Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (18 July 1753 – 4 February 1824) was Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and Duchess in Bavaria, through her marriage to Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. Maria Anna was a great-grandmother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria through her son Duke Pius August in Bavaria.

Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen Duchess in Bavaria
Portrait by Heinrich Carl Brandt
Born	(1753-07-18)18 July 1753 Schwetzingen
Died	4 February 1824(1824-02-04) (aged 70) Bamberg
Spouse	Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria
Issue	Maria Elisabeth, Princess of Neûchatel Duke Pius August
Names Maria Amalie Auguste
House	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Mother	Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Family

Maria Anna was born in Schwetzingen, as the second daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach. She was the sister of Maximilian Joseph, later King of Bavaria and Amalie, the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony.

Marriage and issue

Maria Anna married Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, a son of John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen and his wife Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun, on 30 January 1780 in Mannheim. Wilhelm and Maria Anna had two children:

• unnamed son (6 May 1782)
• Duchess Maria Elisabeth Amalie Franziska in Bavaria (5 May 1784 – 1 June 1849) married the French Marshall Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Duc de Wagram and had issue.
• Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1 August 1786 – 3 August 1837)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld[1]

16. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 8. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 17. Countess Palatine Magdalena Katharina of Zweibrücken 4. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 18. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein 9. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein 19. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg 2. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 20. Gustav Adolf, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken 10. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken 21. Countess Eleonore Claire of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 5. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken 22. Heinrich Friedrich, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 11. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 23. Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen 1. Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 24. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 12. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 25. Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen 6. Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach 26. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg 13. Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg 27. Countess Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 3. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach 28. Philip William, Elector Palatine 14. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine 29. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 7. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg 30. Bogusław Radziwiłł 15. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł 31. Anna Maria Radziwiłł