Ruprecht Adolf
(Ruprecht II)
"Pfalzgraf bei Rhein"
Wittelsbach
formerly Rhine
Born in Amberg, Oberpfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Beatrix (Sicily) Sicilia
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 72
in Amberg, Oberpfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich
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Biography
Ruprecht Adolf, Palatine of the Rhine, was the son of Adolf, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein and his wife Irmengard von Oettingen. He was born at Amberg on 12 May 1325[1].
He married Beatrice of Sicily between May 1345 and 1346[1]. They had the following children:
- Anna (1346 – 30 November 1415), married in 1363 to William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg.
- Friedrich (1347 – c. 1395).
- Johann (1349 – c. 1395).
- Mechthild (born 1350), married to Landgrave Sigost of Leuchtenberg.
- Elisabeth (c. 1351 – 1360).
- Ruprecht, King of Germany (1352 – 1410).
- Adolf (1355 – 1 May 1358)[1].
Ruprecht has a daughter by an unknown mistress:
- Else von Stromberg, nun at Liebenau (Worms)[1].
He died at Amberg on 6 January 1398 and was buried at Schönau[1].
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Palatinate, Chap 4. Pfalzgrafen bei Rhein, Kurfürsten von der Pfalz, Wittelsbach Ruprecht Adolf Pfalzgraf. Online at for Medieval Genealogy Website (accessed 2017).
See also:
- Ruprecht II von der Pfalz (de)
- Rupert II, Elector Palatine (en)
- Wikidata: Item Q62566
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