Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

Johann Wilhelm II
Portrait by Jan Frans van Douven, c. 1715
Elector Palatine
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Reign2 September 1690 – 8 June 1716
PredecessorPhilip William
SuccessorCharles III Philip
Born19 April 1658
Düsseldorf, Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died8 June 1716(1716-06-08) (aged 58)
Düsseldorf, Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1678; died 1689)
(m. 1691)
HouseWittelsbach
FatherPhilip William, Elector Palatine
MotherLandgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine (Jan Wellem in Low German, English: John William; 19 April 1658 – 8 June 1716) of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine (1690–1716), Duke of Neuburg (1690–1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679–1716), and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham (1707–1714). From 1697 onwards Johann Wilhelm was also Count of Megen.


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