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Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken Birkenfeld

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Buried
  
Meisenheim

Name
  
Charles Otto,


Spouse(s)
  
Margaret Hedwig of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Father
  
George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld

Mother
  
Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde

Born
  
5 September 1625 Birkenfeld (
1625-09-05
)

Died
  
30 March 1671(1671-03-30) (aged 45) Birkenfeld

Noble family
  
House of Wittelsbach

Charles II Otto (German: Karl II. Otto) (5 September 1625 – 30 March 1671) was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1669 until 1671.

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Life

Charles Otto was born in Birkenfeld in 1625 as the only son of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. He succeeded his father in 1669. Charles Otto died in Birkenfeld in 1671 and was buried in Meisenheim.

Marriage

Charles Otto married Margaret Hedwig of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1 January 1625 – 24 December 1676), daughter of Count Kraft VII, on 30 November 1616 and had the following children:

  1. Charles William (22 August 1659 – 18 April 1660)
  2. Charlotte Sophie (14 April 1662 – 14 August 1708)
  3. Hedwig Eleanore (17 August 1663 – 12 April 1721)

References

Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Wikipedia