Adolf of the Rhine () (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally

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of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327. He was the second son of

Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria Rudolf I of Bavaria, called "the Stammerer" (; 4 October 1274 – 12 August 1319), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1294 until 1317. Life Rudolf was born in Basel, the son o ...

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

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in 1329.

Family and children

He was married in 1320 to Countess Irmengard of Oettingen (d. 1399), daughter of Count Louis VI of Oettingen. 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

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monastery of Schönau near

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Ancestry

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