John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born	8 May 1550; Meisenheim
Died	12 August 1604 (aged 54); Germersheim
Buried	Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
	Detail Issue John II of Zweibrücken-Veldenz; Frederick Casimir of Zweibrücken-Landsberg; John Casimir of Kleeburg;
Father	Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Anna of Hesse

John I of Zweibrücken (known as the Lame; German: Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken; 8 May 1550 – 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken during 1569–1604.

He was born in Meisenheim as the second son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Anna of Hesse. In 1588 he changed the state religion from Lutheranism to Calvinism. He died in Germersheim in 1604 and was buried in the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken.

Family and children

He married in 1579 Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, daughter of William "the Rich", Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and they had the following children:

Ludwig Wilhelm (28 November 1580 – 26 March 1581)
Maria Elisabeth (7 November 1581 – 18 August 1637), married in 1601 to George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz
Anna Magdalena, born and died in 1583
John II of Zweibrücken-Veldenz (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635)
Frederick Casimir of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (10 June 1585 – 30 September 1645)
John Casimir of Kleeburg (20 April 1589 – 18 June 1652), father of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
Amalia Jakobäa Henriette (26 September 1592 – 18 May 1655), married 1638 to Count Jakob Franz of Pestacalda
Elisabeth Dorothea, died young in 1593
Anna Katharina, born and died in 1597

He died in Germersheim.

Ancestry

Ancestors of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

16. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

8. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

17. Johanna of Croÿ

4. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

18. Kraft VI, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

9. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

19. Helene of Württemberg

2. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

20. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 24)

10. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

21. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 25)

5. Elisabeth of Hesse

22. William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

11. Anna of Brunswick

23. Elizabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode

1. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

24. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 20)

12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse

25. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 21)

6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

26. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

27. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin

3. Anna of Hesse

28. Albert III, Duke of Saxony

14. George, Duke of Saxony

29. Sidonie of Poděbrady

7. Christine of Saxony

30. Casimir IV Jagiellon

15. Barbara Jagiellon

31. Elisabeth of Austria

John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken House of Wittelsbach Born: 8 May 1550 Died: 12 August 1604
Preceded by Wolfgang	Duke of Zweibrücken 1569–1604	Succeeded by John II in Veldenz
		Succeeded by Frederick Casimir in Landsberg
		Succeeded by John Casimir in Kleeburg

External links

Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher

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