Philip of the Palatinate (1627–1650)

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Prince Philipp of the Palatinate, painting by Gerrit van Honthorst

Philipp von der Pfalz (born September 16, 1627 in The Hague ; † December 16, 1650 in Rethel ) was a Palatine prince and count palatine near Rhine from the Pfalz-Simmern line .

Life

Philip was a son of Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate (1596–1632) from his marriage to Elisabeth Stuart (1596–1662), daughter of King James I of England . Philipp was born in The Hague, where his parents fled after the battle of the White Mountain and the associated loss of the Bohemian royal crown . Philipp was brought up at the French court for a time and, at the request of his older brother Karl Ludwig, was sent back to his mother in The Hague. Karl Ludwig got him an order from the English parliament to raise troops in Venice and lead them to England. On June 21, 1646, he murdered the Marquis de l'Epinay, a favorite of his mother, on the street in The Hague and fled the States General. His mother never spoke to him again and no longer recognized him as her son.

Philip was in the Lorraine military service and fell as a cavalry colonel unmarried in the wars of the Fronde in the battle of Rethel . His remains were brought to Sedan and buried in the tomb of the Dukes of Bouillon in the parish church of Saint Charles.

literature

  • Johann Michael von Söltl : The War of Religion in Germany , Volume 2, JA Meissner, 1840, p. 401 ff.
  • Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation: 4th Abth., History of the courts of the houses of Baiern, Würtemberg, Baden and Hesse ; 2. Th, Volume 24, Hoffmann and Campe, 1853, p. 101

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Wilhelm Hopf: Bavarian history in time tables , Schmid, 1865, p. 134
  2. ↑ Peter Bilhöfer, Jörg Kreutz, Berno Müller: Not against honor and conscience: Friedrich V, Elector of the Palatinate - the winter king of Bohemia (1596-1632) , Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, 2004, p. 786
personal data
SURNAME Philip of the Palatinate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philip of Palatinate-Simmern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1650
Place of death Rethel