Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern
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Louis Philip (German: Ludwig Philipp) (23 November 1602 – 6 January 1655) was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern from 1610 until 1655. Philip acted as Administrator of the Palatinate between 1632 and 1648.
Philip was born in
Simmern, Kaiserslautern and Sponheim
.
Philip was appointed as Administrator (Regent) of the Palatinate after the 1632 death of the Elector Frederick, and held that post until the restoration of Frederick's son Charles in 1648.[1]
Philip died in Krossen and was buried in Simmern.
Marriage
Louis Philip married Marie Eleonore von Brandenburg (1 April 1607 - 18 February 1675), daughter of Elector Joachim Frederick, on 4 December 1631 and had the following children:
- Charles Frederick (6 January 1633 - 13 January 1635)
- Gustavus Louis (1 March 1634 - 5 August 1635)
- Charles Philip (20 April 1635 - 24 February 1636)
- Louis Casimir (27 September 1636 - 14 December 1652)
- Elizabeth Maria Charlotte (23/24 October 1638 - 10/22 May 1664), wife of George III of Brieg
- Louis Henry (11 October 1640 - 3 January 1674)
- Louise Sophie Eleanore (27 June 1642 - 29 March 1643)
References
- ^ Wille, Jakob (1884). Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (in German) (19 ed.). Duncker & Humblot. p. 580. Retrieved 26 April 2022.