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

Rupert of Germany

Rupert of Germany from the House of Wittelsbach was Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400 until his death...

 in 1410, including the line of Palatinate-Simmern with its capital 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...

. This line became extinct in 1685 with the death of Charles II

Charles II, Elector Palatine

Charles II was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.Charles was a strict Calvinist. In 1671, his aunt Electress Sophia of Hanover arranged his marriage to Princess Wilhelmina Ernestina, daughter of King Frederick III...

. The Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg is a former territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of some 100,000.-History:...

 line inherited the estate.

Counts Palatine

• Stefan 1410-1444
• Frederick I
  Frederick I of Pfalz-Simmern
  Frederick I, the Hunsrücker was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480....
  
   1444-1480
• John I
  John I of Pfalz-Simmern
  John I was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1480 until 1509.John was born in 1459 to Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern. He married Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken on 29 September 1481...
  
   1480-1509
• John II
  John II of Pfalz-Simmern
  John II was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1509 until 1557.John II was born in Simmern in 1492 as the eldest surviving son of John I, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1508 he married Beatrix of Baden, daughter of Margrave Christopher I. He succeeded his father in 1509...
  
   1509-1557

Electors Palatine

• Frederick III
  Frederick III, Elector Palatine
  Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine in 1559...
  
   1559–1576
• Louis VI
  Louis VI, Elector Palatine
  In the history of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis VI, Elector Palatine was an Elector from the Palatinate-Simmern branch of the house of Wittelsbach. He was the first-born son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach...
  
   1576-1583
• Frederick IV
  Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
  Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine , only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth of Hesse, called "Frederick the Righteous" .-Life:Born in Amberg, his father died in October 1583 and...
  
   1583-1610
• Frederick V
  Frederick V, Elector Palatine
  Frederick V was Elector Palatine , and, as Frederick I , King of Bohemia ....
  
   1610-1623
• Charles I Louis
  Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
  Charles Louis, , Elector Palatine KG was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and his wife, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England ....
  
   1649-1680
• Charles II
  Charles II, Elector Palatine
  Charles II was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.Charles was a strict Calvinist. In 1671, his aunt Electress Sophia of Hanover arranged his marriage to Princess Wilhelmina Ernestina, daughter of King Frederick III...
  
  1680-1685