Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

Adolf of the Rhine (Template:Langx) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327.

He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau.Template:Sfn He didn't really rule because his uncle Louis IV occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf's brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.

Family and children

He was married in 1320 to Countess Irmengard of Oettingen (d. 1399),Template:Sfn daughter of Count Louis VI of Oettingen. They had the following children:

Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg–6 January 1398, Amberg)Template:Sfn
Adolf.
Friedrich.
a daughter (d. 1389), married Count Meinhard I of Ortenburg.

He was buried in the Cistercian monastery of Schönau near Heidelberg.

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Regnal titles
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine House of Wittelsbach Born: 1300 Died: 1327
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