Frederick I, the Hunsrück

Hunsrück

The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...

er (German: Friedrich I.) (19 November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the Count Palatine of Simmern

Palatinate-Simmern

Palatinate-Simmern was one of the collateral lines of the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach.The Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach was divided into four lines after the death of Rupert III in 1410, including the line of Palatinate-Simmern with its capital in Simmern. This line...

 from 1459 until 1480.

Frederick was born in 1417 to Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis

Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Louis I of Zweibrücken was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken and of Veldenz in 1444–1489.He was the younger son of Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife Anna, heiress of the County of Veldenz, whom he had wed in 1409. Although Anne died in 1439, her widower did not...

. Frederick married Margaret of Gelders, daughter of Duke Arnold, on 16 August 1454. Frederick died in Simmern

Simmern

Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...

 in 1480 and was buried in the Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.

Children

With Margaret of Gelders (1436 – 15 August 1486)

1. Katherine (1455 – 28 December 1522)
2. Stephen (25 February 1457 – 1488/9)
3. William (2 January 1458 – 1458)
4. John (15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509)
5. Frederick (10 April 1460 – 22 November 1518)
6. Rupert (16 October 1461 – 19 April 1507)
7. Anne (30 July 1465 – 15 July 1517)
8. Margaret (2 December 1466 – August 1506)
9. Helene (1467 – 21 February 1555)
10. William (20 April 1468 – 1481)

Preceded by:	Frederick I	Succeeded by:
Friedrich III of Veldenz	Count to Sponheim 1444–1480	John I
Stephen of Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken was a state of the Holy Roman Empire based in the Simmern and Zweibrücken in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....	Count Palatine of Simmern Palatinate-Simmern Palatinate-Simmern was one of the collateral lines of the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach.The Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach was divided into four lines after the death of Rupert III in 1410, including the line of Palatinate-Simmern with its capital in Simmern. This line... 1459–1480	John I