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Leiningen-Westerburg 1467 - 1547 Capital
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Union of Leiningen and Westerburg 1467 Divided into Westerburg-Leiningen-Leiningen and Westerburg-Leiningen-Westerburg 1547 Leiningen-Westerburg was an historic state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the vicinity of Leiningen and Westerburg in what is now the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Leiningen-Westerburg was formed in 1467, when the last Landgrave of Leiningen died childless and Leiningen passed to his sister Margaret, who was married to Reinhard IV of Westerburg. Reinhard moved his capital to Leiningen in 1481 and began styling himself "Reinhard I of Westerburg-Leiningen".
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Notes Reinhold 1467 - 1522 Philipp 1522 - 1523 Kuno 1523 - 1547 Categories:- States of the Holy Roman Empire
- House of Leiningen
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