While these three states were now de jure in personal union, this did not shift the power structures on the ground at all, for Palatinate-Zweibrücken had already been occupied by French Revolutionary troops along with the other left-bank territories. After the end of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in 1815, the Congress of Vienna assigned the part of Palatinate-Zweibrücken lying north of the Glan, including Meisenheim, to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg rather than Maximilian's Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1816 onwards, Meisenheim was the administrative seat of the  of Meisenheim and an .
The legal union did not affect power dynamics because Palatinate-Zweibrücken was already under French control along with other left-bank territories. After the end of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the Congress of Vienna assigned the northern part of Palatinate-Zweibrücken to Hesse-Homburg instead of Bavaria. From 1816 onwards, Meisenheim became the administrative center for this region and a .