Zweibrücken-Bitsch
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The County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (German: Grafschaft Zweibrücken-Bitsch, French: comté de Deux-Ponts-Bitche) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire that was created between 1286 and 1302 from the eastern part of the County of Zweibrücken and the Barony of Bitche (German: Bitsch) in Lorraine. It existed until 1570, when it was divided amongst its heirs when the counts died out.
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County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch Grafschaft Zweibrücken-Bitsch | |||||||||||||
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1286/1302 – 1570 | |||||||||||||
![]() Counties of Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken (dark green) and Zweibrücken-Bitsch (light pink) around 1400 | |||||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||
Capital | Bitsch | ||||||||||||
Language | German | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||
Government | County | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1286–1302 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1570 | ||||||||||||
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