George (German: Georg) (20 February 1518 - 17 May 1569) was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim from 1559 until 1569. George was born in 1518 to John II, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1559 his elder brother Frederick inherited the Electoral Palatinate and gave George his old territories inherited from his father in 1557. George married Elizabeth of Hesse, daughter of Landgrave William II, on 9 January 1541. George died in 1569 and was succeeeded in Simmern by his younger brother Richard.
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