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Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken

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Counties Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken
Pfalzgrafschaft Simmern und Zweibrücken
1410–1459
Coat of arms of Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalZweibrücken
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from
    Electoral Palatinate
1410
• Inherited Veldenz
1444
• Inheritance partitioned
1444
• Partitioned in twain on
    death of Stephen
1459
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Electoral Palatinate
County Palatine of Veldenz
House of Palatinate-Simmern
Palatine Zweibrücken

Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken (German: Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire based in the Simmern and Zweibrücken in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken was created in 1410 out of the partition of the Palatinate after the death of King Rupert III for his son Stephen. In 1444 the County of Veldenz was added to the state but later in the year Stephen partitioned his territories between his sons Frederick (who received Simmern) and Louis (who received Zweibrücken and Veldenz). In 1448, Stephen inherited half the territories of Palatinate-Neumarkt but sold them to Palatinate-Mosbach.

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