Adolph John I (; ; 11 October 1629 – 14 October 1689) was
Count Palatine of Kleeburg from 1654 until 1689 and was considered Prince of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
until 1660. He was the younger brother of King
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's ...
.
Life
Adolph John was born in
Stegeborg Castle, Sweden (now in
Söderköping Municipality
Söderköping Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Söderköping.
The present municipality was created in 1971-1973 when the former ''City of Söderköping'' in two ste ...
) in 1629 as the youngest son of
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Princess
Catherine of Sweden. He was Duke of Stegeborg
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after his elder brother
Carl Gustav became the King of Sweden. At that time, he also obtained the
County Palatine
In England, Wales and Ireland a county palatine or palatinate was an area ruled by a hereditary nobleman enjoying special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom. The name derives from the Latin adjective ''palātīnus'', "relating t ...
of
Kleeburg.
[Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud, F. and B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV, ''Wittelsbach''. (1985). pp.83–84,108–109, 144–145]
In early 1659, he was a part of
the Swedish offensive into Ducal Prussia, which led to initial Swedish gains but were lost after an allied counteroffensive in March.
Marriage
Adolph John married Countess
Elizabeth Beatrice Brahe (31 August 1629 – 7 September 1653) on 19 June 1649 and had the following son:
# Gustavus Adolph (9 March 1652 – 1 August 1652)
Adolph John married Countess
Elsa Elizabeth Brahe (29 January 1632 – 24 February 1689), daughter of Count Nicholas
Brahe af Wisingsborg in 1661. They had the following children:
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Catherine
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...
(10 December 1661 – 27 May 1720), married to count Kristofer
Gyllenstierna, no issue;
#
Maria Elizabeth Louise (16 April 1663 – 23 January 1748), married to count Christian Gottlob von Gersdorff auf Oppach, no issue;
# Charles John (15 September 1664 – 10 December 1664);
# John Casimir (4 September 1665 – 29 May 1666);
#
Adolph John (21 August 1666 – 27 April 1701), never married;
# Gustavus Casimir (29 June 1667 – 21 August 1669);
# Christina Magdalena (4 April 1669 – 21 June 1670);
#
Gustavus Samuel Leopold (12 April 1670 – 17 September 1731), no issue;
# ''unnamed infant'' (12 December 1671).
Although he was the father of 10 children, Adolph John I had no grandchildren at all. If he had had progeny, they would have had a strong claim upon the throne of Sweden after the line of his brother,
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's ...
, ended with
Ulrika Eleonora. Since he had no progeny, the throne was claimed by the heirs of his eldest sister
Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken.
Ancestry
References
Works cited
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1629 births
1689 deaths
People from Söderköping Municipality
House of Wittelsbach
Adolph 1654
17th-century Swedish nobility
Disinherited European royalty
Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
Marshals of the Realm
Dukes of Stegeborg
People from the Swedish Empire
Royal reburials
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