List of countesses of the Palatinate
Appearance
The Countess of the Palatinate (German: Gräfin von der Pfalz) was the consort of the Count of the Palatinate, one of the Empire's greatest princes.[1]
Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
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Adelheid von Weimar-Orlamünde | Otto I, Margrave of Meissen (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 (Northeim) |
1090 | before 27 August 1111 | 3 September 1113 husband's death |
before 1165 | Siegfried of Ballenstedt | ||
Liutgard of Zähringen | Berthold II, Duke of Zähringen (Zähringen) |
- | - | 1113 husband's death |
1129 husband's deposition |
- | Gottfried von Calw | |
Adelheid | - | - | before 17 March 1130 | 1129 husband's accession |
1139 husband's deposition |
- | Wilhelm von Ballenstedt | |
Gertrude of Hohenstaufen | Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (Hohenstaufen) |
- | 1127 | 1142 husband's accession |
2 October 1156 husband's death |
after 1182 | Hermann von Stahleck |
House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
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? | Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim (Sponheim) |
- | - | 1156 husband's appointment |
1159/60 | Conrad | ||
Irmingard of Henneberg | Berthold I, Count of Henneberg (Henneberg) |
- | 1159 | c. 1212 husband's abdication |
15 July 1197 |
House of Welf, 1195–1214
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
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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
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
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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, King of the Romans (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 |
Sources
[edit]- Marek, Miroslav. "Rulers of RHEINPFALZ". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]