Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Christian I
Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Count Palatine by Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Sponheim etc.
Born	(1598-11-03)3 November 1598 Birkenfeld
Died	6 September 1654(1654-09-06) (aged 55) Neuenstein
Buried	Bischwiller
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken Maria Joanna of Helffenstein
Father	Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Mother	Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Christian I (3 November 1598 – 6 September 1654) was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654.

Life

Christian was born in Birkenfeld in 1598 as the youngest son of Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. His father's lands were partitioned after his death and Christian received the territory around Bischwiller (German: Bischweiler) in Alsace. Christian died in Neuenstein in 1654 and was buried in Bischwiller.

First marriage

Christian married Magdalena Catherine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (26 April 1607 – 20 January 1648), daughter of Duke John II, on 14 November 1630 and had the following children:

1. unnamed son (13 September 1631)
2. Gustavus Adolph (2 July 1632 – 4 August 1632)
3. John Christian (16 June 1633 – 19 August 1633)
4. Dorothea Catherine (3 July 1634 – 7 December 1715)
5. Louise Sophie (16 August 1635 – 25 September 1691)
6. Christian (1637 – 26 April 1717)
7. John Charles (17 October 1638 – 21 February 1704)
8. Anne Magdalena (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693)
9. Claire Sybille (20 February 1643 – 27 March 1644)

Second marriage

After the death of his first wife, Christian married for the second time to Countess Maria Johanna of Helfenstein (1607–1648) (8 September 1612 – 20 August 1665), daughter of Count Rudolph III of Helfenstein (1585-1627) and Countess Eleonora zu Fürstenberg (1578-1651), widow of Maximilian Adam, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, on 28 October 1648 and had the following son:

1. unnamed son (1648)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

16. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 17. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 18. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse 9. Elisabeth of Hesse 19. Anna of Brunswick 2. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse 10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse 21. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 5. Anna of Hesse 22. George, Duke of Saxony 11. Christine of Saxony 23. Barbara Jagiellon 1. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 24. Henry I of Lüneburg 12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 25. Margarete of Saxony (1469-1528) 6. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 26. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg 13. Sophia of Brandenburg 27. Ursula of Brandenburg 3. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg 28. Frederick I of Denmark 14. Christian III of Denmark 29. Anna of Brandenburg 7. Dorothea of Denmark 30. Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg 15. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 31. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel