Georg, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim


Georg was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim from 1559 until 1569.

Biography

George was born in 1518 to Johann II, Count Palatine of Simmern by his first wife, Beatrix of Baden. In 1559 his elder brother Frederick inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate and gave George his old territories inherited from his father in 1557. George married Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm I, on 9 January 1541. George died in 1569 and was succeeded in Simmern by his younger brother Reichard.

Children

With Elisabeth of Hesse :
  1. John
George also had a mistress in Elisabeth von Rosenfeld and fathered two illegitimate children with her:
  1. Adam Rauenspurg
  2. George Rauenspurg