Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg

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Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg
Archbishop of Mainz

Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Electorate of Mainz
In office	1729–1732
Personal details
Born	(1664-07-18)July 18, 1664
Died	April 6, 1732(1732-04-06) (aged 67)

Archbishop of Trier
Diocese	Electorate of Trier
In office	1716–1729

Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg (Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg; 18 July 1664 – 6 April 1732) was bishop and archbishop of several dioceses, prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.

Life

He was born in Neuburg an der Donau as son of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.

In 1683, he became Prince-Bishop of Breslau (Wrocław) after the death of his brother Wolfgang Georg, who should have held this office.

In 1694, he assumed the additional offices of Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order and Prince-Bishop of Worms. 1716, he became Archbishop-Elector of Trier. During his rule in Trier, he reorganized the jurisdiction in the diocese and advanced the renovation of the Roman Moselle bridge and the cathedral. He became Archbishop-Elector of Mainz in 1729, giving up the position in Trier as the Pope had prohibited a merging of the two Archbishoprics. In Mainz, Franz Ludwig also started some administrative and judicial reforms as well as the construction of the Deutschhaus. In Worms, he started the reconstruction of the Bischofshof palace, which was destroyed in 1689.

Franz Ludwig died in Breslau (Wrocław) and is buried there in a specially built chapel in Wrocław Cathedral.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg

8. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg

4. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg

9. Anna of Cleves

2. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

10. William V, Duke of Bavaria

5. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria

11. Duchess Renata of Lorraine

1. Francis Louis of the Palatinate-Neuburg

12. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

6. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

13. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg

3. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

14. John George I, Elector of Saxony

7. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

15. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

Bibliography

Alessandro Cont, La Chiesa dei principi. Le relazioni tra Reichskirche, dinastie sovrane tedesche e stati italiani (1688-1763), preface of Elisabeth Garms-Cornides, Trento, Provincia autonoma di Trento, 2018, pp. 103–138, https://www.academia.edu/38170694/La_Chiesa_dei_principi._Le_relazioni_tra_Reichskirche_dinastie_sovrane_tedesche_e_stati_italiani_1688-1763_prefazione_di_Elisabeth_Garms-Cornides_Trento_Provincia_autonoma_di_Trento_2018

External links

Josef Johannes Schmid (1999). "Pfalz-Neuburg, Franz Ludwig von". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 16. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1231–1237. ISBN 3-88309-079-4.

German royalty
Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg House of WittelsbachBorn: 18 July 1664 in Neuburg upon Danube Died: 6 April 1732 in Breslau (Wrocław)
Catholic Church titles
Regnal titles
Preceded byKarl von Liechtenstein	Prince-Bishop of Breslau 1683–1732	Succeeded byPhilipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf
Preceded byLudwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg	Grand Master of the Teutonic Order 1694–1732	Succeeded byClemens August of Bavaria
	Prince-Bishop of Worms 1694–1732	Succeeded byFranz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim
	Prince-Provost of Ellwangen 1694–1732
Preceded byCharles Joseph of Lorraine	Archbishop-Elector of Trier and Prince-Abbot of Prüm 1716–1729
Preceded byLothar Franz von Schönborn	Archbishop-Elector of Mainz 1729–1732	Succeeded byPhilipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich

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