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Palatinate-Mosbach

1410 CE – 1499 CE · capital Mosbach

A minor Wittelsbach duchy on the Neckar and in the Odenwald, created when King Rupert's lands were divided in 1410.

Origins

When King Rupert, Elector Palatine, died in 1410, his lands were divided among his four sons. Otto I received the territory around Mosbach on the Neckar and in the Odenwald, founding the Palatinate-Mosbach line, and in 1448 he also inherited Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate.

Rule and society

The Mosbach dukes ruled a modest territory of small towns, forests and farms from Mosbach and Neumarkt, closely tied to the senior electoral line at Heidelberg. Their lands were scattered and their revenues small. Otto II, the second and last duke, never married and left no heirs.

Decline and legacy

When Otto II died in 1499, Palatinate-Mosbach passed back to the Electoral Palatinate. Mosbach remained Palatine until 1803, when it went to the princes of Leiningen and then to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Lineage

Electoral Palatinate 1085 CE – 1803 CEPalatinate-MosbachElectoral Palatinate 1085 CE – 1803 CE

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Palatinate-Mosbach. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/palatinate-mosbach
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