Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
E131271
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.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hereditary title
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noble title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duchy of Zweibrücken
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surface form:
Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ⓘ
surface form:
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
|
| associatedWithConflict | confessional and dynastic struggles in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasticUnion | other Wittelsbach Palatine lines ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Imperial Diet
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
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| associatedWithTerritorialState | Palatinate-Zweibrücken statelet ⓘ |
| capital | Zweibrücken ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsUsedBy | House of Wittelsbach ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse |
House of Wittelsbach
ⓘ
surface form:
Wittelsbach dynasty
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| feudalStatus | immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| heldByDynasty | House of Wittelsbach ⓘ |
| heldByFamilyBranch |
House of Wittelsbach
ⓘ
surface form:
Palatine branch of the House of Wittelsbach
|
| historicalEra |
Early modern period
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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 |
Duchy of Zweibrücken
ⓘ
surface form:
County Palatine of Zweibrücken
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| rank | count palatine ⓘ |
| region | Upper Rhine region ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Count Palatine of the Rhine
ⓘ
Elector Palatine ⓘ |
| religionHistorically |
Lutheranism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignOver |
Duchy of Zweibrücken
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Zweibrücken
ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
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| territorialType | imperial county ⓘ |
| territoryType | small territorial principality ⓘ |
| titleCreatedFor |
House of Wittelsbach
ⓘ
surface form:
Wittelsbach dynasty
|
| titleHolderRuled |
Duchy of Zweibrücken
ⓘ
surface form:
County Palatine of Zweibrücken
|
| titleHoldersWere | imperial princes ⓘ |
| titleStyle |
Count Palatine of the Rhine
ⓘ
surface form:
Pfalzgraf bei Rhein (Count Palatine of the Rhine) branch
|
| titleTransmission | hereditary succession within the Wittelsbach family ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Kleeburg
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Kleeburg
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
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positionHeld
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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
this entity surface form:
Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
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title
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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
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this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
this entity surface form:
Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken