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John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt

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Name
  
John, Palatine

Parents
  
Elisabeth of Nuremberg

Children
  
Christopher of Bavaria


Died
  
March 14, 1443, Kastl, Germany

Siblings
  
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrucken

Grandparents
  
Elisabeth of Meissen, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Nephews
  
John of Palatinate-Simmern, Archbishop of Magdeburg

John (Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt; 1383 – 14 March 1443) was the Count Palatine of Neumarkt from 1410 to his death. The son of Rupert III of the Palatinate, he married Catherine of Pomerania in 1407. He is mainly known for his crushing victory against the Hussites at the Battle of Hiltersried in 1433.

  • Christopher, his son, was king of the Kalmar Union.
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