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List of electresses of the Palatinate

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{{see also|List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine}}

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The Electress of the Palatinate ({{Langx|de|Kurfürstin von der Pfalz}}) was the consort of the Prince-elector of the Electorate of the Palatinate, one of the Holy Roman Empire's greatest princes.{{cite book|author=Thomas Curtis|title=The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics, Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=koJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5|year=1829|publisher=T. Tegg|page=5}}

First Electorate, 1356–1648

=[[House of Wittelsbach]], Main branch, 1356–1559=

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|align="center"| Elisabeth of Namur

|align="center"| John I, Marquis of Namur
(Dampierre)

|align="center"| 1329

|align="center"| Autumn 1350
or
Summer 1358

|align="center"| 10 January 1356
Raised to Electress

|align="center" colspan="2"| 29 March 1382

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Rupert I

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|align="center"| Beatrice of Berg

|align="center"| William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg
(Jülich)

|align="center"| 1360

|align="center" colspan="2"| before 14 November 1385

|align="center"| 16 February 1390
husband's death

|align="center"| 16 May 1395

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|align="center"| Elisabeth of Nuremberg

|align="center"| Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
(Hohenzollern)

|align="center"| 1358

|align="center"| 27 June 1374

|align="center"| 6 January 1398
husband's accession

|align="center"| 18 May 1410
husband's death

|align="center"| 26 July 1411

|align="center"| Rupert III

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|align="center"| Matilda of Savoy

|align="center"| Amadeus, Prince of Achaea
(Savoy)

|align="center"| 1391/1400

|align="center" colspan="2"| 30 November 1417

|align="center"| 30 December 1436
husband's death

|align="center"| 14 May 1438

|align="center"| Louis III

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|align="center"| Margaret of Savoy

|align="center"| Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)

|align="center"| 1410s or 7 August 1420

|align="center" colspan="2"| 18 October 1445

|align="center"| 13 August 1449
husband's death

|align="center"| 30 September 1479

|align="center"| Louis IV

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|align="center"| Margaret of Bavaria

|align="center"| Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)

|align="center"| 7 November 1456

|align="center"| 21 February 1474

|align="center"| 12 December 1476
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 24/25 February 1501

|align="center"| Philip

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|align="center"| Sibylle of Bavaria

|align="center"| Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)

|align="center"| 16 June 1489

|align="center" colspan="2"| 23 February 1511

|align="center" colspan="2"| 18 April 1519

|align="center"| Louis V

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|align="center"| Dorothea of Denmark

|align="center"| Christian II of Denmark
(Oldenburg)

|align="center"| 10 November 1520

|align="center"| 26 September 1535

|align="center"| 16 March 1544
husband's accession

|align="center"| 26 February 1556
husband's death

|align="center"| 31 May 1580

|align="center"| Frederick II

= [[House of Palatinate-Simmern]], 1559–1623=

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|align="center"| Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

|align="center"| Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(Hohenzollern)

|align="center"| 14 October 1519

|align="center"| 21 October 1537

|align="center"| 12 February 1559
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 31 October 1567

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Frederick III

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|align="center"| Amalia of Neuenahr

|align="center"| Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen, Count of Limburg
(Neuenahr)

|align="center"| 6 April 1539

|align="center" colspan="2"| 25 April 1569

|align="center"| 26 October 1576
husband's death

|align="center"| 10 April 1602

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|align="center"| Elisabeth of Hesse

|align="center"| Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
(Hesse)

|align="center"| 13 February 1539

|align="center"| 8 July 1560

|align="center"| 26 October 1576
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 14 March 1582

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Louis VI

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|align="center"| Anne of Ostfriesland

|align="center"| Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
(Cirksena)

|align="center"| 26 June 1562

|align="center" colspan="2"| 12 July 1583

|align="center"| 22 October 1583
husband's death

|align="center"| 21 April 1621

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|align="center"| Louise Juliana of Nassau

|align="center"| William the Silent
(Orange-Nassau)

|align="center"| 31 March 1576

|align="center" colspan="2"| 23 June 1593

|align="center"| 19 September 1610
husband's death

|align="center"| 15 March 1644

|align="center"| Frederick IV

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|align="center"| Elizabeth Stuart of England and Scotland

|align="center"| James VI of Scotland
(Stuart)

|align="center"| 19 August 1596

|align="center" colspan="2"| 14 February 1613

|align="center"| 23 February 1623
husband's accession

|align="center"| 13 February 1662

|align="center"| Frederick V

= [[House of Wittelsbach]], Bavarian branch, 1623–1648 =

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|align="center"| Elisabeth of Lorraine

|align="center"| Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)

|align="center"| 9 October 1574

|align="center"| 6 February 1595

|align="center"| 23 February 1623
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 4 January 1635

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Maximilian I

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|align="center"| Maria Anna of Austria

|align="center"| Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)

|align=center| 13 January 1610

|align="center" colspan="2"| 15 July 1635

|align="center"| October 1648
Became better known as Electress of Bavaria

|align="center"| 25 September 1665

Second Electorate, 1648–1777

= [[House of Palatinate-Simmern]], 1648–1685 =

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|align="center"| Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

|align="center"| William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel)

|align="center"| 20 November 1627

|align="center" colspan="2"| 22 February 1650

|align="center"| 1658
divorce

|align="center"| 26 March 1686

|align="center"| Charles I Louis

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|align="center"| Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark

|align="center"| Frederick III of Denmark
(Oldenburg)

|align="center"| 20 or 21 June 1650

|align="center"| 20 September 1671

|align="center"| 28 August 1680
husband's accession

|align="center"| 26 May 1685
husband's death

|align="center"| 22 or 23 April 1706

|align="center"| Charles II

= [[House of Wittelsbach|House of Palatinate-Neuburg]], 1685–1742 =

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|align="center"| Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

|align="center"| George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
(Hesse-Darmsta)

|align="center"| 20 March 1635

|align="center"| 3 September 1653

|align="center"| 26 May 1685
husband's accession

|align="center"| 2 September 1690
husband's death

|align="center"| 4 August 1709

|align="center"| Philip William

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|align="center"| Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

|align="center"| Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(Medici)

|align="center"| 11 August 1667

|align="center" colspan="2"| 29 April 1691

|align="center"| 8 June 1716
husband's death

|align="center"| 18 February 1743

|align="center"| John William

= [[House of Wittelsbach|House of Palatinate-Sulzbach]], 1742–1799=

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|align="center"| Elisabeth Augusta of Palatinate-Sulzbach

|align="center"| Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
(Wittelsbach)

|align="center"| 17 January 1721

|align="center"| 17 January 1742

|align="center"| 31 December 1742
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 17 August 1794

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Charles IV Theodore

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|align="center"| Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este

|align="center"| Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
(Austria-Este)

|align="center"| 10 December 1776

|align="center" colspan="2"| 15 February 1795

|align="center"| 16 February 1799
husband's death

|align="center"| 23 June 1848

= [[House of Wittelsbach|House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]], 1799–1806=

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|align="center"| Caroline of Baden

|align="center"| Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Baden)

|align="center"| 13 July 1776

|align="center"| 9 March 1797

|align="center"| 16 February 1799
husband's accession

|align="center"| 1 January 1806
elevated to Queen of Bavaria

|align="center"| 13 November 1841

|align="center"| Maximilian II Joseph

See also

Sources

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  • {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/pan/pfalz.html |title= Rulers of RHEINPFALZ |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}{{Better source needed|date=August 2012}}

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