Palatinate-Neuburg

Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg Palatinate-Neuburg State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) ← 1505–1808 → Coat of arms Neuburg Castle Capital Neuburg an der Donau Language(s) Austro-Bavarian Religion Calvinism Government Monarchy Count Palatine  - 1505–59 Otto Henry  - 1653–90 Philip William  - 1742–99 Karl Theodor Historical era Middle Ages  - Established July 30, 1505  - Ceded to Zweibrücken 1557  - Sulzbach separated 1614  - Merged with Electorate 1685  - Disestablished 1808

Palatinate-Neuburg (German: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) is a former state of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of some 100,000.

History

The Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg was created in 1505 as the result of the Landshut War of Succession and existed until 1799 or 1808. After the so-called Kölner Spruch (Verdict of Cologne) the Duchy was created from the territories north of the Danube for Otto Henry and Philipp, the sons of Ruprecht of the Palatinate. While they were minors, first their grandfather, Philipp, ruled the Duchy until his death in 1508, and then Frederick II. In 1557 Otto Henry ceded his duchy (the so-called Young Palatinate) to Wolfgang of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. The eldest son of Wolfgang, Philipp Louis, founded in 1569 the elder line of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Neuburg, from which the Palatinate-Sulzbach lineage was separated in 1614. Pfalz-Neuburg joined the Protestant Union in 1608.

The Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg was abolished in 1808. In the partition of Bavaria in 1837 Pfalz-Neuburg was joined with Swabia but became a part of Upper Bavaria in the 1970s.

Counts Palatine of Neuburg

• Two brothers, first under regency of Frederick II, Elector Palatine
  • Otto Henry, 1505–59 (Elector Palatine from 1556)
  • Philipp, 1505–41

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg

• Wolfgang, 1559–69
• Philipp Ludwig, 1569–1614
• Wolfgang Wilhelm, 1614–53
• Philipp Wilhelm, 1653–90 (Elector Palatine from 1685)
• Johann Wilhelm, 1690–1716
• Karl Philip, 1716–42

With the death of Elector Karl in 1742 all his territories including the state of Palatinate-Neuburg passed to the Palatinate-Sulzbach line of the Wittelsbach dynasty. Karl Theodor of the Sulzbach line was a descendant of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, a brother of Wolfgang Wilhelm.

House of Palatinate-Sulzbach

• Karl Theodor, 1742–99

See also

• Palatinate