sentences:  The Counts Palatine (Dukes) of Zweibrücken introduced the Reformation according to Martin Luther’s teachings into their County Palatine beginning in 1523, and in 1588, Count Palatine (Duke) Johannes I forced his subjects to convert to John Calvin’s Reformed teachings (Calvinism).In 1543, Count Palatine Ruprecht founded a sideline of the Duchy of Zweibrücken by establishing the new County Palatine of Veldenz (as opposed to the “earlier line of the Counts of Veldenz” mentioned above).Ruprecht, who after his brother Duke Ludwig II's death had assumed the regency for his nephew Wolfgang, resided at the castle on the Remigiusberg, the Michelsburg, which was forthwith swallowed into the new county's domain.