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Charles I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld

1560–1600 · 16th century · Also known as Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Charles I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld, was a younger son of Duke Wolfgang of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who received Birkenfeld in the Hunsrück in the 1569 division of his father's lands. He founded the Birkenfeld branch of the House of Wittelsbach, whose descendants later inherited the Bavarian electorate and became kings of Bavaria in 1806.

Charles I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld
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