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'''Georg''' (20 February 1518 – 17 May 1569) was the [[Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim|Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim]] from 1559 until 1569.
George was born in 1518 to [[Johann II, Count Palatine of Simmern]] and [[Beatrix of Baden]]. In 1559 his elder brother [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick]] inherited the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] and gave George his old territories inherited from his father in 1557. George married [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]], daughter of Landgrave [[Wilhelm I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse|Wilhelm I]], on 9 January 1541. George died in 1569 and was succeeded in Simmern by his younger brother [[Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim|Reichard]].
==Children==
With [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]] (4 March 1503 - 4 January 1563)
# John (c. 7 October 1541 – 28 January 1562)
George also had a mistress in [[Elisabeth of Rosenfeld]] and fathered two illegitimate children with her
# Adam (c.1565–1598)
# George (c.1566–1598)
==See also==
* [[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine]]
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[[Category:House of Wittelsbach]]
[[Category:1518 births]]
[[Category:1569 deaths]]