Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken

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Stephen
Simmern
Noble familyWittelsbach
Spouse(s)Anna of Veldenz
Issue
Detail
Father
Rupert of Germany
MotherElisabeth of Nuremberg

Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken (German: Stefan Pfalzgraf von Simmern-Zweibrücken) (23 June 1385 – 14 February 1459,

Simmern) was Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken from 1410 until his death in 1459.[1]

Life

He was the son of King

Palatinate-Simmern and Otto received Palatinate-Mosbach
.

In 1410, Stephen married

Palatinate-Neumarkt and sold the other to his younger brother Otto[citation needed
].

He was buried in the Schlosskirche (

Knights Hospitallers in Meisenheim[citation needed
].

Family

Stefan of Simmern-Zweibrücken and Anna of Veldenz had issue:

  1. Anne (1413 – 12 March 1455)
  2. Margaret (1416 – 23 November 1426)
  3. Frederick I (24 April 1417 – 29 November 1480)
  4. Rupert (1420 – 17 October 1478)
  5. Stephen (1421 – 4 September 1485) Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz, Cologne, Speyer and Liège
  6. Louis I (1424 – 19 July 1489)
  7. John (1429–1475), Archbishop of Magdeburg

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Ludwig Molitor: Vollständige Geschichte der ehemals pfalz-bayerischen Residenzstadt Zweibrücken, Zweibrücken 1885
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Born: 1385 Died: 1459
German royalty
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Rupert III
Count Palatine of Simmern

1410–1459 		Succeeded by
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
1410–1459 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Count at Sponheim

1444–1444 		Succeeded by
Count of Veldenz

1444–1444 		Succeeded by


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