Friedrich Michael von der Pfalz-Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld, Pfalzgraf

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Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

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

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.

He married Maria Franziska of Sulzbach and had 5 children :

-1. Karl III August Christian (1746-1795)

-2. Klemens August Joseph Friedrich (1749-1750)

-3. Maria Amalie Auguste (1752-1828), Married Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony

-4. Maria Anna (1753-1824), Married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria.

-6. Maximilian I (1756-1825), King of Bavaria

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.

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Friedrich Michael von Wittelsbach

Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken and von Birkenfeld

Born on 27 February 1724 - Rappoltsweiler

Died on 15 August 1767 - Schwetzingen

Age at death: 43 years old

Parents

Christian III von Wittelsbach, Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1674-1735

Caroline, Gräfin von Nassau-Saarbrücken 1704-1774

Marriages and children

Married in 1746 to Maria Franziska, Pfalzgräfin von Sulzbach 1724-1794, with

-1. Karl II 1746-1795

-2. Maria Amalia 1752-1828

-3. Maria Anna 1753-1824

-4. Maximilian I Joseph (Vater Max) 1756-1825

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