List of countesses of the Palatinate explained

The Countess of the Palatinate was the consort of the Count of the Palatinate, one of the Empire's greatest princes.[1]

Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
Adelheid von Weimar-OrlamündeOtto I, Margrave of Meissen
(Meissen)
around 1055after 10801085
husband's accession
23 October 1095
husband's death
28 March 1100Henry of Laach
Gertrude of NortheimHenry, Margrave of Frisia
(Northeim)
1090before 27 August 11113 September 1113
husband's death
before 1165Siegfried of Ballenstadt
Liutgard of ZähringenBerthold II, Duke of Zähringen
(Zähringen)
--1113
husband's death
1129
husband's deposition
-Gottfried of Kalw
Adelheid --before 17 March 11301129
husband's accession
1139
husband's deposition
-William of Ballenstadt
Gertrude of HohenstaufenFrederick I, Duke of Swabia
(Hohenstaufen)
-11271142
husband's accession
2 October 1156
husband's death
after 1182Hermann of Stahleck

House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
?Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim
(Sponheim)
--1156
husband's appointment
1159/60Conrad
Irmingard of HennebergBerthold I, Count of Henneberg
(Henneberg)
-1159c. 1212
husband's abdication
15 July 1197

House of Welf, 1195–1214

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
Agnes of HohenstaufenConrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Hohenstaufen)
1176December 1193
or
January 1194
8 November 1195
husband's accession
9/10 May 1204Henry V
Agnes of WettinConrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia
(Wettin)
-1211c. 1212
husband's abdication
1 January 1248
Matilda of BrabantHenry I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1200end-November 1212c. 1212
husband's accession
25 April 1214
husband's death
22 December 1267Henry VI

House of Wittelsbach, 1214–1356

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
Ludmilla of BohemiaFrederick, Duke of Bohemia
(Přemyslid)
1170end-October 120425 April 1214
husband's accession
15 September 1231
husband's death
5 August 1240Louis I
Agnes of the PalatinateHenry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Welf)
1201May 122215 September 1231
husband's accession
29 November 1253
husband's death
16 November 1267Otto II Wittelsbach
Maria of BrabantHenry II, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
12262 August 125418 January 1256Louis II
Anna of GlogauKonrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau
(Piast)
1250/5224 August 126025 June 1271
Matilda of HabsburgRudolph I of Germany
(Habsburg)
125224 October 12732 February 1294
husband's death
23 December 1304
Mechtild of NassauAdolf, King of the Romans
(Nassau)
before 12801 September 12941317
husband's desposition
19 June 1323Rudolf I
Beatrix of ŚwidnicaBolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica
(Piast)
1290/214 October 1308/111317
husband's accession
25 August 1322Emperor Louis IV
Margaret of HollandWilliam I, Count of Hainaut
(Avesnes)
131126 February 13241329
Treaty of Pavia
23 June 1356
Anna of Gorizia-TyrolOtto III, Duke of Carinthia
(Meinhardiner)
130013281329
Treaty of Pavia
16 May 1331
or
4 July 1335
Rudolf II
Margaret of SicilyFrederick III of Sicily
(Barcelona)
133113484 October 1353
husband's death
1377
Elisabeth of NamurJohn I, Marquis of Namur
(Dampierre)
1329Autumn 1350
or
Summer 1358
10 January 1356
Raised to Electress
29 March 1382Rupert I

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomas Curtis. The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics, Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams. 1829. T. Tegg. 5.