Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Christian I
Christian I
	Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
	Count Palatine by Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Sponheim etc.
Born	3 November 1598; Birkenfeld
Died	6 September 1654 (aged 55); Neuenstein
Buried	Bischwiller
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken; Maria Joanna of Helffenstein
Father	Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Mother	Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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

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

Regnal titles
Preceded by Charles I	Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1600 – 1654	Succeeded by Christian II in Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Preceded by Charles I	Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1600 – 1654	Succeeded by John Charles in Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen

References

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