John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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John I of Zweibrücken German: Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken (8 May 1550 – 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken in 1559-1604.
He was born in Meisenheim as the second son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Anna of Hesse. In 1588 he replaced the state religion from Lutheranism to Calvinism. He died in Germersheim in 1604 and was buried in the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken.
[edit] Family and children
He married in 1579 with Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and they had the following children:
- Ludwig Wilhelm (28 November 1580 – 26 March 1581)
- Maria Elisabeth (7 November 1581 – 18 August 1637), married in 1601 to Pfalzgraf Georg Gustav of Veldenz
- Anna Magdalena, born and died in 1583
- John II of Zweibrücken-Veldenz (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635)
- Frederick Casimir of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (10 June 1585 – 30 September 1645)
- Elisabeth Dorothea, died young in 1593
- John Casimir of Kleeburg (20 April 1589 – 18 June 1652)
- Amalia Jakobäa Henriette (26 September 1592 – 18 May 1655), married 1638 to Count Jakob Franz of Pestaclada
- Anna Katharina, born and died in 1597
He died in Germersheim.
| Preceded by Wolfgang |
Duke of Zweibrücken 1559–1604 |
Succeeded by John II in Veldenz |
| Succeeded by Frederick Casimir in Landsberg |
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| Succeeded by John Casimir in Kleeburg |
