Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

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Frederick Michael
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born (1724-02-27)27 February 1724
Ribeauvillé, Alsace
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Schwetzingen
Spouse Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
Father Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (27 February 1724 in Ribeauvillé, Alsace – 15 August 1767 in Schwetzingen) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. 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. He was the father of the Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph.

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. After the Battle of Rossbach, he managed to build up the whipped imperial army again, for which he received the Grand Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order.[1] In the fall of 1758 he invaded Saxony, took the fortress Sonnenstein[2] and besieged Leipzig. The following year, Leipzig, Torgau, Wittenberg and Dresden were conquered. He secured Marshal Daun in the Battle of Maxen and fought victorious in the battle of Strehlen. 1761, he resigned from his post and handed over the imperial troops to Field Marshal Johann von Serbelloni. After the peace of Hubertusburg Friedrich Michael received the General Command in Bohemia and later became president of the secret military conference.

Family

He married Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, a granddaughter of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, 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

Family of Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Duchess Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Catherine de Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Eberhard, Count of Rappoltstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Salm-Kyrburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Johann Kasimir, Count of Salm-Kyrburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Margravine Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Crato V, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Countess Palatine Sophie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Countess Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnenwalde and Pouch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Wolfgang Georg I, Count of Castell-Remlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Countess Sophie Juliana of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Pfedelbach
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Jaromir Hirtenfeld: Der Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden und seine Mitglieder, Kaiserliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1857, p. 1728.
  2. Karl Wilhelm Böttiger: Geschichte des Kurstaates und Königreiches Sachsen, Band 2, F. Perthes, 1831, p. 336

Bibliography

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