Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Philipp Ludwig of Neuburg (2 October 1547 – 22 August 1614) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1569 until 1614.

Philipp Ludwig
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Born	(1547-10-02)2 October 1547 Zweibrücken
Died	22 August 1614(1614-08-22) (aged 66) Neuburg an der Donau
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Anna of Cleves
Issue Detail	Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
Father	Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Anna of Hesse

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 (1552–1632), 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, Wolfgang Wilhelm, 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. He died in Neuburg in 1614 and was buried in Lauingen, succeeded by his son Wolfgang Wilhelm as Count Palatine of Neuburg. By the Treaty of Xanten in 1614 the duchies were partitioned following the War of the Jülich Succession, with Wolfgang Wilhelm receiving the Duchies of Jülich and Berg.

Family

Philipp Ludwig married Anna of Cleves (1 March 1552 – 6 October 1632), daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg on 27 September 1574 and had the following children:

1. Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (18 August 1575 – 11 February 1643), married on September 9, 1591 to Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.
2. Dorothea Sabine (13 October 1576 – 12 December 1598). Her burial gown is one of the few complete women's garments from the sixteenth century to have survived and is preserved in the Bayerisches National Museum in Munich.
3. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (25 October 1578 – 20 March 1653)
4. Otto Henry (28 October 1580 – 2 March 1581)
5. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632)
6. Amalia Hedwig (24 December 1584 – 15 August 1607)
7. Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein (23 August 1587 – 19 October 1644)
8. Sophie Barbara (3 April 1590 – 21 December 1591)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg

8. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 4. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 9. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 2. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 10. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse 5. Elisabeth of Hesse 11. Anna of Brunswick 1. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg 12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse 6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse 13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 3. Anna of Hesse 14. George, Duke of Saxony 7. Christine of Saxony 15. Barbara Jagiellon