Louis VI, Elector Palatine

Louis VI, Elector Palatine
Louis VI, Elector Palatine
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth of Hesse Anne of Ostfriesland
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Mother	Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Born	(1539-07-04)4 July 1539 Heidelberg
Died	Simmern

In the history of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis VI, Elector Palatine (4 July 1539 in Simmern – 22 October 1583 in Heidelberg) was an Elector from the Palatinate-Simmern branch of the house of Wittelsbach. He was the first-born son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

Biography

To learn French, the young prince Louis visited the Burgundian University Dole in 1554. As presumptive heir of the Electorate in the Palatinate, he was already participating in government affairs at the court of Otto Henry, Elector Palatine. Since 1563, he was governor of the Upper Palatinate.

Unlike his father, he gave preference to Lutheranism over Calvinism, purging Calvinists from positions at the University of Heidelberg. The Calvinist theologians found protection at the court of Prince John Casimir, the brother of Louis, in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and established the "Casimirianum Neustadt". During the Cologne War Louis VI was the only Lutheran imperial prince who stood on the side of Cologne's Elector and Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. With the Lutheran reorganization of the country Louis adopted a new court constitution, a police constitution and in 1582, a grand country constitution.

Family and children

Louis VI was married twice. First, on July 8, 1560, he married Elisabeth of Hesse (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582). They had the following children:

1. Anna Marie (b. Heidelberg, 24 July 1561 - d. Eskilstuna, 29 July 1589), married Charles IX of Sweden.
2. Elisabeth (b. Heidelberg, 15 June 1562 - d. Heidelberg, 2 November 1562).
3. Dorothea Elisabeth (b. Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 12 January 1565 - d. Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 7 March 1565).
4. Dorothea (b. Amberg, 4 August 1566 - d. Amberg, 10 March 1568).
5. Frederick Philip (b. Amberg, 19 October 1567 - d. Amberg, 14 November 1568).
6. Johann Friedrich (b. Amberg, 17 February 1569 - d. Amberg, 20 March 1569).
7. Ludwig (b. Amberg, 30 December 1570 - d. Amberg, 7 May 1571).
8. Katharina (b. Amberg, April 1572 - d. Amberg, 16 October 1586).
9. Christine (b. Schloß Hirschwald, 6 January 1573 - d. Zweibrücken, 21 July 1619).
10. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (b. Amberg, 5 March 1574 - d. Heidelberg, 9 September 1610).
11. Philip (b. Amberg, 4 May 1575 - d. Amberg, 9 August 1575).
12. Elisabeth (b. Amberg, 24 November 1576 - d. Heidelberg, 10 April 1577).

Second, he married on 12 July 1583 Countess Anne of Ostfriesland (26 June 1562 – 21 April 1621), but they had no children.

Ancestors

Family of Louis VI, Elector Palatine

16. Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern               8. John I, Count Palatine of Simmern                       17. Margaret of Guelders               4. John II, Count Palatine of Simmern                             18. Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken               9. Johanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       19. Johanna of Loon               2. Frederick III, Elector Palatine                                   20. Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden               10. Christopher I of Baden-Baden                       21. Catherine of Austria               5. Beatrix of Baden                             22. Philip II of Katzenelnbogen               11. Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen                       23. Ottilie of Nassau               1. Louis VI, Elector Palatine                                         24. Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg               12. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       25. Anna of Saxony               6. Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth                             26. Casimir IV Jagiellon               13. Sophia Jagiellon                       27. Elisabeth of Austria               3. Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach                                   28. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria               14. Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria                       29. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               7. Susanna of Bavaria                             30. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor               15. Kunigunde of Austria                       31. Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress

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Louis VI, Elector Palatine House of Wittelsbach Born: 1539 Died: 1583
German royalty
Regnal titles
Preceded by Frederick III	Elector Palatine 1576 – 1583	Succeeded by Frederick IV