Philip, Elector Palatine

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Philip of the Rhine and Margarete of Bavaria
Philip of the Rhine and Margarete of Bavaria

Philip the Upright, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (German: Philipp der Aufrichtige) (14 July 1448, Heidelberg28 February 1508, Germersheim) was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach from 1476 to 1508.

He was the only son of Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his wife Margarete of Savoy. At the age of one year Philip fell under the guardianship of his uncle Frederick, who more lately adopted him. In 1474 he married with Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut, the daughter of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria and received the Upper Palatinate. After the death of his adoptive father in 1476, he became the Elector. In 1499 he inherited the possessions of thу branches of Pfalz-Mosbach and Pfalz-Neumarkt. Philip lost the Landshut War of Succession in 1504 against Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria.

In 1481 Philip invited Johann von Dalberg into the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.

[edit] Family and children

Married 21 February 1474 Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut (7 Nov 1456-25 Feb 1501). They had the following children:

  1. Louis (2 July 147816 March 1544)
  2. Philipp (5 July 14805 January 1541), Bishop of Freising (1498-1541) and of Naumburg (1517-41)
  3. Ruprecht (14 May 148120 August 1504), Bishop of Freising (1495-1498), father of Otto Henry, Elector Palatine
  4. Frederick (9 December 148226 February 1556)
  5. Elisabeth (16 November 148324 June 1522), married:
    1. in 1498 to Landgrave William III of Hesse-Marburg;
    2. in 1503 to Margrave Philip I of Baden
  6. Georg (10 February 148627 September 1529), Bishop of Speyer (1515-1529)
  7. Henry (15 February 14873 January 1552), Bishop of Utrecht (1523-1529) and of Freising (1541-1552), Bishop of Worms (1523-1552)
  8. John III (7 May 1488] – 3 February 1538), Bishop of Regensburg (1507-1538)
  9. Amalie (25 July 14906 January 1524), married in 1513 to Duke George I of Pomerania-Wolgast
  10. Barbara (28 August 149115 August 1505)
  11. Helene (9 February 14934 August 1524), married in 1513 to Duke Henry III of Mecklenburg
  12. Wolfgang (31 October 14942 April 1558)
  13. Otto Henry, born and died in 1496
  14. Katharina (d. 16 January 1526)
Preceded by
Frederick I
Elector Palatine
14761508
Succeeded by
Louis V

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