Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg on an engraving by Lucas Vorsterman
Spouse(s)	Magdalene of Bavaria Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Mother	Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Born	4 November 1578 Neuburg an der Donau
Died	14 September 1653 (age 74) Düsseldorf

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:

• In 1613 to Magdalene of Bavaria, who gave birth to
  • Philip William, his successor.
• In 1631 to Catharina Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, who gave birth to Ferdinand Philip and Eleonore Franziska. Both children died young.
• In 1651 to Countess Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, daughter of Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, they had no children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg

16. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                             18. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse               9. Elisabeth of Lower Hesse                       19. Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg                                   20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse               10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                       21. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               5. Anna of Hesse                             22. George, Duke of Saxony               11. Christine of Saxony                       23. Barbara Jagiellon, Princess of Poland               1. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg                                         24. John II, Duke of Cleves               12. John III, Duke of Cleves                       25. Mathilde of Hesse               6. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg                             26. William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg               13. Maria of Jülich-Berg                       27. Sibylle of Brandenburg               3. Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg                                   28. Philip I of Castile               14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor                       29. Joanna of Castile               7. Archduchess Maria of Austria                             30. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary               15. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary                       31. Anna of Foix-Candale

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. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1163–1168. ISBN 3-88309-110-3.