Palatine Zweibrücken

The Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (German: Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibrücken; French: Duché de Palatinat-Zweibrücken) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire with full voting rights to the Reichstag. Its capital was Zweibrücken. The reigning house, a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was also the Royal House of Sweden from 1654 to 1720.

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Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibrücken (German) Duché de Palatinat-Zweibrücken (French)
1459–1797
Arms of the Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatine Zweibrücken (green) and other Palatine lines, ca. 1700.
Status	Duchy
Capital	Zweibrücken
Common languages	German
Religion	Roman Catholicism Lutheranism, from 1532 Calvinism, from 1588
Government	Duchy
Duke
Historical era	Middle Ages Early modern period
• Split from Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken, unified with County Palatine of Veldenz	1459
• Annexed by France	1797
Preceded by Succeeded by Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken County Palatine of Veldenz French First Republic