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Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

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Christian II
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Christian II Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Born(1637-06-22)22 June 1637
Bischwiller
Died26 April 1717(1717-04-26) (aged 79)
Birkenfeld
Noble familyWittelsbach
Spouse(s)Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
FatherChristian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
MotherCountess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

Christian II (22 June 1637 – 26 April 1717) was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1654, the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1671, and the Count of Rappoltstein from 1673 until 1699.

Life

Christian was born in Bischwiller in 1637 as the eldest surviving son of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After his father's death in 1654 he succeeded him to his territories around Bischweiler. In 1671 he inherited Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from his cousin Charles II Otto. Through the inheritance of his wife, he was also the Count of Rappolstein from 1673 until he granted that title to his son Christian III.

Marriage

Christian married Countess Catherine Agatha of Rappoltstein (15 June 1648 – 16 July 1683) on 5 September 1667 and had the following children:[1]

  1. Magdalena Claudia (16 September 1668 – 9 December 1704)
  2. Louis (26 December 1669 – 2 April 1670)
  3. Elizabeth Sophie Augusta (2 August 1671 – 18 October 1672)
  4. Christina Catherine (2 August 1671 – 15 May 1673)
  5. Charlotte Wilhelmina (18 October 1672 – 29 May 1673)
  6. Christian (7 November 1674 – 3 February 1735)
  7. Louise (28 October 1679 – 3 May 1753)- married to Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Georg Christian Crollius: Denkmahl Carl August Friderichs des Einzigen, Zweibrücken 1785, S. 184. Online

Bibliography

  • Maximilian V. Sattler: Lehrbuch der bayerischen Geschichte, Lindauer, 1868, p. 411
  • Jahresbericht [nachmals] Trierer Jahresberichte, 1858, p. 58 f.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
1654 – 1717 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
1671 – 1717
Preceded by
Catherine Agatha
 Count of Rappolstein
1673 – 1699
With: Catherine Agatha
(1673 – 1683)
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