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 | | The non-reigning members of the family were known as Counts Palatine of whatever branch they belonged to (Simmern, Neuburg, Sulzbach, Zweibruecken, Birkenfeld, etc) until in 1777 a member of this branch inherited the lands of the last of the junior Wittelsbachs, the Electors of Bavaria, thus re-uniting the two branches after almost 500 years. |
 | | Rudolf I's descendants were as follows: 1.Ludwig, b.ca 1297, d.before 5 Apr 1311 2.Adolf, Ct Palatine (1300-1327); m.1320 Irmgard (1304-1389) dau.of Ct Ludwig IX von Oettingen 2.1.Ruprecht II, Elector Palatine (1325-1398); m.1345 Beatrix (d.1365) dau.of King Pietro of Sicily 2.1.1.Friedrich, b.1347. |
 | | He m.1613 Pss Elizabeth of England (1596-1662) 1.1.4.1.1.Karl I Ludwig (1617-1680); by the Treaty of Westphalia, he was awarded an extra electorate, but had to give up the Upper Palatinate (that area of Northern Bavaria including the town of Sulzbach). |
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