Elisabeth of the Palatinate
Elisabeth of the Palatinate (26 December 1618 – 11 February 1680), also known as Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate, or Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey, was the eldest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (who was briefly King of Bohemia), and Elizabeth Stuart.
Elisabeth of the Palatinate is a philosopher best known for her correspondence with René Descartes.
She was critical of Descartes' dualistic metaphysics and her work anticipated the metaphysical concerns of later philosophers.
Margaret of the Palatinate
Margaret of the Palatinate( German:" Margarete von der Pfalz";
1376 – 26 August 1434, Einville- au- Jard) was the daughter of Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg.
She married Charles II, Duke of Lorraine on 6 February 1393.
Her maternal grandparents were Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen.
One of her grandchildren was Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort of King Henry VI of England.
Her children with Charles II of Lorraine included:
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate( 18 April 1622 – 11 February 1709) was a painter and abbess.
She was a daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart.
Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim
Elisabeth of the Palatinate( German:" Elisabeth von der Pfalz", born 30 June 1540 in Birkenfeld; died: 8 February 1594 in Wiener Neustadt) was the second wife of Duke John Frederick II of Saxony.
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg
Elisabeth Auguste of Neuburg( Elisabeth Auguste Sofie; 1693 – 1728) was the only surviving child of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine.
The Palatinate- Neuburg line became extinct with her father and was succeeded by the Palatinate- Sulzbach line.
Her sons with Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach would have been the indisputable heirs to the Electorate of the Palatinate, but they all died in infancy.
She was the Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach by marriage.
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska
Theresa Kunegunda( 4 March 1676 – 10 March 1730) was a Polish princess, an Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate.
She also served as Regent of the Palatinate in 1704 – 05.
Helen of the Palatinate
Helen of the Palatinate( 9 February 1493, Heidelberg – 4 August 1524, Schwerin) was a member of the Palatinate- Simmern branch of House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Frederick V of the Palatinate
Frederick V (26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620.
He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the derisive sobriquet "the Winter King"
(Czech: "Zimní král";
German: "Winterkönig").
Frederick was born at the  (a hunting lodge) near Amberg in the Upper Palatinate.
He was the son of Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau, the daughter of William the Silent and Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.
An intellectual, a mystic, and a Calvinist, he succeeded his father as Prince-Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate in 1610.
He was responsible for the construction of the famous "Hortus Palatinus" gardens in Heidelberg.
In 1618 the largely Protestant estates of Bohemia rebelled against their Catholic King Ferdinand, triggering the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War.
Frederick was asked to assume the crown of Bohemia.
He accepted the offer and was crowned on 4 November 1619, as Frederick I (the adjective means "of Oberpfalz" or "of the Upper Palatinate").
The estates chose Frederick since he was the leader of the Protestant Union, a military alliance founded by his father, and hoped for the support of Frederick's father-in-law, James VI of Scotland and I of England.
However, James opposed the takeover of Bohemia from the Habsburgs and Frederick's allies in the Protestant Union failed to support him militarily by signing the Treaty of Ulm (1620).
His brief reign as King of Bohemia ended with his defeat at the Battle of White Mountain on 8 November 1620 – a year and four days after his coronation.
After the battle, the Imperial forces invaded Frederick's Palatine lands and he had to flee to his uncle Prince Maurice, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic in 1622.
An Imperial edict formally deprived him of the Palatinate in 1623.
He lived the rest of his life in exile with his wife and family, mostly at The Hague, and died in Mainz in 1632.
His eldest surviving son Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, returned to power in 1648 with the end of the war.
Another son was Prince Rupert of the Rhine, one of the most colourful figures of his time.
His daughter Princess Sophia was eventually named heiress presumptive to the British throne, and is the founder of the Hanoverian line of kings.
Elisabeth of Nuremberg
Elisabeth of Nuremberg( 1358 – 26 July 1411) was the daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen.
She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern, and the wife of Rupert of Germany.
In 1398, she became the Electress of the Palatinate of the Rhine, and in 1400 she became Queen of the Romans.
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
Karl- Theodor, Duke in Bavaria( 9 August 1839 – 30 November 1909), was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a professional oculist.
He was the favorite brother of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and father of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians.

Question: Where did Elisabeth Of The Palatinate's father die?
Answer: Mainz