 In 1543, Duke Wolfgang of Zweibrücken transferred lands to his uncle Ruprecht to found his own county palatine.These were the "Ämter" of Veldenz, Lauterecken, Jettenbach and Reichenbach, and later also Lützelstein in Alsace.This new county palatine bore the name Palatinate-Veldenz, and later also Palatinate-Veldenz-Lützelstein.