Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

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Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (b. Strassburg, 7 November 1674; d. Zweibrücken, 3 February 1735) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1731-1735. He was the son of Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.

In 1719, at Schloss Lorentzen, he married Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704-1774) and had four children :


Preceded by
Gustav
Duke of Zweibrücken
1731–1735
Succeeded by
Christian IV
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