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Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg

1578–1653 · 17th century

Wolfgang William was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1614. He converted to Catholicism in 1613 to strengthen his claim in the Jülich succession dispute, and under the Treaty of Xanten of 1614 he won the duchies of Jülich and Berg, ruling from Düsseldorf.

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
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