Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine

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Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. Neuburg

Neuburg

Neuburg can refer to:* Neuburg an der Donau, a town which is the administrative seat of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany...
, November 4, 1661 – d. Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
, December 31, 1742) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
. He was Elector Palatine, Count of Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg

Duchy of Jülich

The Duchy of J?lich was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory is situated in present day Germany and the Netherlands . It was situated on both sides of the river Rur, around its capital J?lich in the lower Rhineland....
and Berg

Berg (state)

The territory of Berg in today's North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany emerged as a separate domain in mediaeval times. It comprised roughly the area between the rivers Rhine, Ruhr and Sieg....
from 1716 to 1742. Until 1728 Charles III Philip was also Count of Megen

Megen

Megen is a small city in the southern part of the Netherlands, in the province North Brabant, close to the river Meuse River. It is part of the Oss municipality....
.

in Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany....
, Charles Philip was the seventh of 17 children of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine , was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duchy of J?lich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Electoral Palatinate from 1685 to 1690....
and Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Though Charles Philip became a cleric in Cologne at the age of fourteen, and in 1677 in Salzburg and again in 1679 in Mainz, he was not ordained but started a military career in 1684.

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Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. Neuburg

Neuburg

Neuburg can refer to:* Neuburg an der Donau, a town which is the administrative seat of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany...
, November 4, 1661 – d. Mannheim

Mannheim

Wittelsbach

Palatinate-Neuburg

Duchy of Jülich

Berg (state)

Megen

Megen is a small city in the southern part of the Netherlands, in the province North Brabant, close to the river Meuse River. It is part of the Oss municipality....
.

Biography

Born in Neuburg an der Donau

Neuburg an der Donau

Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
war against the Turks

Ottoman wars in Europe

The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe are also sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Wars or as Turkish Wars, particularly in older, European texts....
1691-1694 and was promoted imperial field marshal. In 1712 he was appointed Governor of Further Austria

Further Austria

Further Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the old possessions of the Habsburgs in Baden and Swabia , Alsace and in Vorarlberg after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to Austria....
in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the Capital of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn River Valley at the junction with the Wipptal , which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck....
.

Charles Philip succeeded his brother Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine, also known as Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg , was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham ....
on his death in 1716. He moved the Palatinate's capital from Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
to the new city of Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
in 1720. To strengthen the union of all lines of the Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
dynasty Charles Philip organized a wedding on January 17 1742 when his granddaughter Elizabeth Auguste was married to Charles Theodore of Palatinate-Sulzbach

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria

Karl Theodor, Prince-Elector, Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria reigned as Prince-Elector and Count Electoral Palatinate from 1742, as Duchy of J?lich and Berg from 1742 and also as Prince-Elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777, until his death....
and her sister Maria Anna to the Bavarian prince Clement

Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine

Klemens Franz de Paula, Prince of Bavaria was the son of the Imperial Field Marshal, Ferdinand of Bavaria , and the grandson of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria....
. In the imperial election a few days later Charles III Philip voted for his Bavarian cousin Prince-Elector Charles Albert

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor Charles VII Albert , a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from January 24, 1742 until his death in 1745....
.

Upon his death in December of 1742, the Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-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 km?, with a population of some 100,000....
line became extinct, and the Palatinate (including Neuburg, Jülich and Berg) was inherited by Charles Theodore of the Palatinate-Sulzbach

Palatinate-Sulzbach

Palatinate-Sulzbach was the name of two separate states of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany....
line of the Wittelsbach

Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
family. Another granddaughter of Charles Philip, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, was later married to Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken

Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken

Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibr?cken-Birkenfeld was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the father of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria....
. Their son Maximilian I Joseph of Palatinate-Zweibrücken became the heir of the Palatinate-Sulzbach

Palatinate-Sulzbach

Palatinate-Sulzbach was the name of two separate states of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany....
line.

While in Mannheim, Charles III Philip, and later his nephew, put together what was commonly regarded as the finest orchestra in all of Europe. Under the leadership of musicians such as Johann Stamitz

Johann Stamitz

File:Stamic348.jpgJan V?clav Anton?n Stamic...
and Carlo Grua

Carlo Grua

Carlo Luigi Grua was an Italian composer who is best known for his position as Kapellmeister for the Electoral Court at the German city of Mannheim....
, the orchestra of the Kapelle was lauded by such musicians such as Leopold

Leopold Mozart

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gr?ndlichen Violinschule....
and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
.

Marriages

Karl Philipp married three times:

In Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
on August 10, 1688 he married firstly Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwill
Ludwika Karolina Radziwill

Ludwika Karolina Radziwill was a magnate of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and an active Protestant Reformers....
, dowager margravine
Margrave

Margrave is the English language and French language form of the German language title Markgraf and certain equivalent nobiliary titles in other languages....
of Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
and a wealthy heiress in Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
. They had four children:

Leopoldine Eleonore Josephine (b. Brieg, 27 December 1689 - d. 8 March 1693).
Maria Anna (b. 7 December 1690 - d. 1692).
Elisabeth Auguste Sophie (b. Brieg, 17 March 1693 - d. Mannheim, 30 January 1728), married on 1717 to his kinsman, the Count Palatine Johann Karl of Sulzbach.
a son (b. and d. Brieg, 22 March 1695).

In Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
on December 15, 1701 he married secondly Princess Teresa Lubomirska
Teresa Lubomirska

Princess Teresa Lubomirska was a Poland szlachcianka.She was the daughter of Court and Grand Marszalek J?zef Karol Lubomirski and Teofilia Ludwika Zaslawska....
, heiress of Ostroh
Ostroh

Ostroh is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the Capital of the Ostrozkyi Raion and is itself designated as a special administrative subordination within the oblast....
. They had two daughters:

Theophila Elisabeth Franziska Felicitas (b. 13 November 1703 - d. 31 January 1705).
Anna Elisabeth Theophila (b. Innsbruck, 9 June 1709 - d. Innsbruck, 10 February 1712).

In 1728 he married thirdly Countess Violante Theresia, (1683-1734), daughter of Count Philipp-Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis, and his wife, Countess Marie-Adelaide von Aham zu Wildenau. This childless union was morganatic
Morganatic marriage

A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage....
, as the Augsburg
Augsburg

Augsburg is an Independent City city in the south-west of Bavaria. The College town is home of the Regierungsbezirk Swabia and also of the Swabia and the Augsburg ....
branch of the wealthy Thurn and Taxis
Thurn und Taxis

The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis is a Germany family that was a key player in the mail in Europe in the 16th century and is well known as owners of breweries and builders of countless castles....
family had only been elevated to baron
Baron

Baron is a specific title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English language beorn meaning "nobleman."...
ial rank in 1657 and made counts of the Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
in 1701. But Violante received the honorary title of Princess
Fürst

is a German nobility, usually translated into English language as Prince.The term refers to the head of a principality and is distinguished from the son of a monarch, which is referred to as Prinz....
from Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1733.

Ancestors

**Charles III Philip's ancestors in three generations**
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine	Father: Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine , was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duchy of J?lich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Electoral Palatinate from 1685 to 1690....	Paternal Grandfather: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg was a German Count palatine and the Duke of Duchy of J?lich and Duchy of Berg....	Paternal Great-grandfather: Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
		Paternal Grandmother: Magdalene of Bavaria Magdalene of Bavaria Magdalene of Bavaria was the daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. In 1613 she married Wolfgang Wilhelm, Pfalzgraf von Neuburg. Their son was Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine....	Paternal Great-grandfather: William V, Duke of Bavaria William V, Duke of Bavaria William V, Duke of Bavaria , called the Pious, was List of rulers of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597....
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Renata of Lorraine Renata of Lorraine Renata of Lorraine was the daughter of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark. Her maternal grandparents were Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Burgundy....
	Mother: Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt	Maternal Grandfather: George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt George II of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 - 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalena von Brandenburg....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1596 to 1626.He was born on 24 September 1577 as the son of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Magdalene of Lippe....
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena of Brandenburg
		Maternal Grandmother: Sophia Eleonore of Saxony Sophia Eleonore of Saxony Sophia Eleonore of Saxony was the wife of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-DarmstadtShe was a daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, a daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia....	Maternal Great-grandfather: John George I, Elector of Saxony John George I, Elector of Saxony John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656....
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine

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