Friedrich Wilhelm of Neuburg (20 July 1665 – 23 July 1689) was a Count Palatine of Neuburg by birth and Imperial General in later life.
Count Palatine Friedrich Wilhelm of Neuburg
Born in Düsseldorf , he was the tenth child and seventh son of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt .
Initially destined to the Church, in 1677 he was appointed Coadjutor and in 1685 Canon in Konstanz .[ 1] Heidelberg University , where he was Rector in 1685.
Later, Frederick Wilhelm abandoned the church career and entered the Imperial army, where he obtained the rank of General. He fell in the Nine Years' War during the Siege of Mainz (1689), where, during a visit in the trenches, an arquebus shot to the head killed him instantly.[ 2]
^ Michael Masson, Das Königshaus Bayern: genealogisch bearbeitet und mit historisch-biographischen Notizen erläutert, Verl. des Hrsg. , 1854, p. 139
^ Johann Heinrich Hennes, Die Belagerung von Mainz im Jahr 1689 , Editions Victor von Zabern, 1864, p. 29
Gustav Prümm, Ein Gewinn fürs ganze Leben , Books on Demand, 2009, p. 120
Johann Samuel Ersch, Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , J. f. Gleditsch, 1847, p. 23 on-line
Ancestors of Frederick Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg 16. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 8. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg 17. Landgravine Anna of Hesse 4. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg 18. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 9. Anna of Cleves 19. Archduchess Maria of Austria 2. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine 20. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria 10. William V, Duke of Bavaria 21. Archduchess Anna of Austria 5. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria 22. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine 11. Princess Renata of Lorraine 23. Princess Christina of Denmark and Norway 1. Friedrich Wilhelm of Neuburg 24. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 12. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 25. Countess Magdalene of Lippe 6. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg 13. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg 27. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst 3. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 28. Christian I, Elector of Saxony 14. John George I, Elector of Saxony 29. Margravine Sophie of Brandenburg 7. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony 30. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia 15. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 31. Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves
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