Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg

Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg

Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg (18 July 1664 – 6 April 1732) was bishop and archbishop of several dioceses, prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.

He was born in Neuburg an der Donau as son of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.

CoA of Pfalz.

In 1683, he became Prince-Bishop of Breslau (Wrocław) after the death of his brother Wolfgang Georg, who should have held this office.

In 1694, he assumed the additional offices of Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order and Prince-Bishop of Worms. 1716, he became Archbishop-Elector of Trier. During his regency in Trier, he reorganized the jurisdiction in the diocese and advanced the renovation of the Roman Moselle bridge and the cathedral. He became Archbishop-Elector of Mainz in 1729, giving up the position in Trier as the Pope had prohibited a merging of the two Archbishoprics. In Mainz, Franz Ludwig also started some administrative and judicial reforms as well as the construction of the Deutschhaus.

Franz Ludwig died in Wrocław and is buried there in a specially built chapel in Wrocław Cathedral.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg

16. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg                       17. Landgravine Anna of Hesse               4. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg                             18. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg               9. Anna of Cleves                       19. Archduchess Maria of Austria               2. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine                                   20. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria               10. William V, Duke of Bavaria                       21. Archduchess Anna of Austria               5. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria                             22. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine               11. Duchess Renata of Lorraine                       23. Princess Christina of Denmark and Norway               1. Francis Louis of the Palatinate-Neuburg                                         24. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Countess Magdalene of Lippe               6. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg               13. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg                       27. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst               3. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Christian I, Elector of Saxony               14. John George I, Elector of Saxony                       29. Margravine Sophie of Brandenburg               7. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony                             30. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia               15. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia                       31. Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves

External links

• Josef Johannes Schmid (1999). "Pfalz-Neuburg, Franz Ludwig von". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 16. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1231–1237. ISBN 3-88309-079-4.