# List of electresses of the Palatinate

The Electress of the Palatinate (German: Kurfürstin von der Pfalz) 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

| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| Elisabeth of Namur | John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre) | 1329 | Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358 | 10 January 1356 Raised to Electress | 29 March 1382 | 29 March 1382 | Rupert I |
| Beatrice of Berg | William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg (Jülich) | 1360 | before 14 November 1385 | before 14 November 1385 | 16 February 1390 husband's death | 16 May 1395 | Rupert I |
| Elisabeth of Nuremberg | Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern) | 1358 | 27 June 1374 | 6 January 1398 husband's accession | 18 May 1410 husband's death | 26 July 1411 | Rupert III |
| Matilda of Savoy | Amadeus, Prince of Achaea (Savoy) | 1391/1400 | 30 November 1417 | 30 November 1417 | 30 December 1436 husband's death | 14 May 1438 | Louis III |
| Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) | 1410s or 7 August 1420 | 18 October 1445 | 18 October 1445 | 13 August 1449 husband's death | 30 September 1479 | Louis IV |
| Margaret of Bavaria | Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) | 7 November 1456 | 21 February 1474 | 12 December 1476 husband's accession | 24/25 February 1501 | 24/25 February 1501 | Philip |
| Sibylle of Bavaria | Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) | 16 June 1489 | 23 February 1511 | 23 February 1511 | 18 April 1519 | 18 April 1519 | Louis V |
| Dorothea of Denmark | Christian II of Denmark (Oldenburg) | 10 November 1520 | 26 September 1535 | 16 March 1544 husband's accession | 26 February 1556 husband's death | 31 May 1580 | Frederick II |

### House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1559–1623

| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Hohenzollern) | 14 October 1519 | 21 October 1537 | 12 February 1559 husband's accession | 31 October 1567 | 31 October 1567 | Frederick III |
| Amalia of Neuenahr | Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen, Count of Limburg (Neuenahr) | 6 April 1539 | 25 April 1569 | 25 April 1569 | 26 October 1576 husband's death | 10 April 1602 | Frederick III |
| Elisabeth of Hesse | Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse) | 13 February 1539 | 8 July 1560 | 26 October 1576 husband's accession | 14 March 1582 | 14 March 1582 | Louis VI |
| Anne of Ostfriesland | Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (Cirksena) | 26 June 1562 | 12 July 1583 | 12 July 1583 | 22 October 1583 husband's death | 21 April 1621 | Louis VI |
| Louise Juliana of Nassau | William the Silent (Orange-Nassau) | 31 March 1576 | 23 June 1593 | 23 June 1593 | 19 September 1610 husband's death | 15 March 1644 | Frederick IV |
| Elizabeth Stuart of England and Scotland | James VI of Scotland (Stuart) | 19 August 1596 | 14 February 1613 | 14 February 1613 | 23 February 1623 husband's accession | 13 February 1662 | Frederick V |

### House of Wittelsbach, Bavarian branch, 1623–1648

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| | Elisabeth of Lorraine | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) | 9 October 1574 | 6 February 1595 | 23 February 1623 husband's accession | 4 January 1635 | 4 January 1635 | Maximilian I |
| | Maria Anna of Austria | Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) | 13 January 1610 | 15 July 1635 | 15 July 1635 | October 1648 Became better known as Electress of Bavaria | 25 September 1665 | Maximilian I |

## Second Electorate, 1648–1777
### House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1648–1685

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| | Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel | William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) | 20 November 1627 | 22 February 1650 | 22 February 1650 | 1658 divorce | 26 March 1686 | Charles I Louis |
| | Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark | Frederick III of Denmark (Oldenburg) | 20 or 21 June 1650 | 20 September 1671 | 28 August 1680 husband's accession | 26 May 1685 husband's death | 22 or 23 April 1706 | Charles II |

### House of Palatinate-Neuburg, 1685–1742

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| | Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt | George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmsta) | 20 March 1635 | 3 September 1653 | 26 May 1685 husband's accession | 2 September 1690 husband's death | 4 August 1709 | Philip William |
| | Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici | Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) | 11 August 1667 | 29 April 1691 | 29 April 1691 | 8 June 1716 husband's death | 18 February 1743 | John William |

### House of Palatinate-Sulzbach, 1742–1799

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| | Elisabeth Augusta of Palatinate-Sulzbach | Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (Wittelsbach) | 17 January 1721 | 17 January 1742 | 31 December 1742 husband's accession | 17 August 1794 | 17 August 1794 | Charles IV Theodore |
| | Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este | Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Austria-Este) | 10 December 1776 | 15 February 1795 | 15 February 1795 | 16 February 1799 husband's death | 23 June 1848 | Charles IV Theodore |

### House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, 1799–1806

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
| | Caroline of Baden | Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Baden) | 13 July 1776 | 9 March 1797 | 16 February 1799 husband's accession | 1 January 1806 elevated to Queen of Bavaria | 13 November 1841 | Maximilian II Joseph |