Friedrich Wilhelm of the Palatinate
Friedrich Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (born July 20, 1665 in Düsseldorf , † July 23, 1689 in Mainz ) was a Count Palatine of Neuburg and an imperial general.
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm was a son of Elector Philipp Wilhelm von der Pfalz (1615–1690) from his second marriage to Elisabeth Amalie (1635–1709), daughter of Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt . He was a brother of the Palatinate Electors Johann Wilhelm (1658-1716) and Karl III. Philipp (1661–1742), as well as Archbishop of Trier and Mainz, Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg (1664–1732) and the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, Alexander Sigismund von Pfalz-Neuburg (1663–1737). His eldest sister Eleonore (1655–1720) was the wife of Emperor Leopold I and the mother of the later Emperors Joseph I and Charles VI. Other sisters became queens of Spain and Portugal.
He switched back to the lay status after becoming coadjutor in 1677 and canon in Constance in 1685 . Friedrich Wilhelm studied at the University of Heidelberg and became rector there in 1685.
Friedrich Wilhelm entered the imperial service and became a general. He fell in the Palatinate War of Succession during the siege of Mainz (1689) , where he was immediately killed by a hook gun shot in the head while inspecting the trenches. Friedrich Wilhelm was buried in the St. Andreas Church in Düsseldorf.
ancestors
| Philipp Ludwig (Pfalz-Neuburg) (1547-1614) | |||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Wilhelm (Pfalz-Neuburg) (1578–1653) | |||||||||||||
| Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1552–1632) | |||||||||||||
| Philipp Wilhelm (Palatinate) (1615–1690) | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm V (Bavaria) (1548–1626) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalene of Bavaria (1587–1628) | |||||||||||||
| Renata of Lorraine (1544–1602) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Wilhelm of the Palatinate | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig V (Hessen-Darmstadt) (1577–1626) | |||||||||||||
| George II (Hessen-Darmstadt) (1605–1661) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena of Brandenburg (1582–1616) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Amalia of Hessen-Darmstadt (1635–1709) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Georg I (Saxony) (1585–1656) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Eleonore of Saxony (1609–1671) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Gustav Prümm: A Profit for Whole Life , Books on Demand, 2009, p. 120
- Johann Samuelansch: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , J. f. Gleditsch, 1847, p. 23 digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Masson: Das Königshaus Bayern: genealogically edited and explained with historical-biographical notes , Verl. Des Hrsg., 1854, p. 139
- ^ Johann Heinrich Hennes: The Siege of Mainz in 1689 , Verlag Victor von Zabern , 1864, p. 29
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friedrich Wilhelm of the Palatinate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count Palatine of Neuburg and Imperial General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1665 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1689 |
| Place of death | Mainz |