Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg on an engraving by Lucas Vorsterman
Born (1578-11-04)4 November 1578
Neuburg an der Donau
Died 14 September 1653 (age 74)
Düsseldorf
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

Wolfgang Wilhelm (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

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 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.

He moved his residence to Düsseldorf in 1636.

Marriage and issue

Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times:

Ancestry

References

    Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
    Born: 1578 Died: 1653
    Regnal titles
    Preceded by
    Philipp Ludwig
    Count Palatine of Neuburg
    16141653
    Succeeded by
    Philipp Wilhelm
    Vacant
    Title last held by
    Johann Wilhelm
    Duke of Jülich and Berg
    16141653
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