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Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine () ( 14 July 1448 , Heidelberg28 February 1508 , Germersheim ) was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the House Of Wittelsbach in 1476 - 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 .

In 1481 Philip invited Johann Von Dalberg into the Ruprecht Karl University Of Heidelberg .


FAMILY AND CHILDREN

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

  Title Elector Palatine Of The Rhine
  Before Frederick I
  After Louis V



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