Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
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Wolfgang William | |
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Count Palatine of Neuburg | |
Reign | 22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653 |
Predecessor | Philipp Ludwig |
Successor | Philip William |
Born | Neuburg an der Donau | 4 November 1578
Died | 14 September 1653 Düsseldorf | (aged 74)
Spouse | Magdalene of Bavaria |
Issue | Philip William Ferdinand Philip Eleonore Franziska |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
Mother | Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (4 November 1578 in Neuburg an der Donau – 14 September 1653 in Düsseldorf) was a German Prince. He was Count palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich and Berg.
Life[]
Wolfgang Wilhelm's parents were Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg, and Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He was the winner of the War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614), and became thus the first ruler of Palatinate-Neuburg, who was also Duke of Jülich and Duke of Berg. In 1615, he was made a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Because he converted to Catholicism and practised a strict policy of neutrality in the Thirty Years' War, his territories escaped widespread destruction.
Wolfgang Wilhelm moved his residence to Düsseldorf in 1636.
Marriage and issue[]
Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times:
- In 1613 to Magdalene of Bavaria, who gave birth to
- Philip William, his successor.
- In 1631 to John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, who gave birth to Ferdinand Philip and Eleonore Franziska. Both children died young. , daughter of
- In 1651 to Countess Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, they had no children. , daughter of
Ancestry[]
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External links[]
- Media related to Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg in the German National Library catalogue
- Biography and Portrait of Count palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm von Neuburg
- Ronny Baier (2003). "Pfalz-Neuburg, Wolfgang Wilhelm von, Pfalzgraf von Pfalz-Neuburg und Herzog von Jülich und Berg". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1163–1168. ISBN 3-88309-110-3.
- House of Berg
- 1578 births
- 1653 deaths
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism
- German Roman Catholics
- House of Wittelsbach
- Counts Palatine of Neuburg
- Dukes of Berg
- Knights of the Golden Fleece
- Hereditary Princes of Neuburg
- People from Neuburg an der Donau