-link	#Children
birth_date	19 November 1417
death_date
death_place	Simmern
burial_place	Abbey of Ravengiersburg

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Rupert | issue-link = #Children Frederick I, the Hunsrücker (German: Friedrich I.; 19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480.

Biography

Born on 19 November 1417, Frederick was the son of Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife, Anna of Veldenz, both members of the House of Wittelsbach. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Marriage and children

Frederick married on 16 August 1454 Margaret, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders. They had:

Katherine of Palatinate-Simmern (1455 – 28 December 1522), Abbess in the St Klara monastery in Trier
Stephen (25 February 1457 – 1488/9) Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz and Cologne
William (2 January 1458 – 1458)
John I (15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509)
Frederick (10 April 1460 – 22 November 1518) Canon in Cologne, Speyer, Trier, Mainz, Magdeburg and Strasbourg
Rupert (16 October 1461 – 19 April 1507), bishop of Regensburg.
Anne (30 July 1465 – 15 July 1517) Nun in Trier
Margaret (2 December 1466 – August 1506) Nun in Trier
Helene (1467 – 21 February 1555) Prioress in the St. Agnes monastery in Trier
William (20 April 1468 – 1481) Canon in Trier

Death

Frederick died in Simmern in 1480 and was buried in the Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.

References

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/wittelsbach/pfalz-03.htm

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