Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
- Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Adolf of the Rhine ( _de. Adolf "der Redliche" von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt). He was the Count Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1317–1327.
He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. His rule was dominated by the conflict with his uncle Louis IV, who occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf's brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.
Family and children
He was married in 1320 with Countess Irmengard von Öttingen (d. 1399), daughter of Count Ludwig VI of Oettingen. They had the following children:
# Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg).
# Adolf.
# Friedrich.
# a daughter (d. 1389), married Count Meinhard I of Ortenburg.
He was buried in Cistercians cloister in Heidelberg.
External links
* [http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/wittelsbacher_kurpfalz/adolf_kurfuerst_von_der_pfalz_1327.html www.genealogie-mittelalter.de]
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