John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCount Palatine of Zweibrücken
wasCount
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth8 May 1550, Meisenheim
Death12 August 1604Germersheim (aged 54 years)
Family
Mother:Anna of Hesse
Father:Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Siblings:Philip Louis Count Palatine of Neuburg Charles I Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Otto Henry Count Palatine of Sulzbach Frederick Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
Spouse:Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Children:John Casimir Count Palatine of Kleeburg Frederick Casimir Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg John II Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
The details

Biography

John I of Zweibrücken 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:

  1. Ludwig Wilhelm (28 November 1580 – 26 March 1581)
  2. Maria Elisabeth (7 November 1581 – 18 August 1637), married in 1601 to George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz
  3. Anna Magdalena, born and died in 1583
  4. John II of Zweibrücken-Veldenz (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635)
  5. Frederick Casimir of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (10 June 1585 – 30 September 1645)
  6. John Casimir of Kleeburg (20 April 1589 – 18 June 1652), father of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
  7. Amalia Jakobäa Henriette (26 September 1592 – 18 May 1655), married 1638 to Count Jakob Franz of Pestacalda
  8. Elisabeth Dorothea, died young in 1593
  9. 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 (= 25)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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

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