The Electress of the Palatinate ( German: Kurfürstin von der Pfalz) was the consort of the Prince-elector of the Electorate of the Palatinate, one of the Holy Roman Empire's greatest princes. [1]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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Matilda of Savoy |
Amadeus, Prince of Achaea ( Savoy) |
1391/1400 | 30 November 1417 | 30 December 1436 husband's death |
14 May 1438 | Louis III | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Sibylle of Bavaria |
Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria ( Wittelsbach) |
16 June 1489 | 23 February 1511 | 18 April 1519 | Louis V | ||
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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Elizabeth Stuart of England and Scotland |
James VI of Scotland ( Stuart) |
19 August 1596 | 14 February 1613 | 23 February 1623 husband's accession |
13 February 1662 | Frederick V |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |