List of Rhenish consorts

See also: List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine

Countess Palatine of the Rhine

Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess Palatine	Ceased to be Countess Palatine	Death	Husband
	Adelheid von Weimar-Orlamünde	Otto I, Margrave of Meissen	around 1055	after 1080	1085 husband's accession	23 October 1095 husband's death	28 March 1100	Henry of Laach
	Gertrude of Northeim	Henry, Margrave of Frisia	1090	before 27 August 1111		3 September 1113 husband's death	before 1165	Siegfried of Ballenstadt
	Liutgard of Zähringen	Berthold II, Duke of Zähringen (Zähringen)	-	-	1113 husband's death	1129 husband's deposition	-	Gottfried of Kalw
	Adelheid	-	-	before 17 March 1130	1129 husband's accession	1139 husband's deposition	-	William of Ballenstadt
	Gertrude of Hohenstaufen	Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (Hohenstaufen)	-	1127	1142 husband's accession	2 October 1156 husband's death	after 1182	Hermann of Stahleck

House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess Palatine	Ceased to be Countess Palatine	Death	Husband
	?	Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim (Sponheim)	-	-	1156 husband's appointment	1159/60		Conrad
	Irmgard of Henneberg	Berthold I, Count of Henneberg (Henneberg)	-	1159		c. 1212 husband's abdication	15 July 1197

House of Welf, 1195–1214

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess Palatine	Ceased to be Countess Palatine	Death	Husband
	Agnes of Hohenstaufen	Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Hohenstaufen)	1176	December 1193 or January 1194	8 November 1195 husband's accession	9/10 May 1204		Henry V
	Agnes of Wettin	Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (Wettin)	-	1211		c. 1212 husband's abdication	1 January 1248
	Matilda of Brabant	Henry I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	1200	end-November 1212	c. 1212 husband's accession	25 April 1214 husband's death	22 December 1267	Henry VI

House of Wittelsbach, 1214–1356

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess Palatine	Ceased to be Countess Palatine	Death	Husband
	Ludmilla of Bohemia	Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (Přemyslid)	1170	end-October 1204	25 April 1214 husband's accession	15 September 1231 husband's death	5 August 1240	Louis I
	Agnes of the Palatinate	Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Welf)	1201	May 1222	15 September 1231 husband's accession	29 November 1253 husband's death	16 November 1267	Otto II Wittelsbach
	Maria of Brabant	Henry II, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	1226	2 August 1254		18 January 1256		Louis II
	Anna of Glogau	Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau (Piast)	1250/52	24 August 1260		25 June 1271
	Matilda of Habsburg	Rudolph I of Germany (Habsburg)	1252	24 October 1273		2 February 1294 husband's death	23 December 1304
	Mechtild of Nassau	Adolf of Germany (Nassau)	before 1280	1 September 1294		1317 husband's desposition	19 June 1323	Rudolf I
	Beatrix of Świdnica	Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica (Piast)	1290/2	14 October 1308/11	1317 husband's accession	25 August 1322		Emperor Louis IV
	Margaret of Holland	William I, Count of Hainaut (Avesnes)	1311	26 February 1324		1329 Treaty of Pavia	23 June 1356
	Anna of Gorizia-Tyrol	Otto III, Duke of Carinthia (Meinhardiner)	1300	1328	1329 Treaty of Pavia	16 May 1331 or 4 July 1335		Rudolf II
	Margaret of Sicily	Frederick III of Sicily (Barcelona)	1331	1348		4 October 1353 husband's death	1377
	Elisabeth of Namur	John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre)	1329	Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358		10 January 1356 Raised to Electress	29 March 1382	Rupert I

Electress Palatine

First Electorate, 1356–1648

House of Wittelsbach, Main branch, 1356–1559

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Elisabeth of Namur	John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre)	1329	Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358	10 January 1356 Raised to Electress	29 March 1382		Rupert I
	Beatrice of Berg	William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg (Jülich)	1360	before 14 November 1385		16 February 1390 husband's death	16 May 1395
	Elisabeth of Nuremberg	Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern)	1358	27 June 1374	6 January 1398 husband's accession	18 May 1410 husband's death	26 July 1411	Rupert III
	Matilda of Savoy	Amadeus, Prince of Achaea (Savoy)	1391/1400	30 November 1417		30 December 1436 husband's death	14 May 1438	Louis III
	Margaret of Savoy	Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy)	1410s or 7 August 1420	18 October 1445		13 August 1449 husband's death	30 September 1479	Louis IV
	Margaret of Bavaria	Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	7 November 1456	21 February 1474	12 December 1476 husband's accession	24/25 February 1501		Philip
	Sibylle of Bavaria	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	16 June 1489	23 February 1511		18 April 1519		Louis V
	Dorothea of Denmark	Christian II of Denmark (Oldenburg)	10 November 1520	26 September 1535	16 March 1544 husband's accession	26 February 1556 husband's death	31 May 1580	Frederick II

House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1559–1623

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Hohenzollern)	14 October 1519	21 October 1537	12 February 1559 husband's accession	31 October 1567		Frederick III
	Amalia of Neuenahr	Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen, Count of Limburg (Neuenahr)	6 April 1539	25 April 1569		26 October 1576 husband's death	10 April 1602
	Elisabeth of Hesse	Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	13 February 1539	8 July 1560	26 October 1576 husband's accession	14 March 1582		Louis VI
	Anne of Ostfriesland	Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (Cirksena)	26 June 1562	12 July 1583		22 October 1583 husband's death	21 April 1621
	Louise Juliana of Nassau	William the Silent (Orange-Nassau)	31 March 1576	23 June 1593		19 September 1610 husband's death	15 March 1644	Frederick IV
	Elizabeth Stuart of Scotland	James VI of Scotland (Stuart)	19 August 1596	14 February 1613		23 February 1623 husband's accession	13 February 1662	Frederick V

House of Wittelsbach, Bavarian branch, 1623–1648

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Elisabeth of Lorraine	Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine)	9 October 1574	6 February 1595	23 February 1623 husband's accession	4 January 1635		Maximilian I
	Maria Anna of Austria	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg)	13 January 1610	15 July 1635		October 1648 Became better known as Electress of Bavaria	25 September 1665

Second Electorate, 1648–1777

House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1648–1685

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel	William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel)	20 November 1627	22 February 1650		1658 divorce	26 March 1686	Charles I Louis
	Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark	Frederick III of Denmark (Oldenburg)	20 or 21 June 1650	20 September 1671	28 August 1680 husband's accession	26 May 1685 husband's death	22 or 23 April 1706	Charles II

House of Palatinate-Neuburg, 1685–1742

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt	George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmsta)	20 March 1635	3 September 1653	26 May 1685 husband's accession	2 September 1690 husband's death	4 August 1709	Philip William
	Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici	Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici)	11 August 1667	29 April 1691		8 June 1716 husband's death	18 February 1743	John William

House of Palatinate-Sulzbach, 1742–1799

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Elisabeth Augusta of Palatinate-Sulzbach	Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (Wittelsbach)	17 January 1721	17 January 1742	31 December 1742 husband's accession	17 August 1794		Charles IV Theodore
	Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este	Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Austria-Este)	10 December 1776	15 February 1795		16 February 1799 husband's death	23 June 1848

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, 1799–1806

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress Palatine	Ceased to be Electress Palatine	Death	Husband
	Caroline of Baden	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Baden)	13 July 1776	9 March 1797	16 February 1799 husband's accession	1 January 1806 elevated to Queen of Bavaria	13 November 1841	Maximilian II Joseph

See also

• List of Bavarian consorts

Sources

• PALATINATE
• Rulers of RHEINPFALZ