Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (Ribeauvillé, Alsace, February 27, 1724 – Schwetzingen, August 15, 1767) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the father of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. He was the son of Christian III of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken and a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.
Seven Years' War
Frederick Michael was Palatine Fieldmarshal, Governor of Mannheim and finally in 1758 as Fieldmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire commander-in-chief of the Reichsarmee in the Seven Years' War against Frederick the Great.
Family
He married Maria Franziska of Sulzbach and had five children :
He also had an illegitimate son by his mistress, Louise Cheveau :
- Karl Friedrich Stephan (1767 – 1834), Baron of Schönfeld (1813), Count of Otting and Fünfstetten (1817). His daughter Luise married August von Senarclens de Grancy.
| Ancestors of Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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16. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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8. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
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17. Duchess Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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4. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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18. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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9. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken |
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19. Louise Juliana of the Palatinate |
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2. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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20. Eberhard, Count of Rappoltstein |
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10. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein |
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21. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Salm-Kyrburg |
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5. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein |
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22. Johann Kasimir, Count of Salm-Kyrburg |
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11. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg |
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23. Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach |
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1. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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24. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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12. Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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25. Margravine Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach |
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6. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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26. Crato V, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein |
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13. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein |
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27. Countess Palatine Sophie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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3. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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28. Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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14. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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29. Countess Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnenwalde and Pouch |
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7. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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30. Wolfgang Georg I, Count of Castell-Remlingen |
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15. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen |
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31. Countess Sophie Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach |
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Alternative names |
Friedrich Michael von Pfalz-Birkenfeld (German) |
| Short description |
Father of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria |
| Date of birth |
27 February 1724 |
| Place of birth |
Ribeauvillé, Alsace |
| Date of death |
15 August 1767 |
| Place of death |
Schwetzingen |