Frederick IV Elector Palatine 1574-1610

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

On 5th March 1574 Frederick IV Elector Palatine was born to Louis VI Elector Palatine [aged 34].

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

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

Before 16th July 1594 Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 20] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 [aged 20] and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 18].

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

On 26th August 1596 [his son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 22] and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau [aged 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 [aged 23] and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 [aged 24] and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 [aged 26] and [his wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 [aged 1] died .

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

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

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

On 19th September 1610 Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 36] died.

On 15th March 1644 [his former wife] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 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 Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

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

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France

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

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

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 5 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Count Palatine Simmern 6 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: John I Count Palatinate Simmern 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Egmont Countess Palatinate Simmern 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine de la Marck 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 1 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 5 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 6 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

father: Louis VI Elector Palatine 7 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France

Frederick IV Elector Palatine 8 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France