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Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine, (German: Ottheinrich; 10 April 1502, Amberg – 12 February 1559, Heidelberg) a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1505 to 1557 and prince elector of the Palatinate from 1556 to 1559.
The counts palatine of the Rhine held the office of imperial vicars in the territories under Frankish law (in Franconia, Swabia and the Rhineland) and ranked among the most significant secular Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1541 elector Otto Henry converted to Lutheranism.
In 1557 Otto Henry abdicated of Neuburg to become Elector. Neuburg fell to Wolfgang I. Otto Henry left no descendants: the main line became extinct with his death. Simmern line succeeded in the Electorate.
RulerRulerBornReign23 December 11731214–123115 September 12317 April 12061231–125329 November 125313 April 12291253–12942 February 12944 October 12741296–131712 August 1319Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Otto-Henry (1502–1559) Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1505, Elector Palatine of the Rhine from 1556. Simmern Line 1559-1623 and 1648-1685. Second Electorate 1648-1685.
Conti Palatini (915–1356) Il Palatinato si lega dalla "Contea Palatina di Lotaringia", che inizia la propria esistenza nel X sec. Durante l'XI sec., il Palatinato diventa dominio della dinastia degli Azzoni, che governarono su numerose contee del Reno.
It was during the reign of the book-loving Elector Otto-Henry that these disparate inventories were first united, in the galleries of the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Spirit). The sack of Heidelberg during the Thirty Years' War, in 1622, brought a temporary end to the then most renowned and important collection of books in all of Germany.
Otto Henry (German: Ottheinrich) (10 April 1502 - 12 February 1559) was the Elector Palatine from 1556 until 1559, and the Duke of Neuburg from 1505 until 1559. Otto Henry was born in Amberg in 1502 as the eldest son of Rupert of the Palatinate, the former Bishop of Freising and a son of the...
