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 | | By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Frederick V's son, Karl I Ludwig, Elector PalatineCharles Louis, was restored to the Lower Palatinate, and given a new electoral title, but the Upper Palatinate and the senior electoral title remained with the Bavarian line. |
 | | In 1685, the Simmern line died out, and the Palatinate was inherited by Philipp Wilhelm, Elector PalatinePhilip William, Count Palatine of Neuburg (and who was also Duke of Duchy of JülichJülich and Berg (German region)Berg), a Catholic. |
 | | The Neuburg line, which moved the capital from Heidelberg to Mannheim in 1720, lasted until 1742, when it, too, became extinct, and the Palatinate was inherited by Duke Karl Theodor, Elector of BavariaKarl Theodor of Sulzbach. |
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