Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (Bischweiler, September 6, 1722 – Herschweiler-Pettersheim, November 5, 1775) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1735 to 1775. He was the son of Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

In 1751 he married, morganatically, Maria Johanna Camasse (1734–1807, created Countess 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]:

• Christian, Count of Forbach, Marquis of Deux-Ponts (1752–1817), Royal Bavarian General der Infanterie
• Philippe Guillaume (later renamed to Wilhelm), Count of Forbach, Viscount of Deux-Ponts (1754–1807)
• Maria Anna Caroline (1756–1806)
• Karl Ludwig, Baron of Zweybrücken (1759–63)
• Elisabeth Auguste Friederike (1766–1836)
• Julius August Maximilian, Baron of Zweybrücken (1771–73)^[2]

His grandson Christian Freiherr von Zweibrücken (1782–1859, son of Philipp Guillaume) was a Royal Bavarian General der Kavallerie and Generalkapitän of the Hartschiere.^[1]

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Zweibrücken (German), Pierer's Universal-Lexikon.
2. ^ Christian IV., Pfalzgraf und Herzog von der Pfalz, Geneanet.

Preceded by Christian III

Duke of Zweibrücken 1735–1775

Succeeded by Charles II August