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Charles I Louis | |
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Elector Palatine | |
Reign | 24 October 1648 – 28 August 1680 |
Predecessor | Maximilian I |
Successor | Charles II |
Born | Heidelberg, Holy Roman Empire | 22 December 1617
Died | 28 August 1680 near Edingen, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 62)
Spouse | Elisabeth Hollander von Bernau
(m. 1679) |
Issue | Ludwig von Seltz Charles II, Elector Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine Frederick of the Palatinate Raugrave Charles Louis Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth Raugravine Louise Raugrave Louis Raugravine Amalia Elisabeth Raugrave George Louis Raugravine Frederica Raugrave Frederick William Raugrave Charles Edward Raugravine Sophie Raugrave Charles Maurice Raugrave Charles August Raugrave Charles Casimir Charles Louis von der Pfalz |
House | Palatine Simmern |
Father | Frederick V, Elector Palatine[1] |
Mother | Elizabeth Stuart[1] |
Religion | Calvinism |
Charles Louis, Elector Palatine (German: Karl I. Ludwig; 22 December 1617 – 28 August 1680), was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and sister of Charles I of England.
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]