House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Arms before inheriting Sweden
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-PalatineChristopher
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 SimmernKaspar
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 NeuburgJohn
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 ZweibrückenFrederick 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:

See also

External links

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Cadet branch of the Wittelsbach Dynasty
Preceded by Ruling House of the Kingdom of Sweden
1654–1720
Succeeded by

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