Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
| Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | |
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| Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen Duchess in Bavaria | |
| Portrait by Heinrich Carl Brandt
Portrait by Heinrich Carl Brandt
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| Born | 18 July 1753 Schwetzingen |
| Died | 4 February 1824 (aged 70) Bamberg |
| Spouse | Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria |
| Issue | Maria Elisabeth, Princess of Neûchatel Duke Pius August |
| Names Maria Amalie Auguste | |
| House | House of Wittelsbach |
| Father | Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (18 July 1753 – 4 February 1824) was Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and Duchess in Bavaria, through her marriage to Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. Maria Anna was a great-grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through her son Duke Pius August in Bavaria.
Family
Maria Anna was born in Schwetzingen, as the second daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria and Amalie, the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony.
Marriage and issue
Maria Anna married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, a son of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen and his wife Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun, on 30 January 1780 in Mannheim. Wilhelm and Maria Anna had two children:
- unnamed son (6 May 1782)
- Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) married the French Marshall Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Duc de Wagram and had issue.
- Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1 August 1786 – 3 August 1837)
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld[1]
- 16. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
- 8. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- 17. Countess Palatine Magdalena Katharina of Zweibrücken
- 4. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
- 18. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein
- 9. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
- 19. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg
- 2. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
- 20. Gustav Adolf, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- 10. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- 21. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
- 5. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- 22. Heinrich Friedrich, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 11. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 23. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen
- 1. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- 24. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
- 12. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
- 25. Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen
- 6. Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
- 26. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
- 13. Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
- 27. Countess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
- 3. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
- 28. Philip William, Elector Palatine
- 14. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
- 29. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 7. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg
- 30. Bogusław Radziwiłł
- 15. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
- 31. Anna Maria Radziwiłł
References
- Back to citation Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 94.
Bibliography
- von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.
External links
- Media related to Maria Anna of Palatinate-Zweibrücken at Wikimedia Commons