Luise Marie of the Palatinate

Luise Marie of the Palatinate (Luise Marie von der Plafz; 23 July 1647 – 11 March 1679) was a Palatine princess who married Charles Theodore, the Prince (Fürst) of Salm-Salm. A great-granddaughter of James I of England and niece of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, she and her family, as Catholics, were excluded from the line of succession to the British throne.

Early life

She was the eldest daughter of the landless Prince Palatine Edward and his French-Italian wife, Anna Gonzaga. She was probably named after her mother's sister, Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, Queen of Poland (in German, Louise Marie). Her younger sisters were Anne Henriette, wife of Henri Jules, Prince de Condé and Benedicta Henrietta, wife of John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. On her father's side, she was a first cousin of George I of Great Britain and Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans.

Marriage

On March 20, 1671, she married Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm, member of the House of Salm. They had four children:

• Princess Louise Apollonia of Salm, born 23 February 1672; died on 22 May 1678 at the age of 6.
• Louis Otto, Prince of Salm, born on 24 October 1674.
• Princess Louise-Apollonia of Salm (1677–1678)
• Princess Eleonore Christine of Salm, was born on March 14, 1678; married Conrad Albert, first Duke of Ursel, with whom she had issue; and died March 23, 1737, at the age of 59.

Ancestry

Notes and references

1. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern
2. Prince of Arches and Charleville
3. Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine
4. Elisabeth of the Palatinate
5. 1679
6. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
7. Marie Luise von Degenfeld
8. Luise Herklotz
9. Onion soup
10. Frederick V of the Palatinate
11. List of counts palatine of the Rhine
12. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
13. 1647
14. Saumagen
15. Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
16. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
17. 1670s
18. 1640s
19. Malu Dreyer
20. Salm (state)