Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg

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Wolfgang William
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg; painting by Johannes Spilberg (c. 1648)
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Reign22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653
PredecessorPhilipp Ludwig
SuccessorPhilip William
Born(1578-11-04)4 November 1578
Neuburg an der Donau
Died14 September 1653(1653-09-14) (aged 74)
Düsseldorf
SpouseMagdalene of Bavaria
Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken [de]
Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg [de]
IssuePhilip William
Ferdinand Philip
Eleonore Franziska
HouseWittelsbach
FatherPhilip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
MotherAnna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
ReligionLutheranism (until 1613)
Roman Catholicism (from 1613)
Wolfgang Wilhelm

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[edit]

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[edit]

Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times:

Ancestry[edit]

External links[edit]

  • 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). Vol. 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1163–1168. ISBN 3-88309-110-3.
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Born: 1578 Died: 1653
Regnal titles
Preceded by Count Palatine of Neuburg
1614–1653
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Johann Wilhelm
Duke of Jülich and Berg
1614–1653