Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
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| Johann Wilhelm II | |
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Charles III Philip | |
| Born | 19 April 1658 Düsseldorf, Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 8 June 1716 (aged 58) Düsseldorf, Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire |
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Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine (Jan Wellem in
Early life and background
He was the son of
His brother was
Succession
As a gift to Johann Wilhelm and his new bride, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Johann Wilhelm's father ceded to them the Duchies of Jülich and Berg in 1679.[1]
Johann Wilhelm later also succeeded his father as
During the War of the Spanish Succession Johann Wilhelm received also the Bavarian Upper Palatinate, which was returned to Bavaria in 1714. He died in Düsseldorf and was buried in the St. Andreas Church. Having no son, Johann Wilhelm was succeeded by his brother Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine.
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Marriages
On 25 October 1678, in Wiener Neustadt, Johann Wilhelm married Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria. She was a daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his third wife, Eleanor of Mantua. The wedding ceremony was performed by Archbishop Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch.
The couple settled in Düsseldorf, where they led an elaborate royal household.[2] During their marriage, Maria Anna Josepha gave birth to two children, but neither survived infancy:[3][4]
- A son (b. and d. Düsseldorf, 6 February 1683)
- A son (b. and d. Vienna, 5 February 1686)
Maria Anna Josepha died in 1689 of
Anna Maria Luisa became pregnant in 1692; however, she miscarried.
Art collections
He was more popular in
His widow Anna Maria Luisa was the last
In Düsseldorf, the Jan-Wellem Square is named after Johann Wilhelm.
Ancestry
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Bibliography
- Alessandro Cont, La Chiesa dei principi. Le relazioni tra Reichskirche, dinastie sovrane tedesche e stati italiani (1688-1763), preface of Elisabeth Garms-Cornides, Trento, Provincia autonoma di Trento, 2018, pp. 103–138.
References
- ^ "Kurfürst Jan Wellem". www.geschichtswerkstatt-duesseldorf.de. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- Düsseldorf school of painting under Director Schadow, H. Voss, 1862, p. 12.
- ^ Gustav Prümm: A win for life, Books on Demand, 2009, p. 54.
- ^ "Complete Genealogy of the House of Wittelsbach". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Galleria Palatina (2006). "Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici – Biografia" (in Italian). www.polomuseale.firenze.it. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
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- ^ Hale, p. 188–189
- OCLC 6389386.
- S2CID 74812676.
- ^ (German) court painters Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine who worked for Johan Wilhelm, according to the Dusseldorf museum website
- ^ Anthon Schoonjans at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
External links
Media related to John William, Elector Palatine at Wikimedia Commons
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