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State · 1505 – 1808

Palatinate-Neuburg

A state of 1505 – 1808 — 303 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
303 years
1505 – 1808
Rulers
4
the Count Palatine
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Palatinate-Neuburg: 1505 – 1808

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Otto Henry · 1505 – 1557 · no death date to read the end againstWolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken · 1557 – 1569 · no death date to read the end againstPhilip William, Elector Palatine · 1653 – 1690 · no death date to read the end againstCharles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria · 1742 – 1799 · no death date to read the end against160017001800
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Otto Henry1505 – 155752 yearsending not on record
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken1557 – 156912 yearsending not on record
Philip William, Elector Palatine1653 – 169037 yearsending not on record
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria1742 – 179957 yearsending not on record

4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1505 – 1799. Median reign 44.5 years. 0 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Banner of Palatinate-Neuburg (3^2)
    flag, to 1609Banner of Palatinate-Neuburg (3^2) · Public domain
  • Armoiries comtes palatins de Soulzbach
    coat of arms, undatedArmoiries comtes palatins de Soulzbach · CC BY-SA 3.0

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood303 years

    stood longer than 74% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median52 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 97% of 1,083 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record4

    has more rulers on record than 53% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 14 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Holy Roman Empire · Coincidence · 962 – 1806Holy Roman EmpirePalatinate-Neuburg · 1505 – 1808Palatinate-Neuburg10001200140016001800
coincidence

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Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q675127 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.