Marie Luise von Degenfeld

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Luise von Degenfeld

Maria Susanne Loysa "Luise" von Degenfeld, 1667 created Countess, (November 28, 1634 in Strasbourg - March 18, 1677 in Mannheim)

Maria arrived in 1650 to Strasbourg - as a servant in the household of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. She caught his eye, and they were married in 1658 - after Charles Louis unilataterally divorced his wife, Charlotte of Kassel. Maria was given the unique title of Raugravine (related to countess, but implying jurisdiction over uninhabited lands), and their children were known as the Raugraves.

They had 13 children in total, 8 of whom survived childhood. From the survivors, all five sons died unmarried and childless, four fell in battle, one in a duel. Of the three daughters, only Karoline married, the oldest.

Family

Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, b. December 22, 1617,

Married

January 6, 1658 Schwetzingen

Children

1. Karl Ludwig von der Pfalz, b. October 15, 1658

2. Karoline von der Pfalz, b. November 19, 1659

3. Luise von der Pfalz, b. January 25, 1661

4. Ludwig von der Pfalz, b. 1662

5. Amalie Elisabeth von der Pfalz, b. April 1, 1663

6. George Ludwig von der Pfalz, b. March 30, 1664

7. Frederike von der Pfalz, b. July 7, 1665