Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken explained

Christian IV
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfield
Birth Date:6 September 1722
Birth Place:Bischweiler
Death Place:Herschweiler-Pettersheim
House:Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Spouse:Maria Johanna Camasse
Issue:
Wilhelm von Zweibrücken, Count of Forbach
Maria Anna Caroline von Zweibrücken
Karl Ludwig, Baron of Zweibrücken
Elisabeth von Zweibrücken
Julius, Baron of Zweibrücken
Father:Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother:Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (6 September 1722 in Bischweiler  - 5 November 1775 in Herschweiler-Pettersheim) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1735 to 1775.

Early life and family

Christian IV was born in Bischweiler on 6 September 1722, the son of Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

Art & Culture

He constructed Schloss Jägersburg, one of the first examples of a neoclassical palace in Germany.

Marriage and issue

In 1751 he married, morganatically, Maria Johanna Camasse (1734–1807, created Countess of Forbach in 1757). They had six children, who were unable to succeed to their father's Duchy due to the morganatic nature of their parents' marriage at first, but in 1792 were allowed to carry the name Freiherr von Zweibrücken:[1]

His grandson Christian Freiherr von Zweibrücken (1782–1859, son of Philipp Guillaume) was a Royal Bavarian General der Kavallerie and Generalkapitän of the Hartschiere.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Zweibr%C3%BCcken+%5B2%5D Zweibrücken
  2. http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=hwember1&lang=en;pz=max;nz=von+bayern;ocz=1;p=christian;n=von+der+pfalz;oc=3 Christian IV., Pfalzgraf und Herzog von der Pfalz