 Accordingly, Count Heinrich II had a document drawn up that listed every village in what was then the "Unteramt" of Altenglan, including these two, which remained with the County of Veldenz until 1444, when it met its end once Count Friedrich III of Veldenz died without a male heir.His daughter Anna wed King Ruprecht's son Count Palatine Stephan.By uniting his own Palatine holdings with the now otherwise heirless County of Veldenz – his wife had inherited the county, but not her father's title – and by redeeming the hitherto pledged County of Zweibrücken, Stephan founded a new County Palatine, as whose comital residence he chose the town of Zweibrücken