John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg
Portrait by David Beck
Born	(1589-04-20)20 April 1589 Zweibrücken
Died	18 June 1652(1652-06-18) (aged 63) Stegeborg Castle
Noble family	Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Catherine of Sweden ​ ​ (m. 1615; died 1638)​
Issue Detail	Christina Magdalena Charles X Gustav of Sweden Maria Eufrosyne Eleonora Catherine Adolf John
Father	John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

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

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
2. Press, Volker (1974), "Johann I.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 10, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 513–514; (full text online)
3. Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria (Herzogin zu Berg, Jülich und Cleve)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 19 – via Wikisource.
4. Ney, Theodor Julius (1898), "Wolfgang (Pfalzgraf)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 44, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 76–87
5. Wolff, Fritz (2001), "Philipp der Großmütige", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 376–379; (full text online)
6. Harleß, Woldemar (1898), "Wilhelm V. (Herzog von Jülich-Kleve-Berg)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 106–113
7. Holzfurtner, Ludwig (2005). Die Wittelsbacher: Staat und Dynastie in acht Jahrhunderten (in German). Kohlhammer Verlag. p. 472. ISBN 9783170181915.
8. Reimer, Heinrich (1898), "Wilhelm I. (Landgraf von Hessen)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 27–28
9. Werl, Elisabeth (1964), "Georg der Bärtige (oder der Reiche)", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 224–227; (full text online)
10. Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.
11. Redlich, Otto (1898), "Wilhelm III. (Herzog von Jülich-Berg)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 100–106
12. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
13. Priebatsch, Felix (1908), "Wladislaw II.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 688–696

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg House of Wittelsbach Born: 20 April 1589 Died: 18 June 1652
New division	Count Palatine of Kleeburg 1604-1652	Succeeded by Charles Gustavus