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Wolfgang William | |
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Count Palatine of Neuburg | |
Reign | 22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653 |
Predecessor | Philipp Ludwig |
Successor | Philip William |
Born | Neuburg an der Donau | 4 November 1578
Died | 14 September 1653 Düsseldorf | (aged 74)
Spouse |
Magdalene of Bavaria Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg |
Issue |
Philip William Ferdinand Philip Eleonore Franziska |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
Mother | Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg |
Religion |
Lutheranism (until 1613) Roman Catholicism (from 1613) |
Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (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.
Wolfgang Wilhelm's 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.
Wolfgang Wilhelm moved his residence to Düsseldorf in 1636.
Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times: