title: John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
text: # John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
  
  John II the Younger (German: Johann II. der Jüngere) (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635) was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1604 until 1635.
  
  ## Early life
  
  John was born in Bergzabern in 1584 as the eldest son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He succeeded his father in 1604 and in 1606 he took back possession of the lordship of Bischweiler in Alsace for the House of Wittelsbach from a vassal, Flach von Schwanzenberg.
  
  John died in 1635 in Metz and is buried alongside other counts/dukes of his family in the crypt of the Alexanderskirche [de] in Zweibrücken, built in 1493 by his ancestor Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
  
  John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken House of WittelsbachBorn: 26 March 1584 Died: 9 August 1635 :
  
  | Preceded byJohn I | Duke of Zweibrücken 1604–1635 | Succeeded byFrederick |
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