Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Spouse(s)	Margaret Hedwig of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Mother	Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde
Born	(1625-09-05)5 September 1625 Birkenfeld
Died	Birkenfeld
Buried	Meisenheim

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 in 1625 as the only son of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. He succeeded his father in 1669. Charles Otto died in Birkenfeld in 1671 and was buried in Meisenheim.

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:

1. Charles William (22 August 1659 – 18 April 1660)
2. Charlotte Sophie (14 April 1662 – 14 August 1708)
3. Hedwig Eleanore (17 August 1663 – 12 April 1721)

Ancestors

Family of Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

16. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Elisabeth of Hesse               4. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld                             18. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse               9. Anna of Hesse                       19. Christine of Saxony               2. George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld                                   20. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. William VI, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       21. Sophia of Brandenburg               5. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             22. Christian III of Denmark               11. Dorothea of Denmark                       23. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg               1. Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld                                         24. Otto I of Solms-Laubach               12. Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach                       25. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               6. Otto, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde                             26. John III, Count of Wied               13. Agnes of Wied                       27. Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg               3. Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde                                   28. Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg               14. Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                       29. Anna of Mansfeld-Hinterort               7. Anna Amalia of Nassau-Weilburg                             30. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg               15. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg                       31. Juliana of Stolberg

Regnal titles
Preceded by George William	Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1669 – 1671	Succeeded by Christian II