| Philip, Count Palatine Of The Rhine |
Article Index for Philip |
Website Links For Philip |
Information AboutPhilip, Count Palatine Of The Rhine |
|
Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine () ( 14 July 1448 , Heidelberg – 28 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 1478 – 16 March 1544 ) # Philipp ( 5 July 1480 – 5 January 1541 ), Bishop Of Freising (1498-1541) and of Naumburg (1517-41) # Ruprecht ( 14 May 1481 – 20 August 1504 ), Bishop of Freising (1495-1498) # Frederick ( 9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556 ) # Elisabeth ( 16 November 1483 – 24 June 1522 ), married: ## in 1498 to Landgrave William III Of Hesse-Marburg ; ## in 1503 to Margrave Philip I Of Baden # Georg ( 10 February 1486 – 27 September 1529 ), Bishop Of Speyer (1515-1529) # Henry ( 15 February 1487 – 3 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 1490 – 6 January 1524 ), married in 1513 to Duke George I Of Pomerania-Wolgast # Barbara ( 28 August 1491 – 15 August 1505 ) # Helene ( 9 February 1493 – 4 August 1524 ), married in 1513 to Duke Henry III Of Mecklenburg # Wolfgang ( 31 October 1494 – 2 April 1558 ) # Otto Henry, born and died in 1496 # Katharina (d. 16 January 1526 )
EXTERNAL LINKS |
|
|