Adolf, 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
Noble family	Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Irmengard of Oettingen
Issue Detail	Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine
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

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:

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

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

16. Louis I of Bavaria

8. Otto II of Bavaria

17. Ludmilla of Bohemia

4. Louis II of Bavaria

18. Henry V of the Palatinate

9. Agnes of the Palatinate

19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen

2. Rudolf I of Bavaria

20. Albert IV of Habsburg

10. Rudolf I of Germany

21. Hedwig of Kyburg

5. Matilda of Habsburg

22. Burkhard V of Hohenberg

11. Gertrude of Hohenberg

23. Matilda of Tübingen

1. Adolf

24. Henry II of Nassau

12. Walram II of Nassau

25. Matilda of Guelders

6. Adolf, King of the Romans

26. Dieter IV of Katzenelnbogen

13. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen

27. Hildegunde

3. Mechtild of Nassau

28. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau

14. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg

29. Irmingard of Büdingen

7. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg

15. Imagina of Blieskastel

References

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

Sources

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

External links

(in German) www.genealogie-mittelalter.de

Regnal titles
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine House of Wittelsbach Born: 1300 Died: 1327
Preceded by Rudolf I (formally)	(Titular) Elector Palatine of the Rhine 1319–1327	Succeeded by Louis (IV)