Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
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Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein was a state of the Holy Roman Empire based around Vohenstrauß and Parkstein in modern northeastern Bavaria, Germany.
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County Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauß-Parkstein | |||||||||
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1569–1597 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Vohenstrauß | ||||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||||
Religion | Calvinism | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Count Palatine | |||||||||
• 1569–1597 | Frederick | ||||||||
Historical era | Early Modern Age | ||||||||
• Split from Palatinate-Zweibrücken | 1569 | ||||||||
1597 | |||||||||
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Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein was created in 1569 out of the partition of the territories of Wolfgang of Palatinate-Zweibrücken for his fourth son Frederick. Frederick died in 1597 without heirs so Vohenstrauss-Parkstein was inherited by Palatinate-Neuburg.