Frederick Casimir | |
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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg | |
Spouse(s) | Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau |
Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
Father | John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
Mother | Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Born |
Zweibrücken |
10 June 1585
Died | 30 September 1645 Montfort-en-Auxois |
(aged 60)
Buried | Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken |
Frederick Casimir (German: Friedrich Kasimir) (10 June 1585 – 30 September 1645) was the Duke of Landsberg from 1604 until 1645.
Frederick was born in Zweibrücken in 1585 as the second son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After his father's death in 1604, Frederick Casimir and his brothers partitioned his territories; Frederick Casimir received the territory around Landsberg in Alsace. He died in Montfort-en-Auxois in 1645 and was buried in the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken.
Frederick Casimir married Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau (9 December 1581 – 28 September 1657), daughter of Prince William I, on 4 July 1616 and had the following children: