Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg | |
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 Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg on an engraving by Lucas Vorsterman | |
| Born | 4 November 1578 Neuburg an der Donau |
| Died | 20 March 1653 (aged 74) Düsseldorf |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | Magdalene of Bavaria Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg |
| Father | Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
| Mother | Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Wolfgang Wilhelm (Neuburg an der Donau, 4 November 1578 – 20 March 1653 Düsseldorf) was a German Prince. He was Count palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich and Berg.
Life
His 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 Succession War for the Duchies of Jülich and Cleves (1609–1614), and became thus the first ruler of Pfalz-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.
He moved his residence to Düsseldorf in 1636.
Marriage and issue
Wolfgang William married three times:
- In 1613 to Magdalene of Bavaria, who gave birth to Philip William, his successor.
- In 1631 to Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, who gave birth to Ferdinand Philip and Eleonore Franziska.
- In 1651 to Countess Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, daughter of Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, they had no children.
Ancestry
External links
- 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). Vol. 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1163–1168. ISBN 3-88309-110-3.