Palatinate-Kleeburg was a state of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...
, which centered on the
Alsatian lordship of
Kleeburg.
Palatinate-Kleeberg was the younger partition of
Palatinate-Zweibrücken in 1604 for
John 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, ...
. His marriage to
Catharina of Sweden, eldest surviving daughter of King
Charles IX of
Sweden
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would eventually see his elder son and successor
Charles Gustavus succeeded to the Swedish throne in 1654, giving Palatinate-Kleeburg to his younger brother
Adolph John I. The Count Palatine of the line,
Gustavus Samuel Leopold, inherited the
Duchy of Zweibrücken and its seat in the
Imperial Diet in 1718. After his death in 1731, Palatinate-Kleeburg passed to
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld was a state of the Holy Roman Empire based around Birkenfeld within the Upper Rhenish Circle. It was formed in 1569, after the partition of Palatine Zweibrücken and was reincorporated into that state in 1731.
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House of Wittelsbach
Counties of the Holy Roman Empire