to Prussia and the remainder to Bavaria. Counts of Veldenz First Veldenz Line Emicho, Count of Kyrburg and Schmidburg (1086–1113) Gerlach I, Count of Veldenz (1113–1146) Gerlach II, Count of Veldenz (1146–1186) Gerlach III, Count of Veldenz (1186–1214) Gerlach IV, Count of Veldenz (1214–1254) Gerlach V, Count of Veldenz (1254–1260) Agnes, Countess of Veldenz (1260–1277) Veldenz-Geroldseck Line Henry, Count of Geroldseck (1277–1298) ∞ Agnes of Veldenz (1258–?) Walter, Count of Veldenz (1298–1327) George I, Count of Veldenz (1327–1347) Henry II, Count of Veldenz (1347–1378) Frederick II, Count of Veldenz (1378–1396) Henry III, Count of Veldenz (1378–1389) Henry IV, Count of Veldenz (1389–1393) Frederick III, Count of Veldenz (1393–1444) Palatine Zweibrücken Line Stephen (briefly in 1444), widower of Anna of Veldenz (died 1439, daughter of Frederick III), separated Veldenz from his other holdings and gave it to his younger son Louis (1444–1489) Alexander (1489–1514) Louis II (1514–1532) Wolfgang (1532–1543). Wolfgang rewarded his uncle and regent, Rupert, with Veldenz. Wolfgang's other counties and duchies were split amongst his own sons upon his death in 1569. Palatine Veldenz Line Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1543–1544) George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1544–1592) George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1592–1634) Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1634–1694), died without heir, Veldenz reabsorbed by the Palatine Zweibrücken line (King of Sweden Charles XI) Veldenz ruins Sweden and Palatinate disputed the Veldenz ruins for years. When the personal Union of Sweden and Zweibrücken ended, following agreements between the Wittelsbach family, Veldenz went to bordering Palatinate. Literature Crollius, Georg Christian: Vorlesung: Von dem ersten geschlecht der alten graven von Veldenz und dessen gemeinschaftlichen abstammung mit den ältern Wildgraven von den graven im Nohgau. Historia et Commentationes. Academiae Electoralis Scientiarvm et Elegantiorvm Litterarvm Theodoro-Palatinae. Mannhemii Typis Academicis 1770 (complete at Google Books) Crollius, Georg Christian: Vorlesung: von dem zweiten geschlechte der grafen von Veldenz, aus dem hause der herren von Geroldseck in der Ortenau. Historia et Commentationes. Academiae Electoralis Scientiarvm et Elegantiorvm Litterarvm Theodoro-Palatinae. Mannhemii Typis Academicis 1778 (complete at Google Books) Gerbert, Martin: Pragmatische Geschichte des Hauses Geroldsek, wie auch derer Reichsherrschaften Hohengeroldsek, Lahr und Mahlberg in Schwaben. Frankfurt und Leipzig 1766 (complete at Google Books) External links www.schlossveldenz.com List of the county's belonging locations ca. 1350 Historical map (Veldenzer Aufgebot 1462) 1801 disestablishments States and territories established in 1112 Counts of Veldenz Lists of monarchs Lists of counts Former states and territories of Rhineland-Palatinate Duchies