Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine

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Charles I Louis
Portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, c. 1641
Elector Palatine
Reign	24 October 1648 – 28 August 1680
Predecessor	Maximilian I
Successor	Charles II
Born	(1617-12-22)22 December 1617 Heidelberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	28 August 1680(1680-08-28) (aged 62) near Edingen, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel ​ ​ (m. 1650; div. 1657)​ Marie Luise von Degenfeld ​ ​ (m. 1658; died 1677)​ Elisabeth Hollander von Bernau ​ ​ (m. 1679)​
Issue	Ludwig von Seltz Charles II, Elector Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine Frederick of the Palatinate Raugrave Charles Louis Raugravine Caroline Elisabeth Raugravine Louise Raugrave Louis Raugravine Amalia Elisabeth Raugrave George Louis Raugravine Frederica Raugrave Frederick William Raugrave Charles Edward Raugravine Sophie Raugrave Charles Maurice Raugrave Charles August Raugrave Charles Casimir Charles Louis von der Pfalz
House	Palatine Simmern
Father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine[1]
Mother	Elizabeth Stuart[1]
Religion	Calvinism

Charles Louis, Elector Palatine (German: Karl I. Ludwig; 22 December 1617 – 28 August 1680), was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and sister of Charles I of England.

After living the first half of his life in exile during the German Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War, in 1649 Charles Louis reclaimed his father's title of Elector Palatine, along with most of his former territories.^[2]