Frederick I, the
Hunsrücker (German: Friedrich I.; 19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the
Count Palatine of Simmern
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from 1459 until 1480.
Frederick was born in 1417 to
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken (german: link=no, Stefan Pfalzgraf von Simmern-Zweibrücken) (23 June 1385 – 14 February 1459, Simmern) was Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken from 1410 until his death in 1459.Ludwig Molitor: Vollständi ...
and his wife,
Anna of Veldenz. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother
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. Frederick married
Margaret of
Guelders, daughter of Duke
Arnold, on 16 August 1454. Frederick died in
Simmern
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in 1480 and was buried in the
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Abbey of Ravengiersburg.
Children
With
Margaret (1436 – 15 August 1486), daughter of
Arnold, Duke of Guelders
Arnold of Egmond (14 July 1410 – 23 February 1473) was Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen.
Life
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#William (20 April 1468 – 1481) Canon in Trier
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House of Wittelsbach
Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
1417 births
1480 deaths
15th-century German people