House of Palatinate-Bischweiler: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld

Coat of Arms
House of Palatinate-Bischweiler
Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Counts of Rappolstein
Dukes of Zweibrücken
House of Wittelsbach
Kings of Bavaria
1806-1835
Referred as House of Wittelsbach after becoming main branch in late 18th century
House of Wittelsbach
Kings of Bavaria
Dukes of Bavaria and Franconia
Dukes in Swabia
Counts Palatine of the Rhine
1835-1918

Cadet Branches
House of Palatinate-Gelnhausen
Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
Counts of Veldenz and Sponheim
Princely Counts of Gelnhausen
Dukes in Bavaria
Issued from Johann Karl, younger son of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
House of Forbach
Barons of Zweibrücken
Counts of Forbach
Issued from morganatic marriage of Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
House of Otting-Fünfstetten
Barons of Schönfeld
Counts of Otting and Fünfstetten
Issued from Karl Friedrich Stephan, illegitimate son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and half-brother of Maximilian I of Bavaria
Assumed the name and modified arms of the old Otting family

Personal Arms
Charles II August
Duke of Zweibrücken
Elder brother of Maximilian I Joseph
Maximilian I Joseph
Duke of Zweibrücken
Duke of Jülich and Berg
Margrave of Bergen
Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria
Arms before 1806
Maximilian I Joseph
King of Bavaria
Arms from 1806
Karl Friedrich Stephan von Schönfeld
Baron of Schönfeld
Illegitimate son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Progenitor of Otting-Fünfstetten
Arms before 1817
Otto I of Greece
King of Greece
2nd son of King Louis I of Bavaria
Otto I of Greece
King of Greece
Arms variant

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-Pfalz Birkenfeld.svg|House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld<br>Counts of Rappolstein<br>Dukes of Zweibrücken</span>
+Pfalz Birkenfeld.svg|House of Palatinate-Bischweiler<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld<br>Counts of Rappolstein<br>Dukes of Zweibrücken</span>
 Bavaria 1806-1835.svg|House of Wittelsbach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Kings of Bavaria<br>1806-1835<br>Referred as House of Wittelsbach after becoming main branch in late 18th century</span>
 Bavaria 1835.svg|House of Wittelsbach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Kings of Bavaria<br>Dukes of Bavaria and Franconia<br>Dukes in Swabia<br>Counts Palatine of the Rhine<br>1835-1918</span>
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 Pfalz-Birkenfeld.svg|[[House of Palatinate-Gelnhausen]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen<br>Counts of Veldenz and Sponheim<br>Princely Counts of Gelnhausen<br>Dukes in Bavaria<br>Issued from Johann Karl, younger son of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler</span>
-Von Forbach.svg|House of Forbach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Forbach<br>Barons of Zweibrücken<br>Issued from morganatic marriage of Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld</span>
+Von Forbach.svg|House of Forbach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Barons of Zweibrücken<br>Counts of Forbach<br>Issued from morganatic marriage of Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld</span>
+Otting Fünfstetten.svg|House of Otting-Fünfstetten<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Barons of Schönfeld<br>Counts of Otting and Fünfstetten<br>Issued from Karl Friedrich Stephan, illegitimate son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and half-brother of Maximilian I of Bavaria<br>Assumed the name and modified arms of the old [[Lordship of Otting|Otting family]]</span><!-- -->
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-Maximilian I Joseph.svg|Maximilian I Joseph<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Zweibrücken<br>Duke of Jülich and Berg<br>Margrave of Bergen<br>Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria<br></span>
+Charles II August.svg|Charles II August<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Zweibrücken<br>Elder brother of Maximilian I Joseph</span>
-Bavaria 1806.svg|Maximilian I Joseph<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">as King of Bavaria<br>Arms in 1806</span>
+Maximilian I Joseph.svg|Maximilian I Joseph<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Zweibrücken<br>Duke of Jülich and Berg<br>Margrave of Bergen<br>Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria<br>Arms before 1806</span>
+Bavaria 1806.svg|Maximilian I Joseph<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Bavaria<br>Arms from 1806</span>
+Karl Friedrich Stephan von Otting.svg|Karl Friedrich Stephan von Schönfeld<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Baron of Schönfeld<br>Illegitimate son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld<br>Progenitor of Otting-Fünfstetten<br>Arms before 1817</span><!-- Originally created in 1813 Baron of Schönfeld with a modified arms of the old Counts of Zweibrücken (red lion, armed and langued gules on white with a red label), in 1817 raised as Count of Otting and Fünfstetten with a new coat of arms (modified arms of the old Otting family) that was continued by his descendants -->
 Otto of Greece.svg|Otto I of Greece<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Greece<br>2nd son of King Louis I of Bavaria</span>
+Otto Wittelsbach.svg|Otto I of Greece<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Greece<br>Arms variant</span>
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