John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg
Spouse(s)	Catherine of Sweden
Issue Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Born	20 April 1589 Zweibrücken
Died	18 June 1652 (aged 63) Stegeborg Castle

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (20 April 1589, Zweibrücken – 18 June 1652, Stegeborg Castle) was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and was the founder of a branch of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine often called the Swedish line, because it gave rise to three subsequent kings of Sweden,^[1] but more commonly known as the Kleeburg (or Cleebourg) line.^[1]

In 1591 his father stipulated that, as the youngest son, John Casimir would receive as appanage the countship of Neukastell in the Palatinate. Upon their father's death in 1611, however, the eldest son, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken, instead signed a compromise with John Casimir whereby the latter received only the castle at Neukastell coupled with an annuity of 3000 florins from the countship's revenues (similarly, John Casimir's elder brother, Frederick Casimir, received the castle at Landsberg with a small surrounding domain, instead of the entire Landsberg appanage bequeathed to him paternally).^[1]

On 11 June 1615, Casimir married his second cousin Catherine of Sweden, and their son eventually became King Charles X of Sweden.

Family

Five of his children with Catherine survived infancy:

• Christina Magdalena (1616–1662); married Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. King Adolf Frederick of Sweden was her great-grandson.
• King Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622–1660).
• Maria Eufrosyne (1625–1687); married Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie.
• Eleonora Catherine (1626–1692); married Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege.
• Adolf John (1629–1689).

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

16. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                             18. William I, Landgrave of Hesse               9. Elisabeth of Hesse                       19. Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                                   20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse               10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                       21. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               5. Anna of Hesse                             22. George, Duke of Saxony               11. Christine of Saxony                       23. Barbara Jagiellon               1. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg                                         24. John II, Duke of Cleves               12. John III, Duke of Cleves                       25. Matilda of Hesse               6. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg                             26. William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg               13. Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg                       27. Sibylle of Brandenburg               3. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg                                   28. Philip I of Castile               14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor                       29. Joanna of Castile               7. Maria of Austria                             30. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary               15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary                       31. Anne de Foix

References

1. Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud, F. and B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV, Wittelsbach. (1985). ISBN 2-901138-04-7 pp.83-84,108-109, 144-145