John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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| Born | 8 May 1550 Meisenheim |
| Died | 12 August 1604 (aged 54) Germersheim |
| Buried | Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
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| Father | Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Mother | Anna of Hesse |
John I of Zweibrücken (known as the Lame; German: Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken; 8 May 1550 – 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken during 1569–1604.
He was born in
Calvinism. He died in Germersheim in 1604 and was buried in the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken
.
Family and children
He married in 1579 Duchess
William "the Rich", Duke 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 George Gustavus, Count Palatine 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)
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
- Amalia Jakobäa Henriette (26 September 1592 – 18 May 1655), married 1638 to Count Jakob Franz of Pestacalda
- Elisabeth Dorothea, died young in 1593
- Anna Katharina, born and died in 1597
He died in Germersheim.
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