Palatinate-Zweibrücken

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Palatinate-Zweibrücken (German: Pfalz-Zweibrücken) is a former state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Zweibrücken.

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.

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