Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482) was a princess and major patroness of the literary arts in the 15th century.

After their initial meeting in 1460, Niklas van Wyle dedicated four of his translations to her.

[6] Jakob Püterich von Reichertshausen wrote a poem for her called Letter of Honor.

[7] In the poem, he lists and compares all the books that he and she had collected in their individual libraries.

[7] In collaboration with her son, Count Eberhard the Bearded of Württemberg, who was married to an Italian princess of the Gonzaga family, Barbara Gonzaga, she founded the University of Freiburg, in Freiburg im Breisgau, in 1457.