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Wolfgang Wilhelm

Type Figure Region Palatinate-Neuburg Time 1578–1653 Also known as Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

Wolfgang Wilhelm (1578–1653), a Wittelsbach, inherited Neuburg in 1614, contested the Jülich-Cleve succession with Brandenburg, converted to Catholic…

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  1. 1598–1608Neuburg · BavariaHe grew up in the territory as son of Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg; after Duke John William of Jülich-Cleve died in 1609, his father and the Elector of Brandenburg contested the Jülich-Cleve inheritance, and he took an active part in the struggle.
  2. 1613–1614Neuburg · Palatinate-NeuburgHe inherited the Palatinate-Neuburg after his father's death in 1614. In 1613 he converted to Catholicism and married Magdalena, daughter of Duke William V of Bavaria, forming a political alliance with Bavaria (Maximilian I) that secured his territory's survival through the Thirty Years' War.

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