House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken#Cadet branches

{{Short description|Branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty}}

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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.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-26 |title=Sweden - Arctic, Temperate, Maritime {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sweden/Climate |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}

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

File:Palatinate-Zweibrücken.png|Arms of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

File:Zweibrücken castle front April 2010 darker.jpg|Zweibrücken Castle

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King of Germany

(1352–1410)
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(1375–1397)|Fre=Frederick
(1377–1401)|Lud=Louis III
Elector Palatine

(1378–1436)|Joh=John
Count Palatine of Neumarkt

(1383–1443)
m. Catherine of Pomerania|Ste=Stephen
Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrucken

(1385–1459)
m. Anna of Veldenz|Ott=Otto
Count Palatine of Mosbach

(1390–1461) }}

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Bishop of Strasbourg

(1420–1478)|Fre=Frederick
the Hunsrücker

(1417–1480)|Pfa=Electors-Palatine|Chr=Christopher
King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway

(1416–1448)|Lud=Louis
the Black

(1424–1489)
m. Johanna de Cröy |Ott=Counts of Mosbach-Neumarkt|Ste=Stephen
(1421–1485) |Joh=John
Archbishop of Magdeburg

(1429–1475)}}

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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

(1458–1527)|Ale=Alexander
the Lame

(1462–1514)
m. Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein}}

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the Younger

(1502–1532)
m. Elisabeth of Hesse|Rup=Rupert
Count Palatine of Veldenz

(1506–1544)}}

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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

(1526–1569)
n. Anna of Hesse|Vel=Counts of Veldenz}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| Pld | | | | | | | | Joh | | | | | | Oth | | | | Fre | | | | | | Kar | | | | | | | | | |Pld=Philip Louis
Count Palatine of Neuburg

(1547–1614)|Joh=John
the Lame

(1550–1604)
m. Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg|Oth=Otto Henry
Count Palatine of Sulzbach

(1556–1604)|Fre=Frederick
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

(1557–1597)|Kar=Charles
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

(1560–1600)}}

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the Younger

(1584–1635)|Fre=Frederick Casimir
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg

(1585–1645)|Cas=John Casimir
Count Palatine of Kleeburg

(1589–1652)
m. Catherine of Sweden|Kar=Counts of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld}}

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Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

(1619–1681)|Cas=Charles X Gustav
King of Sweden

(1622–1660)
m. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp|Ado=Adolf John
Count Palatine of Kleeburg

(1629–1689)}}

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King of Sweden

(1655–1697)
m. Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark|Ado=Counts of Kleeburg}}

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King of Sweden

(1682–1718)|Ado=Ulrika Eleonora
Queen of Sweden

(1688–1741)
m. Frederick I of Sweden}}

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Cadet branches

Some cadet branches are:

See also

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