Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

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The Count Palatine of Zweibrücken was a noble title held by a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty that ruled the small but strategically important territory of Zweibrücken within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
associatedWith Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ⓘ
Palatinate-Zweibrücken ⓘ
associatedWithConflict confessional and dynastic struggles in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithDynasticUnion other Wittelsbach Palatine lines ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
associatedWithTerritorialState Palatinate-Zweibrücken statelet ⓘ
capital Zweibrücken ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsedBy House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasticHouse Wittelsbach dynasty ⓘ
feudalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
heldByDynasty House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
heldByFamilyBranch Palatine branch of the House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
legalStatus imperial fief ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
nobleEstate high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
nobleHierarchyLevel below prince-elector ⓘ
nobleRankIn Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
politicalSystem feudal monarchy ⓘ
predecessorEntity County Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
rank count palatine ⓘ
region Upper Rhine region ⓘ
relatedTitle Count Palatine of the Rhine ⓘ
Elector Palatine ⓘ
religionHistorically Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignOver Zweibrücken and surrounding territories ⓘ
sovereigntyLimitedBy Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
strategicImportance border territory within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
strategicRole controlled routes between France and the German states ⓘ
successorEntity Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ⓘ
territorialType imperial county ⓘ
territoryType small territorial principality ⓘ
titleCreatedFor Wittelsbach dynasty ⓘ
titleHolderRuled County Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
titleHoldersWere imperial princes ⓘ
titleStyle Pfalzgraf bei Rhein (Count Palatine of the Rhine) branch ⓘ
titleTransmission hereditary succession within the Wittelsbach family ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

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House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken → producedRuler → John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken → heldTitle → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken → heldTitle → Count Palatine of Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg → nobleTitle → Count Palatine of Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → positionHeld → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg → positionHeld → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → category → Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → aristocraticTitle → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Adolph John → title → Count Palatine of Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Altgraf → relatedTo → Pfalzgraf ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Zweibrücken statelet → hasTitleHolder → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg → maleEquivalent → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → title → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → positionHeld → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld → usedTitle → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → nobleTitle → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick Louis
Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → positionHeld → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick Louis
Anna Marie of Fersen → spouseNobleTitle → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
Vohenstrauss → historicallyRuledBy → Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Zweibrücken