In 1353 Charles gained 24 Palatinate estates from Rupert I in compensation for his debts.
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The center of this area was in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Charles intensively supported the area through tax reliefs for craftsmen and traders, as well as other privileges for settlements and markets.
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In 1349 he married Anne of Bavaria, daughter of the Wittelsbach count palatine Rudolf II of the Rhine, who held the adjacent lands in the Bavarian Nordgau (the later "Upper Palatinate" region).
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Lauf (Wenzelsburg) - built on the way connecting Prague and Nuremberg in Bohemian Palatinate, inside survived 112 coats of arms of the Czech Kingdom