Paternal Family Tree: Wittelsbach
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1613 Marriage of Elizabeth Stewart and Frederick V Elector Palatine
1616 Investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales
1625 Proxy Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France
Before 16th July 1594 [his father] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 20] and [his mother] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis VI Elector Palatine.
On 26th August 1596 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 22] and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 20].
On 19th September 1610 [his father] Frederick IV Elector Palatine [aged 36] died.
On 19th September 1610 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 14] was elected V Elector Palatine Rhine.
Before 14th February 1613 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 16] was appointed 408th Knight of the Garter by [his future father-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 46].
On 14th February 1613 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 16] and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 16] were married at Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 46] and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [aged 38]. He the son of Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 36]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
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 [aged 41] "Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St Valentine's Day".
After 20th February 1613 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 16] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 16] commenced their journey to his home at Heidelburg. They visited [his uncle] Prince Maurice I of Orange [aged 45]. They arrived in Heidelburg on 12th June 1613 amidst widespread celebration.
John Harington 1st Baron Harington [aged 73] and Anne Keilway Baroness Harington [aged 59]
Sisters Elizabeth Apsley and Alice Apsley travelled as Maids of Honour to Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia.
On 1st January 1614 [his son] Frederick Henry Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 17] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 17]. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 4th November 1616 [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 15] was created Prince of Wales. Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex [aged 43] carried the Purple Ermined Robe.
James Wriothesley [aged 11], brothers Robert Howard [aged 32] and William Howard, George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley [aged 15], Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 41] and John Cavendish were appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 22nd September 1617 [his son] Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 21] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 21] at Heidelburg. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He married 1. 22nd February 1650 Charlotte Hesse-Kassel, daughter of Landgrave William V of Hesse-Kassel, and had issue 2. 6th January 1658 Maria Susanne Luise von Degenfeld and had issue.
On 26th December 1618 [his daughter] Elisabeth Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 22] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 22]. She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 4th November 1619 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 23] was crowned King Bohemia. [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 23] crowned Queen Consort Bohemia.
On 17th December 1619 [his son] Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 23] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 23] at Prague. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 4th January 1621 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot [aged 49] was created 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone by [his brother-in-law] King Charles I [aged 20] as a reward for his activities in Ireland.
On 16th January 1621 [his son] Maurice Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 24] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 24]. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1622 [his daughter] Louise Hollandine Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 25] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 25]. She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1623 [his son] Louis Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 26] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 26]. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He died aged one in 1624.
In 1624 [his son] Louis Palatinate Simmern [aged 1] died.
On 27th March 1625 [his father-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 58] died at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 24] succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 1st May 1625 [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 24] and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 15] were married by proxy at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of Henry IV King France and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [aged 50]. He the son of [his father-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland and [his mother-in-law] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland. They were third cousin once removed.
On 5th October 1625 [his son] Edward Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 29] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 29] at The Hague. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He married 24th April 1645 his fourth cousin twice removed Anne Marie Gonzaga, daughter of Charles Gonzaga I Duke Mantua.
In 1626 [his daughter] Henriette Marie Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 29] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 29]. She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 5th February 1626 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough [aged 74] was created 1st Earl Marlborough by [his brother-in-law] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 25]. Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough by marriage Countess Marlborough.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1627 [his son] Philip Frederick Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 30] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 30]. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1628 [his daughter] Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 31] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 31]. She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She died aged three in 1631.
On 1st January 1629 [his son] Frederick Henry Palatinate Simmern [aged 15] drowned. He was on his way to Amsterdam to see the captured Spanish treasure fleet there and drowned crossing the Haarlemmermeer.
Around 1630 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [aged 63]. Portrait of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 33].
On 14th October 1630 [his daughter] Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 34] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 34]. She a granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She married 30th September 1658 Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg, and had issue.
In 1631 [his daughter] Charlotte Palatinate Simmern [aged 3] died.
In January 1631 Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 19] and Elizabeth Ashburnham [aged 18] were married. After the wedding [his brother-in-law] King Charles I [aged 30], Henrietta Maria [aged 21] and Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh [aged 48] wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Baroness Cornwallis Bacon [aged 50], and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".
On 5th July 1631 Edmund Waller [aged 25] and Anne Banks were married in defiance of orders of the Privy Council of England and the Court of Aldermen of the City of London whose ward she was. Her father had left her £8000 when he died a year earlier. The Aldermen made a complaint to the Star Chamber, seeking that for the offence of marrying Anne without the court's permission the whole of the Banks fortune should be forfeited to the City of London, but they were denied such an outcome by a pardon from [his brother-in-law] King Charles [aged 30], who took a more tolerant view of the matter. Waller was then summoned to appear before the Court of Aldermen in December 1631, when he agreed to make a jointure of £1,000 a year to his wife, also giving her the power to spend £2,000 of her inheritance, and the Court accepted this proposal but fined him 500 marks.
In 1632 [his son] Gustavus Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 35] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 35]. He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He died aged nine in 1641.
On 29th November 1632 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine [aged 36] died.
In 1635 Gerrit van Honthorst [aged 42]. Portrait of Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine.
John Evelyn's Diary. 27th May 1641. Arrived at Hague, I went first to the [his former wife] Queen of Bohemia's [aged 44] Court, where I had the honour to kiss her Majesty's hand, and several of the Princesses' her daughters. [his son] Prince Maurice [aged 20] was also there, newly come out of Germany, and my Lord Finch [aged 19], not long before fled out of England from the fury of the Parliament. It was a fasting-day with the Queen for the unfortunate death of her husband, and the presence-chamber had been hung with black velvet ever since his decease.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 13th February 1662 [his former wife] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia [aged 65] died of pneumonia shortly after midnight. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 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 10 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles V of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine [1]
King George I [1]
Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [1]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [1]
Francis Lorraine II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
King Louis Philippe I of France [1]
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain [1]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Count Palatine Simmern 
6 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John I Count Palatinate Simmern 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Egmont Countess Palatinate Simmern 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 5 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 6 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 7 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
father: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 8 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine 6 x Great Grandson of King Charles V of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
mother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 
3 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 4 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 5 x Great Grandson of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 2 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua
Great x 3 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans Grandson of King Charles V of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême Great Grandson of King Charles V of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Charles V of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac