County Palatine of Veldenz
County Palatine of Veldenz Grafschaft Veldenz (German) | |||||||||
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The County Palatine of Veldenz was a principality in the contemporary
History
The Counts of Veldenz separated from the
In 1444 the county came under the rule of Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken by his marriage to Anna of Veldenz, the only heiress of Count Frederick III of Veldenz. As of 1532, the entire County Palantine of Zweibrücken passed to the child Wolfgang. In 1543, when Wolfgang reached majority and took on the responsibilities of office, he enacted the Marburg Contract, giving his uncle Rupert, who had served as his regent and guardian for 11 years, the County of Veldenz.
When Rupert died in 1544, son
In 1801 it was incorporated into the
Counts of Veldenz
First Veldenz Line
- Emicho, Count of Kyrburg and Schmidburg (1086–1113)
- Gerlach I, Count of Veldenz (1113–1146)
- Gerlach II, Count of Veldenz (1146–1186)
- Gerlach III, Count of Veldenz (1186–1214)
- Gerlach IV, Count of Veldenz (1214–1254)
- Gerlach V, Count of Veldenz (1254–1260)
- Agnes, Countess of Veldenz (1260–1277)
Veldenz-Geroldseck Line
- Henry, Count of Geroldseck (1277–1298) ∞ Agnes of Veldenz (1258–?)
- Walter, Count of Veldenz (1298–1327)
- George I, Count of Veldenz (1327–1347)
- Henry II, Count of Veldenz (1347–1378)
- Frederick II, Count of Veldenz (1378–1396)
- Henry III, Count of Veldenz (1378–1389)
- Henry IV, Count of Veldenz (1389–1393)
- Frederick III, Count of Veldenz (1393–1444)
Palatine Zweibrücken Line
- Stephen (briefly in 1444), widower of Anna of Veldenz (died 1439, daughter of Frederick III), separated Veldenz from his other holdings and gave it to his younger son
- Louis (1444–1489)
- Alexander (1489–1514)
- Louis II (1514–1532)
- Wolfgang (1532–1543). Wolfgang rewarded his uncle and regent, Rupert, with Veldenz. Wolfgang's other counties and duchies were split amongst his own sons upon his death in 1569.
Palatine Veldenz Line
- Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1544)
- George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1544–1592)
- George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1592–1634)
- Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1634–1694), died without heir, Veldenz reabsorbed by the Palatine Zweibrücken line (King of Sweden Charles XI)
Veldenz ruins
Sweden and Palatinate disputed the Veldenz ruins for years. When the personal Union of Sweden and Zweibrücken ended, following agreements between the Wittelsbach family, Veldenz went to bordering Palatinate.[2]
Literature
- (in German) Crollius, Georg Christian: Vorlesung: Von dem ersten geschlecht der alten graven von Veldenz und dessen gemeinschaftlichen abstammung mit den ältern Wildgraven von den graven im Nohgau. Historia et Commentationes. Academiae Electoralis Scientiarvm et Elegantiorvm Litterarvm Theodoro-Palatinae. Mannhemii Typis Academicis 1770 (complete at Google Books)
- (in German) Crollius, Georg Christian: Vorlesung: von dem zweiten geschlechte der grafen von Veldenz, aus dem hause der herren von Geroldseck in der Ortenau. Historia et Commentationes. Academiae Electoralis Scientiarvm et Elegantiorvm Litterarvm Theodoro-Palatinae. Mannhemii Typis Academicis 1778 (complete at Google Books)
- (in German) Gerbert, Martin: Pragmatische Geschichte des Hauses Geroldsek, wie auch derer Reichsherrschaften Hohengeroldsek, Lahr und Mahlberg in Schwaben. Frankfurt und Leipzig 1766 (complete at Google Books)