Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg

Count Palatine Francis Louis of 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.

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 regency 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.

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

Ancestry

External links

• Josef Johannes Schmid (1999). Bautz, Traugott. ed (in German). Pfalz-Neuburg, Franz Ludwig von. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 16. Herzberg. cols. 1231–1237. ISBN 3-88309-079-4. http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pfalz_n_f_l.shtml. 

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 7 September 2006 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg House of Wittelsbach Born: 18 July 1664 in Neuburg upon Danube Died: 6 April 1732 in Breslau (Wrocław)
German royalty
Catholic Church titles
Regnal titles
Preceded by Karl von Liechtenstein	Prince-Bishop of Breslau 1683–1732	Succeeded by Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf
Preceded by Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg	Grand Master of the Teutonic Order 1694–1732	Succeeded by Clemens August of Bavaria
	Prince-Bishop of Worms 1694–1732	Succeeded by Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim
	Prince-Provost of Ellwangen 1694–1732
Preceded by Charles Joseph of Lorraine	Archbishop-Elector of Trier and Prince-Abbot of Prüm 1716–1729
Preceded by Lothar Franz von Schönborn	Archbishop-Elector of Mainz 1729–1732	Succeeded by Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich

Persondata
Name	Pfalz-Neuburg, Franz Ludwig von
Alternative names
Short description	Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Mainz and Trier, Prince-Bishop of Worms and Wrocław, Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order
Date of birth	18 July 1664
Place of birth	Neuburg an der Donau
Date of death	6 April 1732
Place of death	Wrocław