Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen


Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen was Count Palatine and Duke of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.

Life

Frederick Bernard was the eldest son of the Duke and Count Palatine John Charles of Gelnhausen from his second marriage, Esther Maria, the daughter of Baron George Frederick of Witzleben-Elgersburg.
In 1704, he succeeded his father as Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen. He served in the French army as a colonel of the Royal Alsatian regiment. He was a knight of the Order of Saint Hubert. A treaty of 1736 with Caroline, the regent of Zweibrücken, granted Frederick Bernard an annual allowance of.
Frederick Bernard died in 1739 without a male heir. Gelnhause was inherited by his younger brother John.

Marriage and issue

Frederick Bernard married on 30 May 1737 in Arolsen to Ernestine Louise, the daughter of prince Frederick Anton Ulrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her mother was Frederick Bernard's cousin Louise of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. Frederick Bernard and Ernestine Louise had two daughters:

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