Palatinate-Simmern-SponheimPfalz-Simmern-Sponheim1559–1598 CapitalCircleBench SimmernUpper RhenishCouncil of PrincesEstablished1559Extinct; to the Palatinate1598 Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim () was a state of the Holy Roman Empire based in the County Palatine of Simmern and the Palatinian portion of the County of Sponheim in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim was created in 1559 when Frederick III of Palatinate-Simmern inherited the Electoral Palatinate and George, his younger brother, became Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim. George died in 1569 and was succeeded by another younger brother, Richard. After Richard's death in 1598, Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim passed to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine.
See also List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine
NameNotesGeorge1559–1569Richard1569–1598