Georg, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
Georg was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim from 1559 until 1569.
George was born in 1518 to Johann II, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1559 his elder brother Frederick inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate and gave George his old territories inherited from his father in 1557. George married Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm I, on 9 January 1541. George died in 1569 and was succeeded in Simmern by his younger brother Reichard.Children
With Elisabeth of Hesse
- John
George also had a mistress in Elisabeth of Rosenfeld and fathered two illegitimate children with her
- Adam
- George
