officer Duke of Zweibrücken Counts Palatine
He was the only son of Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife Elisabeth of Hesse, daughter of William I, Landgrave of Hesse. His father died in 1532, so the regency of Palatinate-Zweibrücken passed to Louis" younger brother Rupert until 1543.
In 1557 Wolfgang received the territory of Palatinate-Neuburg in accordance with the Contract of Heidelberg. This imposition ended in 1552. The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 ended the religious conflict, and in 1557 several ecclesiastical states in Germany were secularised, a few of which Wolfgang obtained.
In 1566 he served as a cavalry officer in the Turkish Wars.
He invaded Burgundy, but was killed in the conflict. He was buried in Meisenheim.
Otto Henry and Frederick had no surviving sons. The House of Palatinate-Neuburg inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1685 and by its cadet branch Palatinate-Sulzbach also Bavaria in 1777.
The House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld then inherited the Electorate of the Palatinate and Bavaria in 1799.
The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken contributed to the monarchy in Sweden from 1654 onwards through its cadet branch Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg.
