Matilda (or Mechtilde) of Savoy (1390–1438) was
Electress Palatine
The Electress of the Palatinate () was the consort of the Prince-elector of the Electorate of the Palatinate, one of the Holy Roman Empire's greatest princes.
First Electorate, 1356–1648
House of Wittelsbach, Main branch, 1356–1559
Hou ...
as the second wife of the
Elector Palatine
This article lists counts palatine of Lotharingia, counts palatine of the Rhine, and electors of the Palatinate (), the titles of three counts palatine who ruled some part of the Rhine region in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire b ...
Louis III Louis III may refer to:
* Louis the Younger, sometimes III of Germany (835–882)
* Louis III of France (865–882)
* Louis the Blind, Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, (c. 880–928)
* Louis the Child, sometimes III of Germany (893–911)
* Louis III ...
, whom she married on 30 November 1417. She was a daughter of
Amadeo, Prince of Achaea
Amadeus or Amedeo of Savoy (1363 – 7 May 1402) was the son of James of Piedmont and his third wife Marguerite de Beaujeu. By James' will of 16 May 1366, he was declared his firstborn (his elder half-brother was considered a traitor by their ...
and Catherine of Geneva.
Children
Matilda had the following five children:
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Mathilde (7 March 1419 – 1 October 1482), married:
## in 1434 to Count
Louis I of Württemberg
## in 1452 to Duke
Albrecht VI of Austria
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Louis IV, Elector Palatine
Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1 January 1424, Heidelberg – 13 August 1449, Worms) was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1436 - 1449.
Biography
Louis IV was the son of Louis III, Elector Palatine and ...
(1 January 1424 – 13 August 1449)
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Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Frederick I, the Victorious (''der Siegreiche'') (1 August 1425, Heidelberg – 12 December 1476, Heidelberg) was a Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector Palatine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1451–1476.
Biography
He was a son of Louis ...
(1 August 1425 – 12 December 1476)
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Rupprecht (27 February 1427 – 26 July 1480),
Prince-elector
The prince-electors ( pl. , , ) were the members of the Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire, which elected the Holy Roman Emperor. Usually, half of the electors were archbishops.
From the 13th century onwards, a small group of prince- ...
archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne governs the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne in western North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically, the archbishop was ''ex officio'' one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire and ruled the Electorate of Cologne ...
# Margarete (ca. 1428 – 23 November 1466), a nun at
Liebenau monastery
The Liebenau monastery was a Dominican monastery. It was located outside the city gates of Worms in today's Worms-Hochheim district.
Location
Liebenau was located in the east of Hochheim district, close to the border with the Neuhausen distri ...
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1390 births
1438 deaths
15th-century German women
Burials at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
Electresses of the Palatinate
Mothers of German monarchs
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