Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

Duke of Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

Born	(1557-04-11)11 April 1557 Meisenheim
Died	17 December 1597(1597-12-17) (aged 40) Friedrichsburg Castle
Buried	Lauingen
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Katharina Sophie of Legnica
Father	Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Anna of Hesse

Frederick of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein (German: Friedrich) (11 April 1557 – 17 December 1597) was the Duke of Vohenstrauss-Parkstein from 1569 until 1597.

Life

Frederick was born in Meisenheim in 1557 as the fourth son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, and still a minor, his guardianship was assumed by his older brother Philipp Ludwig until 1581, when he was obtain his own domains: the districts of Flossenbürg, Floß and Vohenstrauss with the Parkstein-Weiden enclave.

From 1586 to 1593 he built Friedrichsburg Castle near Vohenstrauss. After he had moved in there in 1593, the small town flourished. After his death in 1597, the castle was granted to her widow as her residence. On 21 February 1598, Frederick was buried with his sons in the family crypt in St. Martin in Lauingen. Since he had no surviving descendants, his domains fell to his brother Philipp Ludwig.

Marriage and issue

Frederick married on 26 February 1587 with Katharina Sophie (7 August 1561 – 10 May 1608), daughter of Duke Henry XI of Legnica. They had three children:

Anne Sophie (Weiden, 25 November 1588 – Amberg, 21 March 1589), buried in St. Martin Basilica, Amberg.
George Frederick (Weiden, 8 March 1590 – Weiden, 20 July 1590), twin with Frederick Casimir.
Frederick Casimir (Weiden, 8 March 1590 – Weiden, 16 July 1590), twin with George Frederick.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

16. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

8. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

17. Johanna of Croÿ

4. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

18. Kraft VI, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim

9. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

19. Helene of Württemberg

2. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

20. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 24)

10. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

21. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 25)

5. Elisabeth of Hesse

22. William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

11. Anna of Brunswick

23. Elizabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode

1. Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

24. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 20)

12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse

25. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 25)

6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

26. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

27. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin

3. Anna of Hesse

28. Albert III, Duke of Saxony

14. George, Duke of Saxony

29. Sidonie of Poděbrady

7. Christine of Saxony

30. Casimir IV Jagiellon

15. Barbara Jagiellon

31. Elisabeth of Austria

External links

450. Geburtstag in: onetz.de (in German) [retrieved 7 March 2016].
Schloß Friedrichsburg bei Vohenstrauß in: friedrichsburg.de (in German) [retrieved 7 March 2016].
Stadtgeschichte Vohenstrauß in: heimat-now.de (in German) [retrieved 7 March 2016].