Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Frederick Michael
Frederick Michael
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
	Portrait by Louis Tocqué (c.1745)
Born	27 February 1724; Ribeauvillé, Alsace
Died	15 August 1767 (aged 43); Schwetzingen
Burial	St. Michael's Church, Munich
Spouse	Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
Issue	Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken; Klemens August; Amalia Augusta, Queen of Saxony; Maria Anna, Duchess in Bavaria; Maximilian I, King of Bavaria; Karl Friedrich Stephan, Count of Otting and Fünfstetten;
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (Ribeauvillé, Alsace, 27 February 1724 – 15 August 1767 in Schwetzingen) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the son of Christian III of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken and a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the father of the Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph. Furthermore, he engaged Nicolas de Pigage to reconstruct his summer palace in Oggersheim.

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