John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
Born	24 May 1698; Gelnhausen
Died	10 February 1780 (aged 81); Mannheim
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun
Father	John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
Mother	Esther Maria of Witzleben-Elgersburg

John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (24 May 1698 in Gelnhausen – 10 February 1780 in Mannheim) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld at Gelnhausen.

Life

John was the younger son of the Duke and Count Palatine John Charles of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1638-1704) from his second marriage with Esther Maria (1665-1725), a daughter of Baron George Frederick of Witzleben-Elgersburg.

He was a Feldzeugmeister in the army of the Electoral Palatinate and commander of all troops and knights of the Palatinate Order of St. Hubert. John was also a governor of Palatine Duchy of Jülich and commander of the fortress of Jülich. He mainly lived in Mannheim. After the death of his brother Frederick Bernard in 1739, he succeeded as Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.

Marriage and issue

Johann married in 1743 in Dhaun with Sophie Charlotte (1719-1770), a daughter of the Wild- and Rhinegrave Charles of Salm-Dhaun. Sophie Charlotte was the granddaughter of two of Johann's first cousins, making the couple first cousins twice removed in descent from Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. They had the following children:

Charles John Louis (1745-1789)
Louise (1748-1829)

married Count Henry XXX of Reuss-Gera (1727-1802)

Johanna Sophie (1751-1752)
William (1752-1837), Duke in Bavaria

married in 1780 Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753-1824)

Friederike (1753-1753)
Sophia (1757-1760)
Christian (1760-1761)
John (1764-1765).

Ancestors

Ancestors of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

16. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

8. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

17. Anna of Hesse

4. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

18. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

9. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg

19. Dorothea of Denmark

2. John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

20. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

10. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

21. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

5. Countess Palatine Magdalena Katharina of Zweibrücken

22. René II, Viscount of Rohan

11. Catherine de Rohan

23. Catherine of Parthenay

1. John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen

24. Job William of Witzleben

12. Eric Frederick of Witzleben

25. Maria Magdalena of Wangenheim

6. George Frederick of Witzleben-Elgersburg

26. George Frederick of Erffa

13. Anna Agnes of Erffa

27. Sabina of Dohlau

3. Esther Maria of Witzleben-Elgersburg

28. Caspar of Hantein

14. Rudolf of Hanstein

29. Sibylla of Hoheneck

7. Maria Magdalena of Hanstein

30. Bernard of Bibra

15. Maria Sibylla of Bibra

31. Sibylla of Witzleben

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References

Johann Samuel Ersch: Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste: in alphabetischer Folge, section 2: H–N, part 21: Johann (Infant von Castilien) - Johann-Boniten, p. 189
Maximilian V. Sattler: Lehrbuch der bayerischen Geschichte, Lindauer, 1868, p. 412

John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen House of Wittelsbach Born: 24 May 1698 Died: 10 February 1780
Preceded by Frederick Bernard	Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 1739-1780	Succeeded by Charles John Louis

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