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Palatinate-Zweibrücken (German: Pfalz-Zweibrücken) is a former state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Zweibrücken.
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Overview
The first mention of Zweibrücken can be dated to 1170[citation needed]. The County of Zweibrücken was created in 1182, as a division of the County of Saarbrücken. After the death of Eberhard, the last Count of Zweibrücken from the Saarbrücken line, the County fell to the Elector Palatine Rupert II of Wittelsbach.
Palatinate-Zweibrücken became a separate entity again in 1444 when Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken divided his territory between his sons. Louis I received the now-Duchy of Zweibrücken and the County of Veldenz.
The Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ceased to exist in 1801, when it was annexed by France. After the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, it was returned to the last Duke, King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, who joined it with other Bavarian territories on the left bank of the Rhine to form the Rhenish Palatinate.
List of Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Walramids
- 1182–1237: Henry I
- 1237–1282: Henry II
- 1282–1309: Walram I
- 1309–1311: Simon
- 1311–1366: Walram II
- 1366–1394: Eberhard
House of Wittelsbach
- 1394–1398: Rupert II, in personal union with the Electoral Palatinate
- 1398–1410: Rupert III, in personal union with the Electoral Palatinate and (from 1400) with the Kingdom of Germany
- 1410–1459: Stefan
- 1459–1489: Louis I the Black
- 1489–1490: Caspar
- 1490–1514: Alexander the Lame
- 1514–1532: Louis II the Younger
- 1532–1569: Wolfgang
- 1569–1604: John I the Lame
- 1604–1635: John II the Younger
- 1635–1661: Frederick
- 1661–1681: Frederick Louis
- 1681–1697: Charles XI of Sweden, in personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden
- 1697–1718: Charles XII of Sweden, in personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden
- 1718–1731: Gustav Samuel Leopold
- 1731–1734: interregnum
- 1734–1735: Christian III
- 1735–1775: Christian IV
- 1775–1795: Charles II August
- 1795–1825: Maximilian I, in personal union with the Electorate of Bavaria
See also
- House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, the Royal House of Sweden from 1654 to 1720 .
- Palatinate
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