John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Born(1550-05-08)8 May 1550
Meisenheim
Died12 August 1604(1604-08-12) (aged 54)
Germersheim
Burial
Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken
Spouse
Issue
Detail
HouseWittelsbach
FatherWolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
MotherAnna of Hesse

John I of Zweibrücken (known as the Lame; German: Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken; 8 May 1550 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken during 1569–1604.

He was born in Meisenheim as the second son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Anna of Hesse. In 1588 he changed the state religion from Lutheranism to Calvinism. He died in Germersheim in 1604 and was buried in the Alexanderkirche in Zweibrücken.