Palatinate-Landsberg was a state of the
Holy Roman Empire
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based around
Landsberg in northeastern
France
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.
Palatinate-Landsberg was the intermediate partition of
Palatinate-Zweibrücken in 1604 for
Frederick Casimir, the youngest son of
John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
John I of Zweibrücken (known as the Lame; german: Pfalzgraf Johann I von Zweibrücken; 8 May 1550 – 12 August 1604) was Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken during 1569–1604.
He was born in Meisenheim as the second son of Wolfgang, Co ...
. Landsberg was invaded and devastated during the
Thirty Years' War
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. In 1645 Frederick Casimir was succeeded by his son
Frederick Louis. Frederick Louis inherited the
Duchy of Zweibrücken in 1661 with its seat in the
Imperial Diet. After dying in 1681 without legitimate descendants, Palatinate-Landsberg passed to the Kings of
Sweden
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.
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House of Wittelsbach
Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
1604 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire