Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1 January 1424,

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in 1436 - 1449.

Biography

Louis IV was the son of

Louis III, Elector Palatine Louis III () (23 January 1378 – 30 December 1436), was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1410–1436. Biography Louis III was the third son of King Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg. Dur ...

and his second wife Matilda of Savoy. His mother was a fourth-generation descendant of

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(1248 - 1282), the eldest son of Thomas II of Savoy. From the death of Louis III in 1436 until 1442, Louis IV ruled under the guardianship of his uncle, Count Palatine Otto I of Mosbach. In 1444 he repelled the attacks of the Armagnacs as an Imperial captain. Louis IV died aged 25 years in 1449 in Worms, and was buried in the Church of the Holy Spirit of Heidelberg. His only son being a minor,

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, he fell under the guardianship of Louis' brother

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, who later adopted him and then seized the electoral title himself in 1451/52.

Marriage and children

In 1445 he married Margarete of Savoy, widow of king Louis III of Naples and daughter of Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy. With her, he had his only son: #

(14 July 1448 – 28 February 1508),

from 1476 to 1508.

References

External links

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