Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern


Frederick I, the Hunsrücker was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480.

Biography

Born on 19 November 1417, Frederick was the son of Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife, Anna of Veldenz, both members of the House of Wittelsbach. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Marriage and children

Frederick married on 16 August 1454 Margaret, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders. They had:
  1. Katherine of Palatinate-Simmern, Abbess in the St Klara monastery in Trier
  2. Stephen Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz and Cologne
  3. William
  4. John I
  5. Frederick Canon in Cologne, Speyer, Trier, Mainz, Magdeburg and Strasbourg
  6. Rupert, bishop of Regensburg.
  7. Anne Nun in Trier
  8. Margaret Nun in Trier
  9. Helene Prioress in the St. Agnes monastery in Trier
  10. William Canon in Trier

Death

Frederick died in Simmern in 1480 and was buried in the Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.