Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
| Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | |||||
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| Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen Duchess in Bavaria |
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18 July 1753 Schwetzingen |
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| Died | 4 February 1824 (aged 70) Bamberg |
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| Spouse | Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria | ||||
| Issue | Maria Elisabeth, Princess of Neûchatel Duke Pius August |
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| House | House of Wittelsbach | ||||
| Father | Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | ||||
| Mother | Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Maria Amalie Auguste |
Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (18 July 1753 – 4 February 1824) was Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and Duchess in Bavaria, through her marriage to Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. Maria Anna was a great-grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through his son Duke Pius August in Bavaria
Maria Anna was born in Schwetzingen, as the second daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria and Amalie, the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony.
Maria Anna married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, a son of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen and his wife Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun, on 30 January 1780 in Mannheim. Wilhelm and Maria Anna had two children:
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