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Wolfgang William of Palatinate-Neuburg

Son of Philip Louis and Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, he received Jülich and Berg in the provisional partition of Xanten in 1614. Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg went to Brandenburg.

1578 – 1653Count palatine / DukeWittelsbach · ES

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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 25 October 1578 Documented

Death: 20 March 1653 Documented

Role: Count palatine / Duke

Dynasty: Wittelsbach · ES

Territories: Palatinate-Neuburg (ES) · Jülich (ES) · Berg (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns

Duke · Jülich · Duchy Inferred1614–1653Effective rule

Duke · Berg · Duchy Inferred1614–1653Effective rule

Duke · Palatinate-Neuburg · Duchy Inferred1614–1653Effective rule

Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents

Philip Louis of the Palatinate-Neuburg · ESPending reviewAnne of Jülich-Cleves-Berg · ESPending review

Children

Philip William of the Palatinate-Neuburg · ES

Crowns and unions

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Wolfgang William of Palatinate-Neuburg. Each title retains its own status.

Period

Governments in 1614

JülichDuke
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- Jülich · ESDuke · Effective rule1614–1653
BergDuke
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- Berg · ESDuke · Effective rule1614–1653
Palatinate-NeuburgDuke
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- Palatinate-Neuburg · ESDuke · Effective rule1614–1653

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.

Documentation

Sources for this profile

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalz-Neuburg, Pfalzgraf

Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.

Evidence for this profile

7 recorded claims · 2 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (2/2 with a precise source)

BirthDocumented
25 October 1578
The authority record gives the birth as 1578-10-25.
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND · Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalz-Neuburg, Pfalzgraf · Vital data: birth date
Reviewed on 2026-10-17 by El Árbol de Europa ·
DeathDocumented
20 March 1653
The authority record gives the death as 1653-03-20.
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND · Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalz-Neuburg, Pfalzgraf · Vital data: death date
Reviewed on 2026-10-17 by El Árbol de Europa ·

Family and relationships (0/2 with a precise source)

FatherPending review
Philip Louis of the Palatinate-Neuburg
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
MotherPending review
Anne of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Governments (3/3 with a precise source)

GovernmentInferred
Duke · Jülich · 1614–1653
The duchies and counties retained separate institutions. Possession in 1614 was provisional and the definitive partition followed in 1666; Mark and Ravensberg have no separate geometry.
LVR · Herzogtum Kleve · Union of 1511/1521 and partition of 1614/1666.LVR · Erbfolgestreit 1609–1794 · Treaty of Xanten, 1614.
Reviewed on 2026-10-04 by El Árbol de Europa ·
GovernmentInferred
Duke · Berg · 1614–1653
The duchies and counties retained separate institutions. Possession in 1614 was provisional and the definitive partition followed in 1666; Mark and Ravensberg have no separate geometry.
LVR · Herzogtum Kleve · Union of 1511/1521 and partition of 1614/1666.LVR · Erbfolgestreit 1609–1794 · Treaty of Xanten, 1614.
Reviewed on 2026-10-04 by El Árbol de Europa ·
GovernmentInferred
Duke · Palatinate-Neuburg · 1614–1653
Principality separate from the Electoral Palatinate; its domains are excluded from the Palatinate polygon.
Historisches Lexikon Bayerns · Pfalz-Neuburg: Territorium und Verwaltung · Section Belehnung and table Die Herzöge von Pfalz-Neuburg: 1522–1716.
Reviewed on 2026-10-04 by El Árbol de Europa ·

Biographical and contextual references (1)

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalz-Neuburg, Pfalzgraf

Editorial history

2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.

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