Wittelsbach House Union

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The Wittelsbach House Union was concluded on May 15, 1724 between the (Catholic) Wittelsbach secular and ecclesiastical principalities. The following were involved: Maximilian II. Emanuel of Bavaria , the Archbishop of Cologne Clemens August I of Bavaria , Karl III. Philipp von der Pfalz and the Archbishop of Trier Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg , the Palatine Hereditary Prince Joseph Karl von Pfalz-Sulzbach and Maximilian's sons Duke Ferdinand Maria and Johann Theodor von Bayern, Bishop of Regensburg. The Wittelsbach House Union consisted of two contracts: the first regulated the mutual succession in the two Catholic houses, the joint management of the imperial vicariate and - in the event of war - the formation of a joint army of 30,000 men. The second contract, consisting of a total of 19 articles, contained the details of the administration of the Imperial Vicariate. This alliance, which represented a total of four votes , temporarily formed a southern German counterweight to Habsburg.

literature

  • Karl Theodor von Heigel: The Wittelsbach House Union of 1724, in: the same: Historical images and sketches, Munich 1897, pages 141-174.
  • Michael Henker : The Jülisch-Bergische question in the Wittelsbach house union of 1724. In: ZBLG 37 (1974), pages 871-877.