# List of countesses of the Palatinate

The Countess of the Palatinate (German: Gräfin von der Pfalz) was the consort of the Count of the Palatinate, one of the Empire's greatest princes.

## Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156

| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
| Adelheid von Weimar-Orlamünde | Otto I, Margrave of Meissen (Meissen) | around 1055 | after 1080 | 1085 husband's accession | 23 October 1095 husband's death | 28 March 1100 | Henry of Laach |
| Gertrude of Northeim | Henry, Margrave of Frisia (Northeim) | 1090 | before 27 August 1111 | before 27 August 1111 | 3 September 1113 husband's death | before 1165 | Siegfried of Ballenstedt |
| Liutgard of Zähringen | Berthold II, Duke of Zähringen (Zähringen) | - | - | 1113 husband's death | 1129 husband's deposition | - | Gottfried von Calw |
| Adelheid | - | - | before 17 March 1130 | 1129 husband's accession | 1139 husband's deposition | - | Wilhelm von Ballenstedt |
| Gertrude of Hohenstaufen | Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (Hohenstaufen) | - | 1127 | 1142 husband's accession | 2 October 1156 husband's death | after 1182 | Hermann von Stahleck |

## House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195

| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
| | ? | Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim (Sponheim) | - | - | 1156 husband's appointment | 1159/60 | 1159/60 | Conrad |
| | Irmingard of Henneberg | Berthold I, Count of Henneberg (Henneberg) | - | 1159 | 1159 | c. 1212 husband's abdication | 15 July 1197 | Conrad |

## House of Welf, 1195–1214

| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
| Agnes of Hohenstaufen | Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Hohenstaufen) | 1176 | December 1193 or January 1194 | 8 November 1195 husband's accession | 9/10 May 1204 | 9/10 May 1204 | Henry V |
| Agnes of Wettin | Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (Wettin) | - | 1211 | 1211 | c. 1212 husband's abdication | 1 January 1248 | Henry V |
| Matilda of Brabant | Henry I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 1200 | end-November 1212 | c. 1212 husband's accession | 25 April 1214 husband's death | 22 December 1267 | Henry VI |

## House of Wittelsbach, 1214–1356

| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Husband |
| Ludmilla of Bohemia | Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (Přemyslid) | 1170 | end-October 1204 | 25 April 1214 husband's accession | 15 September 1231 husband's death | 5 August 1240 | Louis I |
| Agnes of the Palatinate | Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Welf) | 1201 | May 1222 | 15 September 1231 husband's accession | 29 November 1253 husband's death | 16 November 1267 | Otto II Wittelsbach |
| Maria of Brabant | Henry II, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 1226 | 2 August 1254 | 2 August 1254 | 18 January 1256 | 18 January 1256 | Louis II |
| Anna of Glogau | Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau (Piast) | 1250/52 | 24 August 1260 | 24 August 1260 | 25 June 1271 | 25 June 1271 | | Louis II |
| Matilda of Habsburg | Rudolph I of Germany (Habsburg) | 1252 | 24 October 1273 | 24 October 1273 | 2 February 1294 husband's death | 23 December 1304 | Louis II |
| Mechtild of Nassau | Adolf, King of the Romans (Nassau) | before 1280 | 1 September 1294 | 1 September 1294 | 1317 husband's desposition | 19 June 1323 | Rudolf I |
| Beatrix of Świdnica | Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica (Piast) | 1290/2 | 14 October 1308/11 | 1317 husband's accession | 25 August 1322 | 25 August 1322 | Emperor Louis IV |
| Margaret of Holland | William I, Count of Hainaut (Avesnes) | 1311 | 26 February 1324 | 26 February 1324 | 1329 Treaty of Pavia | 23 June 1356 | Emperor Louis IV |
| Anna of Gorizia-Tyrol | Otto III, Duke of Carinthia (Meinhardiner) | 1300 | 1328 | 1329 Treaty of Pavia | 16 May 1331 or 4 July 1335 | 16 May 1331 or 4 July 1335 | Rudolf II |
| Margaret of Sicily | Frederick III of Sicily (Barcelona) | 1331 | 1348 | 1348 | 4 October 1353 husband's death | 1377 | Rudolf II |
| Elisabeth of Namur | John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre) | 1329 | Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358 | Autumn 1350 or Summer 1358 | 10 January 1356 Raised to Electress | 29 March 1382 | Rupert I |

## Sources

* ↑ Thomas Curtis (1829). The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics, Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams. T. Tegg. p. 5.
* Marek, Miroslav. "Rulers of RHEINPFALZ". Genealogy.EU.