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Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg on a Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman.
'Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg' (
Neuburg an der Donau,
November 4 1578 -
Düsseldorf,
March 20 1653) was a German
Count palatine.
His parents were
Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg, and Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a daughter of
Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He was the winner of the Succession War for the
Duchies of Jülich and Cleves (1609-1614), and became thus the first ruler of
Pfalz-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.
Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times:
★ In 1613 to
Magdalene of Bavaria, who gave birth to
Philipp Wilhelm, his successor.
★ In 1631 to Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz-Zweibrücken, who gave birth to Ferdinand Philipp and Eleonore Franziska.
★ In 1651 to Countess Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, they had no children.
External links
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Biography and Portrait of Count palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm von Neuburg
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Biography
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