House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken | DisamKB

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

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cadet branch noble house

The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken was a cadet branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty that produced several European rulers, including Swedish kings such as Charles X Gustav and Charles XI.

Aliases (9)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cadet branch → noble house →
associatedWith	Electoral Palatinate → Holy Roman Empire → Swedish monarchy →
coatOfArms	Arms of the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken →
continent	Europe →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
dynasty	Wittelsbach dynasty →
hasCadetBranch	House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein →
heldTitle	Count Palatine of Kleeburg → Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → Duke of Bremen-Verden → Duke of Holstein-Gottorp → Duke of Zweibrücken → Grand Prince of Finland → King of Sweden →
historicalEra	Early modern period →
languageOfName	German →
namedAfter	Zweibrücken →
nobleFamilyType	German princely house →
notableMember	Charles X Gustav of Sweden → Charles XI of Sweden → Charles XII of Sweden → Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken → Gustavus Samuel Leopold, Duke of Zweibrücken → John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken →
originatesFrom	Electoral Palatinate →
partOf	House of Wittelsbach →
politicalSystem	feudal monarchy →
producedRuler	Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg → Charles X Gustav of Sweden → Charles XI of Sweden → Charles XII of Sweden → Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken → Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld → Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein → Gustavus Samuel Leopold, Duke of Zweibrücken → John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken → Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken →
region	Palatinate →
religion	Lutheranism → Protestantism →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg") → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken") → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld") → House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein") →	hasCadetBranch
Charles X Gustav of Sweden → Hedvig Sophia of Sweden → Karl Karlsson → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ("House of Wittelsbach") →	memberOf
Charles X Gustav of Sweden → Charles XI of Sweden → Karl Karlsson →	dynasty
Charles XI of Sweden → Charles XII of Sweden → Karl Karlsson →	house
Charles X Gustav of Sweden ("Palatinate-Zweibrücken") → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ("Wittelsbach") →	familyName
Swedish Empire → Swedish Livonia →	rulingDynasty
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ("Arms of the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken") →	coatOfArms
House of Wittelsbach ("Zweibrücken branch of the Wittelsbachs") →	hasBranch
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ("House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg") →	houseByMarriage
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark →	memberOfRoyalHouse
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden →	royalHouse
Tre Kronor Castle →	usedBy