Philip, Elector Palatine
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– 28 February 1508, Germersheim
Germersheim
Germersheim is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsruhe and Wörth.-Coat of arms:...
) 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
Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1436 - 1449....
and his wife Margaret of Savoy. At the age of one year Philip fell under the guardianship of his uncle Frederick, who later adopted him. In 1474, he married Margaret of Bavaria-Landshut, the daughter of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Louis IX , was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria.-Biography:Louis succeeded his father in 1450...
and by virtue of the marriage received the Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate
The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria.- History :The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector...
. After the death of his adoptive father in 1476, he became the Elector. In 1499 he inherited the possessions of the branches of Pfalz-Mosbach and Pfalz-Neumarkt. Philip lost the Landshut War of Succession
Landshut War of Succession
The Landshut War of Succession resulted from an agreement between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich and Bavaria-Landshut . The agreement concerned the law of succession when one of the two Dukes should die without a male heir...
in 1504 to Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich , , from 1467 Duke of Bavaria-Munich, from 1503 Duke of the reunited Bavaria.-Biography:...
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In 1481 Philip invited Johann von Dalberg into the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
The Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is a public research university located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in Germany and was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire. Heidelberg has been a coeducational institution...
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Family and children
Philip married Margaret of BavariaMargaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine
Margaret of Bavaria was a princess of Bavaria-Landshut and by marriage Princess of the Palatinate.- Life :...
(7 Nov 1456-25 Feb 1501) on 21 February 1474.
They had the following children:
- LouisLouis V, Elector PalatineLouis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine ; a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was prince elector of the Palatinate....
(2 July 1478 – 16 March 1544) - PhilipPhilip of the PalatinatePhilip of the Palatinate was Prince-Bishop of Freising and Naumburg . He was a member of the house of Wittelsbach, and the son of Elector Palatine Philip the Upright and Margaret of Bavaria. Among 14 children, he was the second oldest son...
(5 July 1480 – 5 January 1541), Bishop of Freising (1498–1541) and of NaumburgNaumburgNaumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. It is approximately southwest of Leipzig, south-southwest of Halle, and north-northeast of Jena....
(1517–41) - Ruprecht (14 May 1481 – 20 August 1504), Bishop of Freising (1495–1498), father of Otto Henry, Elector PalatineOtto Henry, Elector PalatineOtto-Henry, Elector Palatine, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1505 to 1559 and prince elector of the Palatinate from 1556 to 1559...
- FrederickFrederick II, Elector PalatineFrederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine , a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556.- Biography :...
(9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556) - ElisabethElisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of HesseElizabeth of the Palatinate was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage, successively Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg and Margravine of Baden....
(16 November 1483 – 24 June 1522), married:- in 1498 to William III, Landgrave of Hesse-MarburgWilliam III, Landgrave of HesseWilliam III "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse ruled on the part of the county known as Upper Hesse, with residence in Marburg....
- in 1503 to Philip I, Margrave of BadenPhilip I, Margrave of BadenMargrave Philip I of Baden took over the administration of his father's possessions Baden , Durlach, Pforzheim and Altensteig and parts of Eberstein, Lahr and Mahlberg in 1515 and ruled as governor until he inherited the territories in 1527...
- in 1498 to William III, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg
- Georg (10 February 1486 – 27 September 1529), Bishop of SpeyerBishopric of SpeyerThe Bishopric of Speyer was a state, ruled by Prince-Bishops, in what is today the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was secularized in 1803...
(1515–1529) - HenryHenry of the Palatinate (bishop)Henry of Bavaria or Henry of the Palatinate was bishop of Utrecht from 1524 to 1529, bishop of Worms from 1523 to 1552 and bishop of Freising from 1541 to 1552....
(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)
- AmalieAmalie of the PalatinateAmalie of the Palatinate was a member of the Wittelsbach family and a Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast.- Life :...
(25 July 1490 – 6 January 1524), married in 1513 to George I, Duke of PomeraniaGeorge I, Duke of PomeraniaGeorge I of Pomerania was a Duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins.- Life :George was the eldest son of Duke Bogislaw X of Pomerania and his second wife Anna Jagiellonica, a daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland. He was named after his uncle and godfather, Duke Georg the Bearded of Saxony,...
-Wolgast - Barbara (28 August 1491 – 15 August 1505)
- HelenHelen of the PalatinateHelen of the Palatinate was a member of the Palatinate-Simmern branch of House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.- Life :...
(9 February 1493 – 4 August 1524), married in 1513 to Henry V, Duke of MecklenburgHenry V, Duke of MecklenburgHenry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, nicknamed the Peaceful, was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg in the region Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of the Duke Magnus II and Sophia of Pomerania....
-Schwerin - Wolfgang (31 October 1494 – 2 April 1558)
- Otto Henry, born and died in 1496
- Katharina (d. 16 January 1526)