Wolfgang William
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg; painting by Johannes Spilberg (c. 1648)
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Reign	22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653
Predecessor	Philipp Ludwig
Successor	Philip William
Born	(1578-11-04)4 November 1578 Neuburg an der Donau
Died	14 September 1653(1653-09-14) (aged 74) Düsseldorf
Spouse	Magdalene of Bavaria Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken [de] Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg [de]
Issue	Philip William Ferdinand Philip Eleonore Franziska
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Mother	Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Religion	Lutheranism (until 1613) Roman Catholicism (from 1613)

Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg (4 November 1578 in Neuburg an der Donau – 14 September 1653 in Düsseldorf) was a German Prince. He was Count Palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich and Berg.

Life

Wolfgang Wilhelm's parents were Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg, and Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He was the winner of the War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614), and became thus the first ruler of Palatinate-Neuburg, who was also Duke of Jülich and Duke of Berg. In 1615, he was made a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Because he converted to Catholicism and practised a strict policy of neutrality in the Thirty Years' War, his territories escaped widespread destruction.

Wolfgang Wilhelm moved his residence to Düsseldorf in 1636.

Marriage and issue

Wolfgang Wilhelm married three times:

• In 1613 to Magdalene of Bavaria, who gave birth to
  • Philip William, his successor.
• In 1631 to Catharina Elisabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken [de], daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, who gave birth to Ferdinand Philip and Eleonore Franziska. Both children died young.
• In 1651 to Countess Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg [de], daughter of Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, they had no children.

Ancestry