Frederick I, the
Hunsrück
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er (German: Friedrich I.; 19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the
Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480.
Frederick was born in 1417 to
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife,
Anna of Veldenz. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother
Louis
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. Frederick married
Margaret
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of
Guelders
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, daughter of Duke
Arnold, on 16 August 1454. Frederick died in
Simmern in 1480 and was buried in the
Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.
Children
With
Margaret
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(1436 – 15 August 1486), daughter of
Arnold, Duke of Guelders:
#Katherine of Palatinate-Simmern (1455 – 28 December 1522), Abbess in the St Klara monastery in Trier
#Stephen (25 February 1457 – 1488/9) Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz and Cologne
#William (2 January 1458 – 1458)
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(15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509)
#Frederick (10 April 1460 – 22 November 1518) Canon in Cologne, Speyer, Trier, Mainz, Magdeburg and Strasbourg
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Rupert (16 October 1461 – 19 April 1507), bishop of Regensburg.
#Anne (30 July 1465 – 15 July 1517) Nun in Trier
#Margaret (2 December 1466 – August 1506) Nun in Trier
#Helene (1467 – 21 February 1555) Prioress in the St. Agnes monastery in Trier
#William (20 April 1468 – 1481) Canon in Trier
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Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
* Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria fro ...
House of Wittelsbach
Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
1417 births
1480 deaths
15th-century German nobility