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John I, Count Palatine of Simmern
Count Palatine of Simmern (1480-1509)
Count Palatine of Simmern (1480-1509)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | John I, Count Palatine of Simmern |
| image | Fragment of an altarpiece, thought to depict Johan I, count palatine of Simmern.jpg |
| caption | Johan I, count palatine of Simmern |
| noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| father | Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern |
| mother | Margaret of Guelders |
| spouse | Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1464 - 1521) |
| issue | John II |
| issue-link | #Children |
| birth_date | 15 May 1459 |
| death_date |
| issue-link = #Children John I (15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1480 until 1509.
Early life and ancestry
John was born in 1459, into the Palatinate branch of the House of Wittelsbach, as the son of Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern and his wife, Margaret of Guelders, herself the second-eldest daughter of Arnold of Egmond, Duke of Guelders.
Marriage
He married on 29 September 1481 Countess Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1464 - 1521), member of the House of Nassau.
She was an elder daughter of Johann II, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken by his first wife, Countess Johanna of Hainsberg-Loon (1443–1469), a daughter of John IV, Count of Loon.
Children
With Countess Johanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken (14 April 1464 – 7 May 1521)
- Frederick (1490)
- John II (21 March 1492 – 18 May 1557)
- Frederick (1494–?)
Death
John I, Count Palatine of Simmern died on 27 January 1509 in Starkenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, aged 49.
He was interred, alongside his wife, Countess Johanna, in the Saint Stephen’s Evangelical Church, Simmern, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Germany.
References
References
- Winfried Dotzauer: Geschichte des Nahe-Hunsrück-Raumes von den Anfängen bis zur Französischen Revolution, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001
- http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/wittelsbach/pfalz-03.htm
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