Christian II. (Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld)

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Count Palatine Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Coat of arms of the Count Palatine zu Birkenfeld after the inheritance of the County of Rappoltstein-Hohenack

Christian II of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (born June 22, 1637 in Bischweiler , † April 26, 1717 in Birkenfeld ) was Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1671 . In 1671 he was the heir of Karl II. Otto von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld , who died without male descendants.

Life

Christian was a son of the Count Palatine Christian I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from his marriage to Magdalena Katharina (1606–1648), daughter of the Count Palatine and Duke Johann II of Zweibrücken . His brother was Johann Karl von Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen , the founder of the line of the dukes in Bavaria , with whom he concluded separate contracts on the Gelnhausen deputation in 1681 and 1683.

Christian and his younger brother were trained by Philipp Jacob Spener and later studied at the University of Strasbourg . Then the brothers undertook a 5-year cavalier tour that took them to France, Holland, England, Sweden and Switzerland, among others.

Christian II took part in the battle of Mogersdorf on August 1, 1664 as colonel and regiment owner of the Protestant regiment on foot of the Swabian Empire . In 1688 Christian became Lieutenant-General in French service . Louis XIV handed over a regiment to Christian, which he commanded from 1668 as Mestre de camp for 28 years.

Katharina Agathe, Countess and heiress of Rappoltstein , Christian's wife

Through his marriage in 1673 Christian came into the possession of the Rappoltstein rule and in 1699, after the Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Veldenz line died out, he acquired parts of Lützelstein and the Guttenberg rule . At times, Christian was the guardian of the County of Hanau and administered the Principality of Zweibrücken . He was considered to be very skillful politically and diplomatically.

His grave is in the former Teutonic Order Church in Meisenheim . His son Christian made him one of the progenitors of the Bavarian kings .

Marriage and offspring

1667 married Christian II. In Rappoltsweiler Katharina Agathe (1648-1683), daughter of Count Johann Jakob von Rappoltstein († 1673). The following children emerged from their marriage:

⚭ 1689 Count Philipp Reinhard von Hanau-Münzenberg
  • Ludwig (1669–1670)
  • Elisabetha Sophia Auguste (1671–1672)
  • Christina Katharina (1671–1673)
  • Charlotte Wilhelmine (1672–1673)
  • Christian III (1674–1735), Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
⚭ 1719 Countess Karoline von Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774)
⚭ 1700 Prince Anton Ulrich von Waldeck and Pyrmont (1676–1728)

Baron Ludwig von Stein (1693–1780) came from another relationship .

literature

  • Maximilian V. Sattler: Textbook of Bavarian History , Lindauer, 1868, p. 411.
  • Annual report [later] Trier Annual Reports, 1858, p. 58 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Ferdinand Döllinger: Overview of the country divisions that took place in the Bavarian regent's house, the various lines that arose as a result and their extinction , Hübschmann, 1845, p. 26.
  2. ^ Georg Wilhelm Hopf: Bavarian history in time tables , Schmid, 1865, p. 150.
  3. ↑ Georg Christian Crollius : Memorial of Carl August Friderichs the Single , Zweibrücken 1785, p. 184. ( Online )
predecessor Office successor
Christian I. Duke of Pfalz-Bischweiler
1654-1717 		Christian III
Charles II Otto Duke of Pfalz-Birkenfeld,
Count of Sponheim
1671–1717 		Christian III
personal data
SURNAME Christian II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Christian II. Von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1637
PLACE OF BIRTH Bischweiler
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1717
Place of death Birch field