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Louis Henry, Count Palatine of Simmern Kaiserslautern

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Name
  
Louis Count

Died
  
January 3, 1674

Parents
  
Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern

Louis Henry (German: Ludwig Heinrich) (11 October 1640 - 3 January 1674) was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern from 1653 until 1673.

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Life

Louis Henry was born in 1640 as the only surviving son of Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern. He succeeded his father in 1655, and retired from ruling in 1673. He died less than a year later, and was buried in the St-Stephan's Church in Simmern.

Marriage

Louis Henry married Maria of Orange-Nassau (5 September 1642 - 20 March 1688) in 1666, daughter of the Dutch prince Frederick Henry. The marriage remained childless.

Literature

  • Felix Joseph Lipowsky: Karl Ludwig Churfurst von der Pfalz. Seidel, 1824, S. 53
  • Heinrich August Pierer: Universal-lexikon der gegenwart und vergangenheit: oder, Neuestes encyclopadisches worterbuch der wissenschaften, kunste und gewerbe, bearb von mehr als 220 gelehrten, Band 18, H. A. Pierer, 1843, S. 148 Digital version
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    Louis Henry, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern Wikipedia


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