Marie Luise von Degenfeld
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Marie Susanne Luise von Degenfeld was a German noblewoman and the morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine.
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Charles I Louis
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Charles I Louis was Elector Palatine from 1648 until his death. He was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and the British princess Elizabeth Stuart.
Marie Luise von Degenfeld
…Marie Susanne Luise von Degenfeld (28 November 1634 – 18 March 1677) was a German noblewoman and the morganatic second wife of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. Born as Baroness Marie Susanne Luise von Degenfeld in Strasbourg, she was the daughter of an impoverished German Baron, Christoph Martin von Degenfeld…
Portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, c. 1641
![Charles Louis with his teacher Volrad von Plesse [de], painting by Jan Lievens, 1631.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/PaintingJanLievensPrinceCharlesLouisWithHisTutor1631.jpg/500px-PaintingJanLievensPrinceCharlesLouisWithHisTutor1631.jpg)
Charles Louis with his teacher Volrad von Plesse [de], painting by Jan Lievens, 1631.
Charles Louis, Elector Palatine by Anthony van Dyck, 1637
Engraving of Charles I Louis