Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654
Christian I (3 November 1598 – 6 September 1654) was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654.
Life
Christian was born in Birkenfeld in 1598 as the youngest son of Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. His father's lands were partitioned after his death and Christian received the territory around Bischwiller (German: Bischweiler) in Alsace. Christian died in Neuenstein in 1654 and was buried in Bischwiller.
First marriage
Christian married Magdalena Catherine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (26 April 1607 – 20 January 1648), daughter of Duke John II, on 14 November 1630 and had the following children:
- unnamed son (13 September 1631)
- Gustavus Adolph (2 July 1632 – 4 August 1632)
- John Christian (16 June 1633 – 19 August 1633)
- Dorothea Catherine (3 July 1634 – 7 December 1715)
- Louise Sophie (16 August 1635 – 25 September 1691)
- Christian (1637 – 26 April 1717)
- John Charles (17 October 1638 – 21 February 1704)
- Anne Magdalena (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693)
- Claire Sybille (20 February 1643 – 27 March 1644)
Second marriage
After the death of his first wife, Christian married for the second time to Countess Maria Johanna of Helfenstein (1607–1648) (8 September 1612 – 20 August 1665), daughter of Count Rudolph III of Helfenstein (1585-1627) and Countess Eleonora zu Fürstenberg (1578-1651), widow of Maximilian Adam, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg , on 28 October 1648 and had the following son:
- unnamed son (1648)
Ancestors
Ancestors of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken | | | | | | | 8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken | | | | | | | | | | 17. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | | | | | | | 4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse | | | | | | | 9. Elisabeth of Hesse | | | | | | | | | | 19. Anna of Brunswick | | | | | | | 2. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse | | | | | | | 10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse | | | | | | | | | | 21. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | | | | | | | 5. Anna of Hesse | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. George, Duke of Saxony | | | | | | | 11. Christine of Saxony | | | | | | | | | | 23. Barbara Jagiellon | | | | | | | 1. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Henry I of Lüneburg | | | | | | | 12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | 25. Margarete of Saxony (1469-1528) | | | | | | | 6. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg | | | | | | | 13. Sophia of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | | 27. Ursula of Brandenburg | | | | | | | 3. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Frederick I of Denmark | | | | | | | 14. Christian III of Denmark | | | | | | | | | | 29. Anna of Brandenburg | | | | | | | 7. Dorothea of Denmark | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | 15. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | 31. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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