Philip William, Elector Palatine

Philip William
Philip William in 1685
Elector Palatine
Reign26 May 1685 – 2 September 1690
PredecessorCharles II
SuccessorJohann Wilhelm
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Reign14 September 1653 – 2 September 1690
PredecessorWolfgang Wilhelm
SuccessorJohann Wilhelm
Born(1615-11-24)24 November 1615
New Palace, Gießen
Died2 September 1690(1690-09-02) (aged 74)
Vienna
Burial
Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Spouse
(m. 1642; died 1651)
Issue
Detail
Eleonor Madeleine, Holy Roman Empress
John William, Elector Palatine
Wolfgang George Frederick von Pfalz-Neuburg
Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Alexander Sigismund, Bishop of Augsburg
Francis Louis, Archbishop of Trier
Frederick Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg
Maria Sophia, Queen of Portugal
Maria Anna, Queen of Spain
Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie, Duchess of Parma
Hedwig Elisabeth, Princess Sobieski
Countess Palatine Leopoldine Eleonora of Neuburg
HouseWittelsbach
FatherWolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
MotherMagdalene of Bavaria
ReligionCatholicism

Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615[1] – 2 September 1690[2]) 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. He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria.

  1. ^ Förch, F. A. (1860). Neuburg und seine fürsten: ein historischer versuch als beitrag zur geschichte des fürstenthums Pfalz-Neuburg (in German). A. Prechter. p. 93. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ Baroggio, Jakob (1861). Die Geschichte Mannheims von dessen Entstehung bis 1861 (in German). Selbstverl. p. 152. Retrieved 3 February 2024.