Frederick III
Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain by overseeing the composition and promulgation of the Heidelberg Catechism. His support of Calvinism gave the German Reformed movement a foothold within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Male
Birth Place
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate
Date of Death
October 26th, 1576
Died Aged
-393
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Beatrice of Baden
Mother
Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria
Sister
Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim
Daughter
Dorothea Susanne of Simmern
Daughter
John II
Father
Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Wife
Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern
Sister
Louis VI
Son
Anna Elisabeth of Palatinate-Simmern
Daughter
Brigitta von Pfalz-Simmern
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Elisabeth von Pfalz-Simmern
Sister
Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern
Daughter
Richard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
Brother
John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern
Son
George, Count Palatine of Simmern
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Katharina von Pfalz-Simmern
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Johanna von Pfalz-Simmern
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Amalia of Neuenahr
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