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Karl I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Charles I
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
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Charles I, Count Palatine by Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim
Born (1560-09-04)4 September 1560
Neuburg an der Donau
Died 16 December 1600(1600-12-16) (aged 40)
Birkenfeld
Buried Meisenheim
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s) Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Father Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother Anna of Hesse

Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (German: Karl I.; 4 September 1560 – 16 December 1600), Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1569 until 1600.

Charles was born in Neuburg in 1560 as the youngest son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, Charles and his brothers partitioned his territories: Charles received the Palatine share on the Rear County of Sponheim, a small territory around Birkenfeld. Charles is the founder of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld.

Charles died in Birkenfeld in 1600 and was buried in Meisenheim. Charles was a prince of a relatively unimportant state, and his chief fame is that the Kings of Bavaria descended from him.

Charles married Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 January 1570 – 15 August 1649), daughter of Duke William VI, on 23 February 1590 and had the following children:


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Charles I

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