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Frederick Michael
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born(1724-02-27)27 February 1724
Ribeauvillé, Alsace
Died15 August 1767(1767-08-15) (aged 43)
Schwetzingen
SpouseCountess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
FatherChristian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
MotherCaroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (27 February 1724 in Ribeauvillé, Alsace – 15 August 1767 in Schwetzingen) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the son of Christian III of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken and a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the father of the Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph.

Seven Years' War

Frederick Michael was Palatine Fieldmarshal, Governor of Mannheim and finally in 1758 as Fieldmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire commander-in-chief of the Reichsarmee in the Seven Years' War against Frederick the Great. After the Battle of Rossbach, he managed to build up the whipped imperial army again, for which he received the Grand Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order.[1] In the fall of 1758 he invaded Saxony, took the fortress Sonnenstein[2] and besieged Leipzig. The following year, Leipzig, Torgau, Wittenberg and Dresden were conquered. He secured Marshal Daun in the Battle of Maxen and fought victorious in the battle of Strehlen. 1761, he resigned from his post and handed over the imperial troops to Field Marshal Johann von Serbelloni. After the peace of Hubertusburg Friedrich Michael received the General Command in Bohemia and later became president of the secret military conference.

Family

He married Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, a granddaughter of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, and had five children:

He also had an illegitimate son by his mistress, Louise Cheveau :

  • Karl Friedrich Stephan (1767 – 1834), Baron of Schönfeld (1813), Count of Otting and Fünfstetten (1817). His daughter Luise married August von Senarclens de Grancy.

Ancestors

Family of Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
16. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
8. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
17. Duchess Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
4. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
18. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
9. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
19. Catherine de Rohan
2. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
20. Eberhard, Count of Rappoltstein
10. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein
21. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Salm-Kyrburg
5. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
22. Johann Kasimir, Count of Salm-Kyrburg
11. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg
23. Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach
1. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
24. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
12. Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
25. Margravine Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach
6. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
26. Crato V, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
13. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
27. Countess Palatine Sophie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
3. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
28. Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
14. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
29. Countess Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnenwalde and Pouch
7. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
30. Wolfgang Georg I, Count of Castell-Remlingen
15. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen
31. Countess Sophie Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach

References

  1. ^ Jaromir Hirtenfeld: Der Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden und seine Mitglieder, Kaiserliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1857, p. 1728.
  2. ^ Karl Wilhelm Böttiger: Geschichte des Kurstaates und Königreiches Sachsen, Band 2, F. Perthes, 1831, p. 336

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