Adolph John II (German: Adolf Johann II.) (21 August 1666 – 27 April 1701) was the Duke of Kleeburg from 1689 until 1701.

Life

Adolph John was born in

Bergzabern Bad Bergzabern () is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, on the German Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the south-eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, approximately ...

in 1666 as the eldest surviving son of

Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg Adolph John I (German: ''Adolf Johann I.'', Swedish: ''Adolf Johan'') (11 October 1629 – 14 October 1689) was Count Palatine of Kleeburg from 1654 until 1689 and was considered Prince of Sweden until 1660. He was the younger brother of King Cha ...

and

Elsa Elisabeth Brahe Elsa Elisabeth Brahe (29 January 1632 – 24 February 1689), was a Swedish countess and duchess, married to Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Duke of Stegeborg, the brother of king Charles X of Sweden. Life She was the daughter of coun ...

. He succeeded his father in 1689. Adolph John died in

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in 1701 and was buried in

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. As he never married he was succeeded by his brother Gustavus Samuel Leopold.

Ancestors

{{Authority control 1666 births 1701 deaths Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire House of Wittelsbach People of the Swedish Empire Burials at Riddarholmen Church