Christian I (3 November 1598 – 6 September 1654) was the
Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654.
Life
Christian was born in
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the Birkenfeld (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsge ...
in 1598 as the youngest son of
Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (4 September 1560 – 16 December 1600), Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1569 until 1600.
Life
Charles was born in Ne ...
. His father's lands were partitioned after his death and Christian received the territory around
Bischwiller
Bischwiller (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.
Geography
The city is southeast of Haguenau, west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies ...
(German: Bischweiler) in
Alsace
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. Christian died in
Neuenstein in 1654 and was buried in Bischwiller.
First marriage
Christian married
Magdalena Catherine of
Palatinate-Zweibrücken (26 April 1607 – 20 January 1648), daughter of Duke
John II John II may refer to:
People
* John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499)
* John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672)
* John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302)
* John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318)
* John II Komnenos (1087–114 ...
, on 14 November 1630 and had the following children:
# ''unnamed son'' (13 September 1631)
# Gustavus Adolph (2 July 1632 – 4 August 1632)
# John Christian (16 June 1633 – 19 August 1633)
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Dorothea Catherine (3 July 1634 – 7 December 1715)
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Louise Sophie (16 August 1635 – 25 September 1691)
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Christian
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(1637 – 26 April 1717)
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John Charles
William John Charles (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh association football, footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back. Best known for his first stint at Leeds United F.C., Leeds United and Juventus FC, Ju ...
(17 October 1638 – 21 February 1704)
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Anne Magdalena (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693)
# Claire Sybille (20 February 1643 – 27 March 1644)
Second marriage
After the death of his first wife, Christian married for the second time to Countess Maria Johanna of
Helfenstein (8 September 1612 – 20 August 1665), daughter of Count Rudolph III of Helfenstein (1585-1627) and Countess Eleonora zu
Fürstenberg (1578-1651), widow of
Maximilian Adam, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, on 28 October 1648 and had the following son:
# ''unnamed son'' (1648)
Ancestors
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christian 1 of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Count Palatine
1598 births
1654 deaths
House of Wittelsbach
Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
17th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire