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Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg

Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg
Archbishop of Mainz
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseElectorate of Mainz
In office1729–1732
Personal details
Born(1664-07-18)July 18, 1664
DiedApril 6, 1732(1732-04-06) (aged 67)
Archbishop of Trier
DioceseElectorate of Trier
In office1716–1729

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

Coat of arms of Pfalz

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

Bibliography

  • 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.
Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg
Born: 18 July 1664 in Neuburg upon Danube Died: 6 April 1732 in Breslau (Wrocław)
German royalty
Catholic Church titles
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince-Bishop of Breslau
1683–1732
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
1694–1732
Succeeded by
Prince-Bishop of Worms
1694–1732
Succeeded by
Prince-Provost of Ellwangen
1694–1732
Preceded by Archbishop-Elector of Trier
and Prince-Abbot of Prüm

1716–1729
Preceded by Archbishop-Elector of Mainz
1729–1732
Succeeded by
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