Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
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 William
22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653
4 November 1578
Neuburg an der Donau
14 September 1653 (aged 74)
Düsseldorf
Philip William
Ferdinand Philip
Eleonore Franziska
Lutheranism (until 1613)
Roman Catholicism (from 1613)
Life[edit]
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:
