Magdalena Katharina of Pfalz-Zweibrücken

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Magdalena Katharina von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (born April 26, 1607 in Zweibrücken , † January 20, 1648 in Strasbourg ) was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken and by marriage Duchess and Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld .

Life

Magdalena Katharina was the only child of the Duke and Count Palatine Johann II of Zweibrücken (1584-1635) from his first marriage to Cathérine (1578-1607), daughter of René II. De Rohan , Viscount de Rohan and Comte de Porhoët . From her father's second marriage, she had seven half-siblings, of which the eldest half-brother, Friedrich , inherited her father as Count Palatinate and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken.

On November 14, 1630, she married Duke and Count Palatine Christian I of Birkenfeld (1598–1654) in Zweibrücken . As a dowry, Magdalena Katharina brought her husband the rule of Bischweiler in Alsace into the marriage. The couple initially lived in a wing of Birkenfeld Castle. Christian I had a palace built in Bischweiler, where the family later resided. Bischweiler was completely destroyed in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War in 1635.

Magdalena Katharina died in exile in Strasbourg and is buried in the Reformed parish church in Bischweiler.

progeny

From her marriage, Magdalena Katharina had the following children:

  • Son (* / † 1631)
  • Gustav Adolf (* / † 1632)
  • Johann Christian (* / † 1633)
  • Dorothea Katharina (1634-1715)
⚭ 1649 Count Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Ottweiler (1625–1690)
  • Luise Sophie (1635-1691)
  • Christian II (1637–1717), Duke and Count Palatine of Birkenfeld
⚭ 1667 Countess Katharina Agathe von Rappoltstein (1648–1683)
  • Johann Karl (1638–1704), Duke and Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
⚭ 1. 1685 Princess and Countess Palatine Sophie Amalie von Zweibrücken (1646–1695)
⚭ 2. 1696 Esther Marie von Witzleben (1665–1725)
⚭ 1659 Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666)

literature

  • Annelise Stemper: The medals of the Count Palatine and Electors near the Rhine: Palatine history in the mirror of the medal , Volume 1, Wernersche, 1997, p. 845

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Wilhelm Hopf: Bavarian history in time tables , Schmid, 1865, p. 149
  2. ^ Philipp Kasimir von Heintz : Contributions to the history of the Bavarian Rhine District , Ritter, 1835, p. 202
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.royaltyguide.nl
personal data
SURNAME Magdalena Katharina of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess Palatine and Duchess of Birkenfeld
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1648
Place of death Strasbourg