Biography of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Paternal Family Tree: Orange

Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460

On 06 Jul 1551 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 18) and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 25 Aug 1561 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 28) and [her step-mother] Anna of Saxony (age 16) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.

On 24 Jun 1575 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 28) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 31 Mar 1576 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 29).

On 05 May 1582 [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 35) died.

On 24 Apr 1583 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.

On 10 Jul 1584 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 51) died. His son [her half-brother] Philip William Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 29) succeeded William I Prince Orange.

Before 16 Jul 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 16 Jul 1594 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18).

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

On 26 Aug 1596 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20).

On 19 Nov 1597 [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 23) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 21).

On 04 Jan 1599 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22).

On 05 Aug 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24).

On 18 Sep 1601 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 27) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 25).

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

On 19 Sep 1610 [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 36) died.

Marriage of Elizabeth Stewart and Frederick V Elector Palatine

On 14 Feb 1613 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 16) were married at Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 46) and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 38). He the son of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 36).

A grand occasion that saw more royalty than ever visit the court of England. The marriage was an enormously popular match and was the occasion for an outpouring of public affection with the ceremony described as "a wonder of ceremonial and magnificence even for that extravagant age".

It was celebrated with lavish and sophisticated festivities both in London and Heidelberg, including mass feasts and lavish furnishings that cost nearly £50,000, and nearly bankrupted King James. Among many celebratory writings of the events was John Donne's (age 41) "Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St Valentine's Day".

In 1616 [her son-in-law] George William Hohenzollern (age 20) and [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 39).

On 15 Mar 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.

Royal Ancestors of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Frederick I King Prussia

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 1576-1644

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme

GrandFather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry

GrandMother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac