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

House of Palatinate-Simmern, 1559–1623 Picture 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 1559husband's accession 31 October 1567 Frederick III Amalia of Neuenahr Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen, Count of Limburg(Neuenahr) 6 April 1539 25 April 1569 26 October 1576husband's death 10 April 1602 Elisabeth of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse(Hesse) 13 February 1539 8 July 1560 26 October 1576husband's accession 14 March 1582 Louis VI Anne of Ostfriesland Edzard II, Count of East Frisia(Cirksena) 26 June 1562 12 July 1583 22 October 1583husband's death 21 April 1621 Louise Juliana of Nassau William the Silent(Orange-Nassau) 31 March 1576 23 June 1593 19 September 1610husband's death 15 March 1644 Frederick IV Elizabeth Stuart of England and Scotland James VI of Scotland(Stuart) 19 August 1596 14 February 1613 23 February 1623husband'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 1623husband's accession 4 January 1635 Maximilian I Maria Anna of Austria Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) 13 January 1610 15 July 1635 October 1648Became better known as Electress of Bavaria 25 September 1665

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 1658divorce 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 1680husband's accession 26 May 1685husband'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-Darmstadt) 20 March 1635 3 September 1653 26 May 1685husband's accession 2 September 1690husband'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 8 June 1716husband'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 1742husband's accession 17 August 1794 Charles IV Theodore Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este(Austria-Este) 10 December 1776 15 February 1795 16 February 1799husband's death 23 June 1848

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 1799husband's accession 1 January 1806elevated to Queen of Bavaria 13 November 1841 Maximilian II Joseph

See also List of Bavarian consorts

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