Palatinate-Neuburg
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Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg (German) | |||||||||
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1505–1808 | |||||||||
Roman Catholicism Counts Palatine were Roman Catholic until 1541, then Lutheran until 1614, then again Roman Catholic since 1614. | |||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Count Palatine | |||||||||
• 1505–57 | Otto Henry | ||||||||
• 1557–69 | Wolfgang | ||||||||
• 1653–90 | Philip William | ||||||||
• 1742–99 | Charles Theodore | ||||||||
Historical era | Electorate of the Palatinate | 1556–1557 | |||||||
• Ceded to Zweibrücken | 1557 | ||||||||
• Sulzbach separated | 1614 | ||||||||
• Merged with the Electorate of the Palatinate | 1685 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1808 | ||||||||
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Palatinate-Neuburg (German: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km2, with a population of some 100,000.
History
Timeline of Palatine Neuburg | ||||||||||
1500 — – 1520 — – 1540 — – 1560 — – 1580 — – 1600 — – 1620 — – 1640 — – 1660 — – 1680 — – 1700 — – 1720 — – 1740 — – 1760 — – 1780 — – 1800 — – |
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The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created in 1505 as the result of the
In 1556, Otto Henry became the
Palatinate-Neuburg joined the
The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was abolished in 1808. In the partition of Bavaria in 1837, Palatinate-Neuburg was joined with Swabia but became a part of Upper Bavaria in the 1970s.
Dukes of Palatinate-Neuburg
- Two brothers, first under regency of Frederick II, Elector Palatine
- Elector Palatinefrom 1556 until death)
- Philipp, 1505–41
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg
- Wolfgang, 1557–69
- Philipp Ludwig, 1569–1614 (also Duke of Jülich and Berg in 1614)
- Wolfgang Wilhelm, 1614–53 (also Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1614)
- Elector Palatinefrom 1685)
- Elector Palatinefrom 1690)
- Elector Palatinefrom 1716)
With the death of Elector Charles Philip in 1742 all his territories including the state of Palatinate-Neuburg passed to the Palatinate-Sulzbach line of the Wittelsbach dynasty. Charles Theodor of the Sulzbach line was a descendant of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, a brother of Wolfgang Wilhelm.
House of Palatinate-Sulzbach
- Elector of Bavariafrom 1777)
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Elector of Bavariafrom 1799)
Gallery
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Coat of Arms of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
See also
References
- ^ Marceau, p 105.[full citation needed]