Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

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Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
Spouse(s) Ernestine Louise of Waldeck-Pyrmont
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Father John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
Mother Esther Maria of Witzleben-Elgersburg
Born (1697-05-28)28 May 1697
Gelnhausen
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Gelnhausen

Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (28 May 1697 in Gelnhausen – 5 August 1739, ibid.) was Count Palatine and Duke of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.

Life

Frederick Bernard was the eldest son of the Duke and Count Palatine John Charles of Gelnhausen (1638-1704) from his second marriage, Esther Maria (1665-1725), the daughter of Baron George Frederick of Witzleben-Elgersburg.

In 1704, he succeeded his father 1704 as Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen. He served in the French army as a colonel of the Royal Alsatian regiment. He was a knight of the Order of Saint Hubert. A treaty of 1736 with Caroline, the regent of Zweibrücken, granted Frederick Bernard an annual allowance of 12000guilders.[1]

Frederick Bernard died in 1739 without a male heir.[2] Gelnhause was inherited by his younger brother John.

Marriage and issue

Frederick Bernard married on 30 May 1737 in Arolsen to Ernestine Louise (1705-1782), the daughter of prince Frederick Anton Ulrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her mother was Frederick Bernard's cousin Louise of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. Frederick Bernard and Ernestine Louise had two daughters:

  • Caroline Louise (1738-1782)
  • Ernestine Friederike Auguste (1739-1746)

Ancestors

Family of Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Anna of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Dorothea of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Countess Palatine Magdalena Katharina of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. René II, Viscount of Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Catherine de Rohan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Catherine of Parthenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Job William of Witzleben
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Eric Frederick of Witzleben
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Maria Magdalena of Wangenheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. George Frederick of Witzleben-Elgersburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. George Frederick of Erffa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Anna Agnes of Erffa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Sabina of Dohlau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Esther Maria of Witzleben-Elgersburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Caspar of Hantein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Rudolf of Hanstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Sibylla of Hoheneck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Maria Magdalena of Hanstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Bernard of Bibra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Maria Sibylla of Bibra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Sibylla of Witzleben
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  • Johann Samuel Ersch: Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Section 2, H–N, part 21, Johann (Infant von Castilien) – Johann-Boniten, p. 189
  • Maximilian V. Sattler: Lehrbuch der bayerischen Geschichte, Lindauer, 1868, p. 412
  • Carl Renatus Hausen: Abhandlungen und Materialien zum neuesten deutschen Staatsrechte und Reichsgeschichte, vol. 5, p. 160 ff

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Andreas Sebastian Stumpf: Geschichte des hohen Kurhauses Pfalzbayern im Grundrisse, 1804, p. 113 Online
  2. ↑ Hardt: Wilhelm Herzog in Bayern, Verl. d. Literar.-Artist.-Inst., 1838, p. 6
Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
Born: 28 May 1697 Died: 5 August 1739
Preceded by Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
1704-1739		 Succeeded by
John
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