Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)

Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Pfalzgraf bei Rhein), (14 May 1481, in Heidelberg – 20 August 1504, in Landshut) was the third son of Philip, Elector Palatine of the House of Wittelsbach and he was Bishop of Freising from 1495 to 1498.

His Excellency Ruprecht of the Palatinate Bishop of Freising
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Diocese of Freising
In office	1 Aug 1495 - 3 Dec 1498
Predecessor	Sixtus of Tannberg
Successor	Philip of the Palatinate
Orders
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1481-05-14)14 May 1481 Heidelberg, Electoral Palatinate
Died	20 August 1504(1504-08-20) (aged 23) Landshut, Bavaria-Landshut
Parents	Philip, Elector Palatine Margaret of Bavaria
Spouse	Elisabeth of Bavaria ​ ​ (m. 1499)​
Children	Otto Henry, Elector Palatine Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

Life

Count Palatine Rupert ruled as bishop elect of the Freising Hochstift from 1495 to 1498, without ever having been consecrated as a priest. He married his first cousin, Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1478–1504) in 1499, daughter of Duke George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. Rupert was adopted by his father-in-law, and declared the heir of Bavaria-Landshut which led to the outbreak of the Landshut War of Succession after the death of Duke George in 1503. After Elizabeth and Rupert were placed under the imperial ban by Emperor Maximilian on April 23, 1504, they died in quick succession later in 1504 of dysentery. The war ended on July 30, 1505 with the arbitration of Emperor Maximilian I at the Cologne Reichstag. The duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created as a compensation for their surviving children Otto Henry and Philip.

Family and Children

On 10 February 1499 Ruprecht married Elizabeth of Bavaria-Landshut, daughter of George of Bavaria. They had the following four children:

1. Twin sons Georg and Ruprecht (November 1500 - August 1504)
2. Otto Henry (10 April 1502 – 12 February 1559), Count of Palatinate-Neuburg (1505–1559) and Elector Palatine (1556–1559)
3. Philip (12 November 1503 – 4 July 1548), Count of Palatinate-Neuburg (1505–1541)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)

16. Rupert of Germany 8. Louis III, Elector Palatine 17. Elisabeth of Nuremberg 4. Louis IV, Elector Palatine 18. Amadeo, Prince of Achaea 9. Matilda of Savoy 19. Catherine of Geneva 2. Philip, Elector Palatine 20. Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy 10. Amadeus VIII of Savoy 21. Bonne of Berry 5. Margaret of Savoy 22. Philip the Bold 11. Mary of Burgundy 23. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 1. Ruprecht of the Palatinate 24. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria 12. Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria 25. Maddalena Visconti 6. Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria 26. Albert IV, Duke of Austria 13. Margaret of Austria 27. Joanna Sophia of Bavaria 3. Margaret of Bavaria 28. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 14. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony 29. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 7. Amalia of Saxony 30. Ernest, Duke of Austria 15. Margaret of Austria 31. Cymburgis of Masovia

References

• Sigmund Ritter von Riezler (1889), "Ruprecht, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 29, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 726–728