Ludwig Philipp (Palatinate-Simmern)
Ludwig Philipp (born November 23, 1602 in Heidelberg ; † January 8, 1655 in Crossen ) was the son of Elector Frederick IV and younger brother of the "Winter King" Frederick V and after his death in 1632 guardian of the Elector and Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate.
Life
According to his father's will, the younger brother of Frederick V received the town of Simmern , the Sponheim area and the principality of Pfalz-Simmern , which, however, had to revert to the electoral line after an agreement of 1653. Ludwig Philipp followed his brother to Bohemia and held the prince-bishopric of Breslau for a short time until the battle of the White Mountain.
Although Emperor Ferdinand II had recognized his innocence in the Bohemian adventure, his lands were occupied by the Spaniards. The intervention of the Swedes in the Thirty Years War brought him back Simmern and the appointment as Swedish administrator of the Electoral Palatinate, but he had to retire to Frankenthal and Sedan in 1634 after the Swedish defeat at Nördlingen . Ludwig Philipp was only reinstated in his country following the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia .
Ludwig Philipp was accepted into the Fruitful Society in 1624 as "The Dangerous One" . After he returned to his royal seat in Kaiserslautern in 1646 , he accepted 14 members into the Fruitful Society.
progeny
Ludwig Philipp married Marie Eleonore (1607–1675), daughter of Elector Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg in 1631 , with whom he had the following children:
- Karl Friedrich (1633–1635)
- Gustav Ludwig (1634–1635)
- Karl Philipp (1635–1636)
- Ludwig Kasimir (1636–1652)
- Elisabeth Marie Charlotte (1638–1664)
- ⚭ 1660 Duke Georg III. of Liegnitz (1611–1664)
- Ludwig Heinrich Moritz (1640–1674), Count Palatine of Simmern
- ⚭ 1666 Princess Marie of Orange-Nassau (1642–1688)
- Luise Sophie Eleonore (1642–1643)
See also
literature
- Jakob Wille: Ludwig Philipp von Simmern . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 580 f.
- Klaus Conermann: The members of the fruitful society 1617–1650. 527 biographies. Transcription of all handwritten entries and comments on the images and texts in the Koethen Society Book . Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1985, ( Fruit Bringing Society 3).
- Ludwig Häusser : History of the Rhenish Palatinate according to its political, ecclesiastical and literary conditions . Volume 2. Mohr, Heidelberg 1845, (2nd reprint: Richter, Pirmasens 1970), original edition online .
- Volker Rödel: Ludwig Philipp, Count Palatine of Simmern. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 415 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludwig Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1602 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1655 |
| Place of death | Crosses |