Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
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Philip William (German: Philipp Wilhelm) of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690), was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. Son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalzgraf von Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria.
In 1685, with the death of his Protestant cousin, the Elector Palatine Karl II, Philipp Wilhelm inherited the Palatinate, going as far back as Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine, which thus switched from a Protestant to a Catholic territory. The rival claims to the Palatinate of the Duchess of Orleans, Louis XIV's sister-in-law, was the pretext for the French invasion of the Palatinate in 1688, which began the Nine Years War.
Philipp Wilhelm married twice. His first wife was Anna Katharina Konstanze, daughter of Polish king Sigismund III Vasa. Philipp Wilhelm and Anna Katharina Konstanze had stillborn son (b. and d. 1645).
In 1653 Philipp Wilhelm was married to Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, with who he had 17 children, including the next two Palatine Electors, John William and Charles III Philip.
Three of his daughters became queens:
- Eleonor Madeleine, as third wife of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Maria Sophia (1666-1699) as second wife of Peter II of Portugal
- Maria Anna (1667-1740) as second wife of Charles II of Spain
Another daughter Hedwig Elisabeth married Jakub Ludwik Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland.
A fifth daughter Dorothea Sophie married Odoardo II Farnese, Duke of Parma, and was the mother of Elisabeth of Parma, future queen of Spain.
[edit] Ancestors
| Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine | Father: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
Paternal Grandfather: Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Hesse |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Maria of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria |
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| Mother: Magdalene of Bavaria |
Maternal Grandfather: William V, Duke of Bavaria |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Albert V, Duke of Bavaria |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Austria |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Renata of Lorraine |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Francis I, Duke of Lorraine |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Christina of Denmark |
| Preceded by Wolfgang Wilhelm |
Count Palatine of Neuburg 1653–1690 |
Succeeded by Johann Wilhelm |
| Duke of Jülich Duke of Berg 1653–1679 |
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| Preceded by Charles II |
Elector Palatine 1685–1690 |
