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| Charles I Louis | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, c. 1641 | |
| Elector Palatine | |
| Reign | 24 October 1648 – 28 August 1680 |
| Predecessor | Maximilian I |
| Successor | Charles II |
| Born | 22 December 1617 Heidelberg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 28 August 1680 (aged 62) near Edingen, Holy Roman Empire |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Hollander von Bernau
(m. 1679) |
| Issue more... | Ludwig von Seltz Charles II, Elector Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth |
| House | Palatine Simmern |
| Father | Frederick V, Elector Palatine[1] |
| Mother | Elizabeth Stuart[1] |
| Religion | Calvinism |
Charles I Louis (German: Karl I. Ludwig; 22 December 1617 – 28 August 1680) was Elector Palatine from 1648 until his death. He was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and the British princess Elizabeth Stuart.
After living the first half of his life in exile during the German Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War, in 1649 Charles Louis reclaimed his father's title of Elector Palatine, along with most of his former territories.[2]
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911a, p. 286.
- ^ Großkopf, Gertrud (1987). "Wilhelm Curtius. Lebensspuren eines kurpfälzischen Adeligen aus Bensheim im Dienst der englischen Krone" [William Curtius. The path of a Palatine nobleman, from Bensheim to the service of the English Crown]. In Historischer Verein für Hessen (ed.). Archive für hessische Geschichte und Altertumskunde (in German). Vol. Neue Folge 45. Band 1987. ISSN 0066-636X.