Veldenz
Veldenz was a county in the Hunsrück and Moselle region, ruled in 1337 by the Veldenz-Geroldseck family from Thallichtenberg; its lands included Meisenheim.
In 1444 Anna inherited Veldenz from her father Frederick III and brought it to Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken. Under the 1543 Marburg Contract, Wolfgang of Zweibrücken granted it to his uncle Rupert. Rupert's line ended in 1694; the county passed to the Electoral Palatinate in 1733. French rule ended it in 1801, and the Congress of Vienna divided its lands between Prussia and Bavaria in 1815.
Characters
- Agnes von Leiningen
- Agnes of Veldenz
- Emicho, Count of Kyrburg
- Georg I, Count of Veldenz
- Gerlach I, Count of Veldenz
- Gerlach II, Count of Veldenz
- Gerlach III, Count of Veldenz
- Gerlach IV, Count of Veldenz
- Gerlach V, Count of Veldenz
- Heinrich II, Count of Veldenz
- Heinrich I von Geroldseck