Frederick Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (20 July 1665 – 23 July 1689), was by birth Count Palatine of Neuburg and Imperial General.
Life
Born in Düsseldorf, he was the tenth child but 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. Also, he studied at the Heidelberg University, where he was Rector in 1685.
Later, Frederick Wilhelm abandoned the church career and entered in the Imperial army, where he obtain the rank of General. He fell in the Nine Years' War during in the Siege of Mainz (1689), where, during a visit in the trenches, one arquebus shot to the head killed instantly. He was buried in St. Andrew's Church, Düsseldorf.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Frederick Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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. Duchess Renata of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Princess Christina of Denmark and Norway | | | | | | | | | 1. Frederick Wilhelm of the Palatinate-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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