Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen is a branch line of the House of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld of the Wittelsbach family .
history
After the death of Christian I of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler , his eldest son Christian II succeeded him as Count Palatine of Bischweiler according to the Wittelsbach house contract . The younger brother Johann Karl received a pension and the Palatinate rights in the pledged imperial city of Gelnhausen . He thus became the founder of the Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen line. These two lines are the only two Wittelsbach lines that still exist today. While the older line produced Maximilian I Joseph, the first king of Bavaria , from 1806 , the younger line carried the title of Duke in Bavaria from 1799 .
After the Palatinate had sold its rights to Gelnhausen to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel in 1746 , the part of the name “Gelnhausen” was no longer associated with any sovereign rights, it was only a part of the name.
Regents
Count Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen were:
- 1654–1704: Johann Karl (1638–1704)
- 1704–1739: Friedrich Bernhard (1697–1739), his son
- 1739–1780: Johann (1698–1780), his brother
- 1780–1789: Karl (1745–1789), his son
- 1789–1799: Wilhelm (1752–1837), his brother
Other well-known members of the family were Wilhelm (1701–1760), Hungarian field marshal and Dutch general of the cavalry and Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary (Sisi).
See also
literature
- Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven : European family tables . Volume 1. Part 1. Pages 102, 114. Verlag Vittorio Klostermann . Frankfurt am Main . 1953.
Remarks
- ↑ At that time, half of Gelnhausen was pledged by the Reich to Hanau and the Palatinate (cf. also: History of the City of Gelnhausen ).