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Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690.
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Philip the Upright (German: Philipp der Aufrichtige) (14...
- Philip, Elector Palatine
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Background
The comital office of Count Palatine at the Frankish court of King Childebert I was already mentioned about 535. The Counts Palatine were the permanent representatives of the king in particular geographic areas, in contrast to the semi-independent authority of the dukes (and their successors). Under the Merovingian dynasty, the position had been a purely appointed one, but by the Middle Ages had evolved into an hereditary one. Up to the tenth century, the Frankish empire was centered at the r...
Thirty Years' War
In 1619, the Protestant Frederick V, Elector Palatine accepted the throne of Bohemia from the Bohemian Diet. This initiated the 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history; it caused over eight million fatalities from military action, violence, famine and plague, the vast majority in the German states of the Holy Roman Empire.In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction, it was surpassed only by the period January to May 1945 and remains t...
Nine Years' War
When France invaded the Palatinate in September 1688 to enforce its claim, these wider connections meant the conflict rapidly escalated, leading to the outbreak of the Nine Years' War. The French were forced to withdraw in 1689 but before doing so, destroyed much of Heidelberg, another 20 substantial towns and numerous villages. This destruction was systematically applied across a large section of the Rhineland but especially the Palatinate, which was raided again in 1693; the devastation sho...
In 1156 Conrad of Hohenstaufen, brother of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa became Count Palatine. The old coat of arms of the House of Hohenstaufen, the single lion, became coat of arms of the Palatinate.[citation needed] By marriage, the Palatinate's arms also became[year needed] quartered with those of Welf and later Wittelsbach. The arms of Bavaria...
In 1806, Baden was raised to a grand duchy and parts of the former Palatinate including Mannheim became part of it. At the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and 1815, southern parts of the left-bank Palatinate were restored and enlarged by mediatisation (consuming the former Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, the Free Imperial City of Speyer, and others) up to t...
Beiler, Rosalind (2008). Immigrant and Entrepreneur: The Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar, 1650–1750. The Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0-271-03595-6. Retrieved 28 October...Dosquet, Emilie (2016). "The Desolation of the Palatinate as a European News Event in News Networks in Early Modern Europe". News Networks in Early Modern Europe. Brill: 643–644. ISBN 978-90-04-277...Jackson, Clare (2021). Devil Land; England under Siege 1588 - 1688. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0241285817.Lindsay, J. O. (1957). The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 7, The Old Regime, 1713–1763. Cambridge University Press; New edition. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-521-04545-2.Sophia of Hanover (2013). Memoirs (1630–1680). The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series, 25. Edited and translated by Sean Ward. Toronto: Iter Inc. & Centre for Reformation and Re...
Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria. Life
Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine ( German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria.
Philip William (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (4 October 1615 - 12 September 1690) was the Elector Palatine from 1685 until 1690, and the Duke of Neuburg from 1653 until 1690. Life. Philip William was born in Neuburg in 1615 as the son of Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg.
Philip William of Neuburg (1615 –1690) Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
