Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

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Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
Duchess in Bavaria
Born(1753-07-18)18 July 1753
Schwetzingen
Died4 February 1824(1824-02-04) (aged 70)
Bamberg
SpouseDuke Wilhelm in Bavaria
IssueMaria Elisabeth, Princess of Neûchatel
Duke Pius August
Names
Maria Amalie Auguste
HouseHouse of Wittelsbach
FatherFrederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
MotherCountess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (18 July 1753 – 4 February 1824) was Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and Duchess in Bavaria, through her marriage to Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. Maria Anna was a great-grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through his son Duke Pius August in Bavaria

Family

Maria Anna was born in Schwetzingen, as the second daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria and Amalie, the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony.

Marriage and issue

Maria Anna married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, a son of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen and his wife Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun, on 30 January 1780 in Mannheim. Wilhelm and Maria Anna had two children:

Ancestry

Family of Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
16. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
8. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
17. Countess Palatine Magdalena Katharina of Zweibrücken
4. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
18. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein
9. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
19. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg
2. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
20. Gustav Adolf, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
10. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
21. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
5. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
22. Heinrich Friedrich, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
11. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
23. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen
1. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
24. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
12. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
25. Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen
6. Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
26. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
13. Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
27. Countess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
3. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
28. Philip William, Elector Palatine
14. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
29. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
7. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg
30. Bogusław Radziwiłł
15. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
31. Anna Maria Radziwiłł

References