Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken


Frederick Louis was the Duke of Landsberg from 1645 until 1681, and the Count Palatine of Zweibrücken from 1661 until 1681.

Life

Frederick Louis was born in Heidelberg in 1619 as the only surviving son of Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg. After his father's death in 1645, Frederick Louis inherited his territories devastated by the Thirty Years' War. To a limited extent he contributed to the reconstruction efforts and he promoted trade to stabilise the situation. In 1661 he inherited the Duchy of Zweibrücken, another territory devastated by the war, following the death of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. He died at Landsberg Castle, near Obermoschel, in 1681. With the sons of his first marriage predeceased and the sons of his second morganatic marriage illegitimate, he was succeeded by King Charles XI of Sweden.

Marriage

Frederick Louis married his first cousin, Juliana Magdalena of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, daughter of Duke John II, on 14 November 1645 in Düsseldorf and had the following children:
  1. Charles Frederick
  2. William Louis, married his first cousin Charlotte Frederica of Palatinate-Zweibrücken; they had two sons and a daughter who died in infancy.
  3. A daughter
  4. A son
  5. Gustavus John
  6. A daughter
  7. Charlotte Amalie, married Count John Phillip of Isenburg-Offenbach
  8. Louise Magdalena
  9. Maria Sophie
  10. Elizabeth Christine, married firstly Count Emich XIV of Leiningen-Dagsburg and secondly Christoph Frederick, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Lauck
  11. Charles Casimir
  12. Juliana Eleanore
  13. John
Frederick Louis morganatically married Anna Marie Elisabeth Hepp on 21 August 1672 and had the following children:
  1. William Frederick of Fürstenwärther
  2. Charles Aemilius of Fürstenwärther, married twice and leave descendants
  3. Louis Philip of Fürstenwärther
  4. A son
  5. Maria Elizabeth of Fürstenwärther

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