John II (21 March 1492 – 18 May 1557) was the

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from 1509 until 1557.Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 John II was born in Simmern in 1492 as the eldest surviving son of John I, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1508 he married Beatrix of Baden, daughter of Margrave Christoph I. He succeeded his father in 1509. John II allowed printing to be established in Simmern and was a patron of sculpture. He introduced the

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into Simmern which led to increased tensions with his neighbours, the Archbishoprics of Trier and

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With Beatrix of Baden: #

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(27 March 1510 – 22 March 1572) Abbess in the Kumbd monastery #

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(1 July 1512 – 2 February 1581) Abbess in the Marienberg monastery near Boppard #Ottilie (4 November 1513 – 6 September 1553) Nun in Marienberg near Boppard # Frederick III (14 February 1515 – 26 October 1576) # Brigitte (18 August 1516 – 13 April 1562) Abbess of Neuburg monastery # Georg (20 February 1518 – 17 May 1569) #

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# Helena (13 June 1532 – 5 February 1579) After the death of his first wife, John married (after 19 years of widowhood) the thirty-one-year-old Maria Jakobine (1525–1575), daughter of Count Louis XV of Oettingen. This marriage remained childless.

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House of Wittelsbach 1492 births 1557 deaths