House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Palatinate-Zweibrücken arms

The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of Sweden from 1654 to 1720.

By this point it had splintered into several different houses. The Royal House of Sweden was represented by the branch Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg.

Zweibrücken Castle

The ancestor of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken was Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385–1459), a son of King Rupert of Germany.

Family tree

House of Wittelsbach

Rupert King of Germany (1352–1410) m. Elisabeth of Nuremberg

Rupert (1375–1397)

Frederick (1377–1401)

Louis III Elector Palatine (1378–1436)

John Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1383–1443) m. Catherine of Pomerania

Stephen Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrucken (1385–1459) m. Anna of Veldenz

Otto Count Palatine of Mosbach (1390–1461)

Electors-Palatine

Christopher King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway (1416–1448)

Frederick the Hunsrücker (1417–1480)

Rupert Bishop of Strasbourg (1420–1478)

Stephen (1421–1485)

Louis the Black (1424–1489) m. Johanna de Cröy

John Archbishop of Magdeburg (1429–1475)

Counts of Mosbach-Neumarkt

Counts of Simmern

Kaspar Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1458–1527)

Alexander the Lame (1462–1514) m. Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Louis the Younger (1502–1532) m. Elisabeth of Hesse

Rupert Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506–1544)

Wolfgang Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526–1569) n. Anna of Hesse

Counts of Veldenz

Philip Louis Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547–1614)

John the Lame (1550–1604) m. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Otto Henry Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1556–1604)

Frederick Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein (1557–1597)

Charles Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560–1600)

Counts of Neuburg

John the Younger (1584–1635)

Frederick Casimir Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585–1645)

John Casimir Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1589–1652) m. Catherine of Sweden

Counts of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Dukes of Zweibrücken

Frederick Louis Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1619–1681)

Charles X Gustav King of Sweden (1622–1660) m. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Adolf John Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629–1689)

Charles XI King of Sweden (1655–1697) m. Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark

Counts of Kleeburg

Charles XII King of Sweden (1682–1718)

Ulrika Eleonora Queen of Sweden (1688–1741) m. Frederick I of Sweden

Cadet branches

Some cadet branches are:

• House of Palatinate-Kleeburg
• House of Palatinate-Veldenz
• House of Palatinate-Neuburg
• House of Palatinate-Sulzbach
• House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld
• House of Carlson (Illegitimate)

See also

• Palatine Zweibrücken#List of Counts Palatine Zweibrücken

External links

• Media related to House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken at Wikimedia Commons