John II | |
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| Count Palatine of Zweibrücken | |
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| Born | 26 March 1584 Bergzabern |
| Died | 9 August 1635 (aged 51) Metz |
| Buried | Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken |
| Noble family | Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine de Rohan Louise Juliana of the Palatinate |
| Father | John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Mother | Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
John II the Younger (German: Johann II. der Jüngere) (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635) was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1604 until 1635.
Early life
John was born in Bergzabern in 1584 as the eldest son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.[1][2]
Biography
He succeeded his father in 1604 and in 1606 he took back possession of the lordship of Bischweiler in Alsace for the House of Wittelsbach from a vassal, Flach von Schwanzenberg.[2]
John died in 1635 in Metz and is buried alongside other counts/dukes of his family in the crypt of the Alexanderskirche in Zweibrücken, built in 1493 by his ancestor Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.[3][2]
References
- ↑ Anselme, Père. ‘’Histoire de la Maison Royale de France’’, tome 4. Editions du Palais-Royal, 1967, Paris. pp. 71-72. (French).
- 1 2 3 Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F.; B. (1985). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV -- Wittelsbach. France: Laballery. pp. 83, 106–107, 119–120. ISBN 2-901138-04-7.
- ↑ Hudlet, Richard B. (1993). 500 Jahre Alexanderskirche Zweibrücken, 1493-1993: Betrachtungen zur Geschichte einer Kirche und einer Stadt [500 years of Alexander's Church Zweibrücken, 1493-1993: Reflections on the history of a church and a city] (in German). Zweibrücken: Protestantische Kirchengemeinde Zweibrücken-Mitte [Protestant parish of Zweibrücken-Mitte]. ISBN 9783924171186. OCLC 34658300.
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