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John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

1589 - 1652

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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, but more commonly known as the Kleeburg (or Cleebourg) line. In 1591 his father stipulated that, as the youngest son, John Casimir would receive as appanage the countship of Neukastell in the Palatinate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg has received more than 89,677 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg is the 278th most popular nobleman (down from 258th in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,144th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg ranks 278 out of 1,415. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Lady Sarah Chatto, Marina Mniszech, Isabella of England, and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Stephen, Count of Blois, John I, Count of La Marche, and Otto I, Count of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg ranks 5. Before him are Feodor II of Russia, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Ivan Gundulić, and Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal. After him are 4th Dalai Lama, Peter Minuit, Domenico Fetti, John, Duke of Östergötland, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Hercules Seghers, and Marko Krizin. Among people deceased in 1652, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg ranks 5. Before him are Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour, Gregorio Allegri, and Jacob De la Gardie. After him are Pietro Della Valle, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Jan Dirksz Both, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Denis Pétau, and Johann von Werth.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg ranks 1,287 out of 7,253. Before him are Til Schweiger (1963), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Erwin Piscator (1893), Theobald Boehm (1794), Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), and Paul Langerhans (1847). After him are Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Jens Lehmann (1969), Hannah Höch (1889), Willi Herold (1925), Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), and Karl Ludwig Harding (1765).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg ranks 44. Before him are Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684), and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854). After him are Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575), and Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570).

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