- Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Stefan of Simmern-Zweibrücken ( _de. Stefan Pfalzgraf von Simmern-Zweibrücken) (
23 June 1385 –14 February 1459 ,Simmern ) was Count Palatine of Simmern andZweibrücken from 1410, and Count Palatine of Veldenz and Sponheim from 1444.He was the son of King
Rupert of Germany and his wifeElisabeth of Nuremberg . After the death of Rupert the Palatinate was divided between four of his surviving sons. Louis III received the main part, Johann receivedPfalz-Neumarkt , Stefan receivedPfalz-Simmern and Otto receivedPfalz-Mosbach .In 1410 Stefan married
Anna of Veldenz . She died in 1439, and after the death of her father in 1444 Stefan also obtained Veldenz. In the same year he divided the country between his sonsFrederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern andLouis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken . In 1448 he succeeded to one part of Pfalz-Neumarkt and purchased the other from Otto.Family and children
With Anna of Veldenz he had the following children:
# Anna (1413 – after 1468) married before10 March 1435 to CountVinzenz of Mörs and Saarwerden .
# Margarete (1416 –23 November 1426 ,Wachenheim ).
#Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (19 November 1417 –29 November 1480 , Simmern).
# Ruprecht (1420 –17 October 1478 ,Zabern ),Bishop of Strassburg in 1440-1478.
# Stefan (1421 –4 September 1485 ,Köln ), a canon in Köln,Speyer ,Mainz , Liege.
#Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1424 –19 July 1489 , Simmern).
# Johann (1429 – 1475),Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1466-1475.He was buried in the Cathedral of the
Teutonic Knights inMeisenheim .External links
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