Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg


Philipp Ludwig of Neuburg was the Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1569 until 1614.

Life

Philipp Ludwig was born in Zweibrücken in 1547 as the eldest son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, his lands were partitioned between Philipp Ludwig and his four brothers - Philipp Ludwig received the Duchy of Neuburg. He married Anna, daughter of Duke Wilhelm IV "the Rich" of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, in 1574 and used the marriage as the basis of his claim to inherit the duchies in the succession controversy against the Elector of Brandenburg after William IV's only son, John William, died without heirs. In 1613 Philip Louis's eldest son converted to Catholicism and gained the support of Spain and the Catholic League while Brandenburg received the support of the Netherlands.
The conversion of his son and heir was very difficult for the staunchly Lutheran Philipp Ludwig. By the Treaty of Xanten in 1614 the duchies were was partitioned without war: Philipp Ludwig received the Duchies of Jülich and Berg. He died in Neuburg in 1614 and was buried in Lauingen.

Marriage and children

Philipp Ludwig married Anna of Cleves, daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg on 27 September 1574 and had the following children:
  1. Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg, married on September 9, 1591 to Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.
  2. Dorothea Sabine
  3. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
  4. Otto Henry
  5. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
  6. Amalia Hedwig
  7. Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
  8. Sophie Barbara

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