Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

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Count Palatine of the Rhine

Adolf

Count Palatine of the Rhine

Coat of arms of Count Palatine of Rhine

Reign| 1319–1327
Predecessor| Rudolf I (formally)
Successor| Louis (IV)
Born| (1300-09-27)27 September 1300
Wolfratshausen
Died| 29 January 1327(1327-01-29) (aged 26)
Neustadt
Spouse| Irmengard of Oettingen
Issue
Detail| Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine
House| Wittelsbach
Father| Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
Mother| Mechtild of Nassau

Adolf of the Rhine (German: Adolf der Redliche von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327.

He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau.[1] He didn't really rule because his uncle Louis IV occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf's brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.

## Family and children

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He was married in 1320 to Countess Irmengard of Oettingen (d. 1399),[1] daughter of Count Louis VI of Oettingen. They had the following children:

1. Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg–6 January 1398, Amberg)[1]
2. Adolf.
3. Friedrich.
4. a daughter (d. 1389), married Count Meinhard I of Ortenburg.

He was buried in the Cistercian monastery of Schönau near Heidelberg.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

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| 8\. Otto II of Bavaria|

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| 17\. Ludmilla of Bohemia

| 4\. Louis II of Bavaria|

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| 18\. Henry V of the Palatinate

| 9\. Agnes of the Palatinate|

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| 19\. Agnes of Hohenstaufen

| 2\. Rudolf I of Bavaria|

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| 20\. Albert IV of Habsburg

| 10\. Rudolf I of Germany|

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| 21\. Hedwig of Kyburg

| 5\. Matilda of Habsburg|

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| 22\. Burkhard V of Hohenberg

| 11\. Gertrude of Hohenberg|

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| 23\. Matilda of Tübingen

| 1\. Adolf|
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| 24\. Henry II of Nassau

| 12\. Walram II of Nassau|

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| 25\. Matilda of Guelders

| 6\. Adolf, King of the Romans|

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| 26\. Dieter IV of Katzenelnbogen

| 13\. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen|

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| 27\. Hildegunde

| 3\. Mechtild of Nassau|

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| 28\. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau

| 14\. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg|

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| 29\. Irmingard of Büdingen

| 7\. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg|

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| 15\. Imagina of Blieskastel|

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## References

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1. ^ a b c Thomas 2010, p. 387.

## Sources

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* Thomas, Andrew L. (2010). A House Divided: Wittelsbach Confessional Court Cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650. Brill.

## External links

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* (in German) www.genealogie-mittelalter.de

Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

House of Wittelsbach

Born: 1300 Died: 1327

Regnal titles
Preceded by

Rudolf I (formally)

|  (Titular) Elector Palatine of the Rhine
1319–1327  | Succeeded by

Louis (IV)

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