Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern


Frederick I, the Hunsrücker was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480.
Frederick was born in 1417 to Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken and his wife, Anna of Veldenz. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis. Frederick married Margaret of Guelders, daughter of Duke Arnold, on 16 August 1454. Frederick died in Simmern in 1480 and was buried in the Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.

Children

With Margaret, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders:
  1. Katherine Abbess in the St Klara monastery in Trier
  2. Stephen Canon in Strasbourg, Mainz and Cologne
  3. William
  4. John I
  5. Frederick Canon in Cologne, Speyer, Trier, Mainz, Magdeburg and Strasbourg
  6. Rupert, bishop of Regensburg.
  7. Anne Nun in Trier
  8. Margaret Nun in Trier
  9. Helene Prioress in the St. Agnes monastery in Trier
  10. William Canon in Trier