Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

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.
Spouse(s) Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Father Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Mother Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born 3 November 1598(1598-11-03)
Birkenfeld
Died 6 September 1654(1654-09-06) (aged 55)
Neuenstein
Burial Bischwiller

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.

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)

Christian married Maria Joanna of Helffenstein (8 September 1612 – 20 August 1665), daughter of Count Rudolph V, on 28 October 1648 and had the following son:

  1. unnamed son (1648)

Ancestors


Preceded by:

Christian I

Succeeded by:

Charles I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
1600–1654
Christian II of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
John Charles of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen



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