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unusual facts about County of Sponheim


Trechirgau

Parts of it appear later in the possession of, among others, the Electorate of the Palatinate, the Counts of Virneburg, the Counts of Sponheim and of the Electorate of Trier.


Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (German: Karl I.) (4 September 1560 – 16 December 1600), Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1569 until 1600.

After his father's death in 1569, Charles and his brothers partitioned his territories: Charles received the Palatine share on the Rear County of Sponheim, a small territory around Birkenfeld.

Frederick Bicking

Frederick Bicking (John Frederick Bicking) was born in Winterburg in the County of Sponheim in western Germany and came probably first to Philadelphia and then to East Brandywine Township before the American Revolution.

George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

George William (German: Georg Wilhelm) (6 August 1591 – 25 December 1669), titular Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count of Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1600 until 1669.

Stephan I, Count of Sponheim

Stephan I, Count of Sponheim (d. ca. 1080) is the patriarch of the Rhenish branch of the House of Sponheim, which ruled over the County of Sponheim.


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