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Charles II (German: Karl II.; 31 March 1651, Heidelberg – 26 May 1685, Heidelberg) was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
Charles was a strict Calvinist. In 1671, his aunt Electress Sophia of Hanover arranged his marriage to Princess Wilhelmina Ernestina, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark. Their marriage was childless. But upon his death, the Palatinate passed to the Catholic Neuburg branch of the family. The rival claims to the Palatinate of his sister Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, Louis XIV of France's sister-in-law, was the pretext for the French invasion of the Palatinate in 1688, which began the Nine Years War.
Ancestry
| Charles II, Elector Palatine | Father: Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine |
Paternal Grandfather: Frederick V, Elector Palatine |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick IV, Elector Palatine |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Louise Juliana of Nassau |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Stuart |
Paternal Great-grandfather: James VI, King of Scots |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Anne of Denmark |
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| Mother: Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel |
Maternal Grandfather: William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Agnes of Solms-Laubach |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenber |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Catharina Belgica of Nassau |
| Preceded by Charles I Louis |
Elector Palatine 1680-1685 |
Succeeded by Philip William |
