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Rulers of the Palatinate of the Rhine
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Map
-Weinstrasse Road showing Edenkoben
Map showing Palatinate and Bavaria - 1923,
bottom of this page
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Years of Reign
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Charlemagne conquered Bavaria in the 8th century and in time
it became part of Saxony.....which was held by the desc. of Hermann Billung....
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Counts of Palatine
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959 - 989
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Egon von Ehrenfried
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989-1035
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Herman I, Count Palatine of Aix-la-Chapelle
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1035-1045
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Otto I
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1045-1061
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Henry I, younger son of Egon, who is often given the title of Count Palatine
of the Lorrains
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1061-1085
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Herman II, son of Egon and brother of Henry I
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1085 -1095
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Henry II, son of Henry I, Count Palatine of the Rhine
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1095-1140
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Siegfried von Ballenstadt, grandson of Henry II
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1140-1143
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Herman III, Count of Staleck
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1143-1156
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William von Ballenstadt
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1156-1196
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Conrad von Hohenstaufen
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1196-1213
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Henry III of Saxony, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria
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1213-1215
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Henry IV
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1215-1228
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Louis I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
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1228-1253
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Otto II, son of Otto I (V), son of Otto IV, Pgr. of Bavaria
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1253-1294
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Louis II, The Server, Duke of Upper Bavaria, son of Ott II
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1294-1319
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Rudolph of Bavaria. The Stammerer, son of Louis II
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1319-1327
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Adolph, the Simple, sonof Rudolph b. 1300 d. 1327
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1327-1353
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Rudolph II, son of Rudolph I b. 1306 d. 1353
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1353-1390
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Rupert I, son of Rudolph I b. 1309 d. 1390
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1390-1398
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Rupert II, sonof Adolph, the Simple b. 1335 d. 1398
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1398-1410
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Rupert III, son of Rupert II b. 1352 d. 1410
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Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire begain in 1400 and Palatinate was part
of this rule and thereby called a German state
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Counts of Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
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Palatainate was divided into four areas by Rupert III's four sons through
their inheritance. Louis ruled Palatinate of the Rhine; John ruled
the Upper Palatinate (i.e. northern Bavaria); Christopher gained Zwekbruecken
and Simmern; and Otto recieved Mosbach.
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1410-1435
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Ludwig III, son of Rupert III
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1435-1449
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Ludwig IV, son of Ludwig III b. 1424 d. 1476
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1449-1476
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Frederick I, the Victorious, son of Ludwig III b. 1425 d. 1476
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1476-1508
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Philip, son of Ludwig IV b. 1448 d. 1508
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1508-1544
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Ludwig V, son of Philip b. 1547-1544
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1544-1556
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Frederick II, the Wisse, son of Philip b. 1482 d. 1556
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1566-1559
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Otto, grandson of Philip b. 1502 d. 1559
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1559-1576
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Frederick III, the Pious b. 151 d. 1576
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1576-1583
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Ludwig VI, son of Frederick III b. 1539 d. 1583
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1583-1592
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Guardian of Frederick IV
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John Casimir, son of Frederick III b. 1543 d. 1592
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1592-1610
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Elector of Palatinate
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Frederick IV, the Upright, son of Ludwig VI
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1610-1623
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"The Winter King"
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Frederick V, son of Frederick IV [see Czechoslovakia) b. 1596 d. 1632 who
m. Elisabeth, the dau. of King James I of England [James VI,
King of Scotland] and grandaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots......
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Palatinate united with the German state of Bavaria 1623-1648
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1623-1648
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Maximilian I, the Great, Elector of Bavaria b. 1636 d. 1679
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1648-1680
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Electors of Palatinate
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Charles Ludwig, son of Frederick V b. 1617 d. 1680
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1680-1685
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Charles, son of Charles Ludwig b. 1651 d. 1685
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1685-1690
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Philip William b. 1615 d. 1690
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1690-1716
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John William, son of Philip William b. 1658 d. 1716
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1716-1742
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Charles Philip, son of Philip William b. 1661 d. 1742
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1742-1799
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Elector of Palatinate
and
Elector of Bavaria
and
Duke of Deux Ponts
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Charles [Karl] Theodore b. 1724 d. 1799, a patron of arts and
literature. There was a disagreement over his heir, Charles of Zweibruecken,
which resulted in the War of Barvarian Sucession. He was the son
of John Christian Joseph, House of Wittelsbach
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1799-1805
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Maximilian IV Joseph b. 1724 d. 1825
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12 July 1806 - the Confederiation of the Rhine was orgaized. Napoleon
was the "protector". All German states accept Austria, Prussia, Brunswick
and Hesse. Palatinate and Bavaria came under the domination of
France.
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6 Aug 1806 - Holy Roman Empire was formally abolished under Napoleon's
demands
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1806-1825
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King of Bavaria
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Maximilian IV is given the crown of King by Napoleon in 1806 and become
Maximilian I, King of Bavaria
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1812 - Invasion of Russia . Bavarian King requried to supply troops
for invasion. Napoleon marched with 420,000 men and later with reinforcements
of about 600,000.
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7 Sept 1812 - Battle of Borodino
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31 March 1814 - Russia leads the Allies into Paris and Napoleon
abdicated 11 April 1814
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18 June 1815 - Battle of Waterloo - Napoleon is defeated and abdicates
the second time on 22 June 1815
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1825-1848
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Ludwig I, son of Elector Maximilian b. 1786 d. 1868. He abdicated his throne
in 1848. See photograph of his statue in Edenkoben above....
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1848-1864
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Maximilian II Joseph, son of Ludwig I b. 1811 d. 1864 m. Mary, dau. of Prince
Wilhelm of Prussia
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1871 the Hohenzollerns of Prussia [Minor House of Brandenberg] became
Emperors of Germany which collected all the German states
except Austria and Luxembourg
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1864-1886
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Ludwig II, son of Maximilian II d. 1845 d. 1886. Declared instate in
1886
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1886-1913
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Otto, brother of Ludwig II b. 1848 d. 1916, deposed 1913
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1886-1912
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Regent
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Luitpold, brother of Maximilian II b. 1821 d. 1912
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1912-1913
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Regent
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Ludwig III, son of Prince Regent Luitpold b. 1845 d. 1921
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1913-1918
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Ludwig III, abdicated 1918
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1919 - German Repulbic
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1934 - National Socialist Regine
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1949 - German Federal Republic
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