Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken () (23 June 1385 – 14 February 1459, Simmern) was

Count Palatine A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an or ...

of Simmern and Zweibrücken from 1410 until his death in 1459.Ludwig Molitor: Vollständige Geschichte der ehemals pfalz-bayerischen Residenzstadt Zweibrücken, Zweibrücken 1885

Life

He was the son of King

Rupert of Germany Rupert of the Palatinate (; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from 1400 until his death. Early ...

and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg. After the death of Rupert the Palatinate was divided between four of his surviving sons.

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received the main part,

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received Palatinate-Neumarkt, Stephen received Palatinate-Simmern and

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

received

Palatinate-Mosbach Palatinate-Mosbach was a state of the Holy Roman Empire centred on Mosbach and Eberbach in the north of modern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Palatinate-Mosbach was created in 1410 out of the partition of the Palatinate after the death of King ...

. In June of 1410, Stephen married Anna of Veldenz, who died in 1439. After the death of Anna's father in 1444, Stephen also gained control of Veldenz and of the Veldenz share of Sponheim. In the same year, he also divided the country between his sons

Frederick I Frederick I or Friedrich I may refer to: * Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. * Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) * Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) * Frederick I ...

, who became Count Palatine of Simmern, and

Louis I Louis I may refer to: Cardinals * Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (1527–1578) Counts * Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg (c. 1098–1158) * Louis I of Blois (1172–1205) * Louis I of Flanders (1304–1346) * Louis I of Châtillon (died 13 ...

, who became Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. In 1448 he succeeded to one part of Palatinate-Neumarkt and sold the other to his younger brother Otto. He was buried in the ''Schlosskirche'' (), formerly the church of the

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in Meisenheim.

Family

Stefan of Simmern-Zweibrücken and Anna of Veldenz had issue: # Anne (1413 – 12 March 1455) # Margaret (1416 – 23 November 1426) #

(24 April 1417 – 29 November 1480) # Rupert (1420 – 17 October 1478) #

Stephen Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...

(1421 – 4 September 1485) Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz, Cologne, Speyer and Liège #

(1424 – 19 July 1489) #

(1429–1475), Archbishop of Magdeburg

Ancestry

References

1385 births 1459 deaths House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken House of Palatinate-Simmern Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken Sons of kings Sons of prince-electors {{Germany-noble-stub