Christian IV,
Count Palatine
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an or ...
of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (6 September 1722 in
Bischweiler – 5 November 1775 in
Herschweiler-Pettersheim) was
Duke of Zweibrücken from 1735 to 1775.
Early life and family
Christian IV was born in
Bischweiler on 6 September 1722, the son of
Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (Strassburg, 7 November 1674 – Zweibrücken, 3 February 1735) was a German nobleman. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a cadet branch of the House of ...
and his wife,
Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Caroline may refer to:
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.
Art & Culture
He constructed
Schloss Jägersburg, one of the first examples of a
neoclassical palace in Germany.
Marriage and issue
In 1751 he married,
morganatically
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spouse ...
, Maria Johanna Camasse (1734–1807, created Countess of Forbach in 1757). They had six children, who were unable to succeed to their father's Duchy due to the morganatic nature of their parents' marriage at first, but in 1792 were allowed to carry the name ''Freiherr von Zweibrücken'':
[''Zweibrücken''](_blank)
(German), Pierer's Universal-Lexikon.
*
Christian, Count of Forbach, Marquis of Deux-Ponts (1752–1817),
Royal Bavarian General der Infanterie
*
Philippe Guillaume (later renamed to Wilhelm), Count of Forbach, Viscount of Deux-Ponts (1754–1807)
* Maria Anna Caroline von Zweibrücken (1756–1806)
* Karl Ludwig, Baron of Zweybrücken (1759–63)
* Elisabeth Auguste Friederike von Zweibrücken (1766–1836)
* Julius August Maximilian, Baron of Zweybrücken (1771–73)
''Christian IV., Pfalzgraf und Herzog von der Pfalz''
Geneanet.
His grandson Christian Freiherr von Zweibrücken (1782–1859, son of Philipp Guillaume) was a Royal Bavarian General der Kavallerie and Generalkapitän of the Hartschier
Hartschiere (singular form: ''Hartschier'') were predominantly members of the Bavarian residence guards before 1918, a historic military branch of the former
Duchy and the later Electorate and at last Kingdom of Bavaria.
History
According to M ...
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Ancestry
See also
*Hôtel des Deux-Ponts
The Hôtel des Deux-Ponts, formerly known as the Hôtel Gayot and currently as the Hôtel du gouverneur militaire, is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of th ...
References
1722 births
1775 deaths
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Wittelsbach
Burials at the Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken
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