List of Rhenish consorts

Countess Palatine of the Rhine

Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Palatine Ceased to be Countess Palatine Death Husband
Adelheid von Weimar-Orlamünde Otto I, Margrave of Meissen around 1055 after 1080 1085
husband's accession
23 October 1095
husband's death
28 March 1100 Henry of Laach
Gertrude of Northeim Henry, Margrave of Frisia 1090 before 27 August 1111 3 September 1113
husband's death
before 1165 Siegfried of Ballenstadt
Liutgard of Zähringen Berthold II, Duke of Zähringen
(Zähringen)
- - 1113
husband's death
1129
husband's deposition
- Gottfried of Kalw
Adelheid - - before 17 March 1130 1129
husband's accession
1139
husband's deposition
- William of Ballenstadt
Gertrude of Hohenstaufen Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
(Hohenstaufen)
- 1127 1142
husband's accession
2 October 1156
husband's death
after 1182 Hermann of Stahleck

House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Palatine Ceased to be Countess Palatine Death Husband
? Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim
(Sponheim)
- - 1156
husband's appointment
1159/60 Conrad
Irmgard of Henneberg Berthold I, Count of Henneberg
(Henneberg)
- 1159 c. 1212
husband's abdication
15 July 1197

House of Welf, 1195–1214

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Palatine Ceased to be Countess Palatine Death Husband
Agnes of Hohenstaufen Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Hohenstaufen)
1176 December 1193
or
January 1194
8 November 1195
husband's accession
9/10 May 1204 Henry V
Agnes of Wettin Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
(Wettin)
- 1211 c. 1212
husband's abdication
1 January 1248
Matilda of Brabant Henry I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1200 end-November 1212 c. 1212
husband's accession
25 April 1214
husband's death
22 December 1267 Henry VI

House of Wittelsbach, 1214–1356

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Palatine Ceased to be Countess Palatine Death Husband
Ludmilla of Bohemia Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
(Přemyslid)
1170 end-October 1204 25 April 1214
husband's accession
15 September 1231
husband's death
5 August 1240 Louis I
Agnes of the Palatinate Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Welf)
1201 May 1222 15 September 1231
husband's accession
29 November 1253
husband's death
16 November 1267 Otto II Wittelsbach
Maria of Brabant Henry II, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1226 2 August 1254 18 January 1256 Louis II
Anna of Glogau Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau
(Piast)
1250/52 24 August 1260 25 June 1271
Matilda of Habsburg Rudolph I of Germany
(Habsburg)
1252 24 October 1273 2 February 1294
husband's death
23 December 1304
Mechtild of Nassau Adolf of Germany
(Nassau)
before 1280 1 September 1294 1317
husband's desposition
19 June 1323 Rudolf I
Beatrix of Świdnica Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica
(Piast)
1290/2 14 October 1308/11 1317
husband's accession
25 August 1322 Emperor Louis IV
Margaret of Holland William I, Count of Hainaut
(Avesnes)
1311 26 February 1324 1329
Treaty of Pavia
23 June 1356
Anna of Gorizia-Tyrol Otto III, Duke of Carinthia
(Meinhardiner)
1300 1328 1329
Treaty of Pavia
16 May 1331
or
4 July 1335
Rudolf II
Margaret of Sicily Frederick III of Sicily
(Barcelona)
1331 1348 4 October 1353
husband's death
1377
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

Electress Palatine

First Electorate, 1356–1648

House of Wittelsbach, Main branch, 1356–1559

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Electress Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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 Palatine Ceased to be Electress Palatine Death Husband
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

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