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Biography of Frederick IV Elector Palatine 1574-1610

Paternal Family Tree: Wittelsbach

On 8th July 1560 [his father] Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 21) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Hesse Electress Palatine (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (age 55) and Christine of Saxony.

On 5th March 1574 Frederick IV Elector Palatine was born to [his father] Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 34).

On 26th October 1576 [his grandfather] Frederick III Elector Palatine (age 61) died. His son [his father] Louis (age 37) succeeded Count Palatine Simmern.

On 22nd October 1583 [his father] Louis VI Elector Palatine (age 44) died. His son Frederick (age 9) succeeded IV Elector Palatine Rhine.

Before 16th July 1594 Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18) were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of Louis VI Elector Palatine.

On 16th July 1594 [his daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18).

On 10th June 1595 [his daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 21) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 19).

On 26th August 1596 [his son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20). He married 14th February 1613 his fourth cousin once removed Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia, daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland, and had issue.

After 1597 Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Thouars. He the son of Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars and Jeanne Montmorency.

On 19th November 1597 [his daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 23) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 21). She married 1616 George William Hohenzollern and had issue.

On 4th January 1599 [his daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22). She died aged one in 1600.

On 5th August 1600 [his son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24). He died aged less than one years old.

On 10th October 1600 [his son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine died.

On 10th October 1600 [his daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern (age 1) died .

On 18th September 1601 [his son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 27) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 25). He died aged three in 1605.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 23rd November 1602 [his son] Louis Philip Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 28) and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 26).

On 28th March 1605 [his son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern (age 3) died.

On 19th September 1610 Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 36) died.

On 15th March 1644 [his former wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.

Royal Ancestors of Frederick IV Elector Palatine 1574-1610

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Frederick IV Elector Palatine 1574-1610
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [1]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Frederick I King Sweden [2]

William Elector of Hesse [2]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]

King Christian IX of Denmark [2]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [2]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [4]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [2]

Carl XVI King Sweden [2]

Ancestors of Frederick IV Elector Palatine 1574-1610

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Count Palatine Simmern 1385-1459-Zweibrücken 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Count Palatine Simmern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John I Count Palatinate Simmern 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Egmont Countess Palatinate Simmern 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Father: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England