 The founding of this new county was a courtesy for Ruprecht, who as Wolfgang's guardian in his younger years, along with Wolfgang's mother Anna, had administered the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.This did not change any of the feudal arrangements among the lower nobility at first.Wiesweiler was at this time held as a fief by the family Fust von Stromberg, whereas Berschweiler was likewise held by the Lords vom Stein.