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Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts 1539–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 July 1539

Birth Location: Simmern, Rheinland-Palts

Death Date: 22 October 1583

Death Location: Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Father: Johan Palts

Mother: Marie HOHENZOLLERN

Spouse(s): Elisabeth HESSE, Anna Ostfriesland, Elisabeth Hessen-Kassel

Children(s): Anne PALATINAT-WITTELSBACH, Anne WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Catherine WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Christine WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Dorothée WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Dorothée WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Elisabeth WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Frédéric WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Frédéric WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Jean WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Louis WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Philippe WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT, Elisabeth Pfalz

The story of Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts began in 1539 in Simmern, Rheinland-Palts. Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts married Anna Von Ostfriesland, Elisabeth De Hesse, Elisabeth Van Hessen Kassel, and had children including Anne De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Anne Marie De Palatinat Wittelsbach, Catherine De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Christine De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Dorothee De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Elisabeth De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Elisabeth Von Der Pfalz, Frederic De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Frederic Iv De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Jean De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Louis De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Philippe De Wittelsbach Palatinat. Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts passed away in 1583 in Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts began in 1539 in Simmern, Rheinland-Palts.
  • Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts married Anna Von Ostfriesland, Elisabeth De Hesse, Elisabeth Van Hessen Kassel, and had children including Anne De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Anne Marie De Palatinat Wittelsbach, Catherine De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Christine De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Dorothee De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Elisabeth De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Elisabeth Von Der Pfalz, Frederic De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Frederic Iv De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Jean De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Louis De Wittelsbach Palatinat, Philippe De Wittelsbach Palatinat.
  • Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts passed away in 1583 in Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Lodewijk Palts's Ancestors

Self
Lodewijk Palts
1539–1583
Birth Place: Simmern, Rheinland-Palts
Parents
Johan Frederik Frederick III "the Pious" van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts
1515–1576
Simmern, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Marie (von) HOHENZOLLERN
1519–1567
Grandparents
Johan (II van Wittelsbach Paltsgraaf van) Simmern
1492–1557
Simmern, Rheinland-Palts
Beatrix (van) Baden-Hohenburg
1492–1535
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lodewijk Palts's Descendants

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Lodewijk (VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de) Palts (4 July 1539–22 October 1583) m. Elisabeth (de) HESSE (1539–1582) m. Anna (von) Ostfriesland (26 June 1562–27 April 1621) m. Elisabeth (van) Hessen-Kassel (13 February 1539–24 March 1582)
  1. 1. Anne (Marie de) PALATINAT-WITTELSBACH 1561–1589
  2. 2. Anne (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1576–1577
  3. 3. Catherine (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1572–1586
  4. 4. Christine (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1573–1619
  5. 5. Dorothée (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1565–1565
  6. 6. Dorothée (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1566–1568
  7. 7. Elisabeth (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1562–1562
  8. 8. Frédéric (IV de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1574–1610 m. Louise (Juliana van Nassau Prinses van) Oranje 1576–1644
    1. 1. Lodewijk (Willem van de) Palts 1600–1600
    2. 2. Anna (Eleonore van de) Palts 1599–1600
    3. 3. Catharina (Sophia van de) Palts 1595–1626
    4. 4. Maurits (Christiaan van de) Palts 1601–1605
    5. 5. Elisabeth (Charlotte van de) Palts 1597–1660
    6. 6. Lodewijk (Philips van Wittelsbach Paltsgraaf van) Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1602–1655
    7. 7. Frederik (V van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts Koning van) Bohemen 1596–1632
    8. 8. Louise (Juliana van de) Palts 1594–1640
  9. 9. Frédéric (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1567–1568
  10. 10. Jean (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1569–1569
  11. 11. Louis (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1570–1571
  12. 12. Philippe (de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT 1575–1575
  13. 13. Elisabeth (von der) Pfalz 1576–1577

Lodewijk Palts's Timeline

2 Records

1539
4 July 1539
Birth of Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts in Simmern, Rheinland-Palts
Simmern, Rheinland-Palts
1583
22 October 1583
Age 44
Death of Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van de Palts in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 July 1539
    Event Place: Simmern, Rheinland-Palts
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 October 1583
    Event Place: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current

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