Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
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Adolf | |
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Count Palatine of the Rhine | |
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Reign | 1319 – 1327 |
Predecessor | Rudolf I (formally) |
Successor | Louis (IV) |
Born | Wolfratshausen | 27 September 1300
Died | 29 January 1327 Neustadt | (aged 26)
Noble family | Wittelsbach |
Spouse(s) | Irmengard of Oettingen |
Issue
Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine | |
Father | Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria |
Mother | Mechtild of Nassau |
Adolf of the Rhine (German: Adolf der Redliche von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327.
He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. He didn't really rule because his uncle Louis IV occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf's brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.
Family and children[]
He was married in 1320 to Countess Irmengard of Oettingen (d. 1399), daughter of Count . They had the following children:
- Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg–6 January 1398, Amberg).
- Adolf.
- Friedrich.
- a daughter (d. 1389), married Count Meinhard I of Ortenburg.
He was buried in the Cistercian monastery Schönau near Heidelberg.
Ancestry[]
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External links[]
- (in German) www.genealogie-mittelalter.de
Categories:
- 1300 births
- 1327 deaths
- House of Wittelsbach
- Counts Palatine of the Rhine
- Burials at Schönau Abbey
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