Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

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Christian II
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
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Christian II Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Spouse(s) Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
Noble family Wittelsbach
Father Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Mother Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
Born (1637-06-22)22 June 1637
Bischwiller
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Birkenfeld

Christian II (22 June 1637 – 26 April 1717) was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1654 until 1717, the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1671 until 1717, and the Count of Rappoltstein from 1673 until 1699.

Life

Christian was born in Bischwiller in 1637 as the eldest surviving son of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After his father's death in 1654 he succeeded him to his territories around Bischweiler. In 1671 he inherited Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from his cousin Charles II Otto. Through the inheritance of his wife, he was also the Count of Rappolstein from 1673 until he granted that title to his son Christian III.

Marriage

Christian married Countess Catherine Agatha of Rappoltstein (15 June 1648 – 16 July 1683) on 5 September 1667 and had the following children:[1]

  1. Magdalena Claudia (16 September 1668 – 9 December 1704)
  2. Louis (26 December 1669 – 2 April 1670)
  3. Elizabeth Sophie Augusta (2 August 1671 – 18 October 1672)
  4. Christina Catherine (2 August 1671 – 15 May 1673)
  5. Charlotte Wilhelmina (18 October 1672 – 29 May 1673)
  6. Christian (7 November 1674 – 3 February 1735)
  7. Louise (28 October 1679 – 3 May 1753)- married to Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestors

Family of Christian II, 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. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Sophia of Mecklenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Duchess Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Christian III of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Dorothea of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (= 8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Anna of Hesse (= 9)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Maria of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. René I, Viscount of Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. René II, Viscount of Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Isabella of Navarre, Viscountess of Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Catherine de Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. fr:Jean V de Parthenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. fr:Catherine de Parthenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. fr:Antoinette d'Aubeterre
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Georg Christian Crollius: Denkmahl Carl August Friderichs des Einzigen, Zweibrücken 1785, S. 184. Online

Bibliography

  • Maximilian V. Sattler: Lehrbuch der bayerischen Geschichte, Lindauer, 1868, p. 411
  • Jahresbericht [nachmals] Trierer Jahresberichte, 1858, p. 58 f.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
1654 – 1717
Succeeded by
Christian III
Preceded by Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
1671 – 1717
Preceded by
Catherine Agatha
Count of Rappolstein
1673 – 1699
With: Catherine Agatha
(1673 – 1683)