Charles II Otto (German: Karl II. Otto) (5 September 1625 – 30 March 1671) was the
Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1669 until 1671.
Life
Charles Otto was born in
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The town itself has approximately 7,000 inhabitants.
Geography
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in 1625 as the only son of
George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
George William (6 August 1591 – 25 December 1669), titular Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count of Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1600 until 1669.
Life
George William was born in Ansbach in ...
. He succeeded his father in 1669. Charles Otto died in Birkenfeld in 1671 and was buried in
Meisenheim
Meisenheim () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Meisenheim (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. Meise ...
.
Marriage
Charles Otto married
Margaret Hedwig of
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1 January 1625 – 24 December 1676), daughter of Count
Kraft VII, on 30 November 1616 and had the following children:
#Charles William (22 August 1659 – 18 April 1660)
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Charlotte Sophie (14 April 1662 – 14 August 1708)
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Hedwig Eleanore (17 August 1663 – 12 April 1721)
Ancestors
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Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Wittelsbach
1625 births
1671 deaths
17th-century German people