Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg

Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg (1664-07-18-1732-04-06) was bishop and archbishop of several dioceses and Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.

He was born in Neuburg an der Donau as son of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt.

In 1683, he became Archbishop of 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 Bishop of Worms. 1716, he became Archbishop 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 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.

External links

*de icon [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pfalz_n_f_l.shtml Biography in the Biographic-Bibliographic Church Encyclopedia]

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NAME=Pfalz-Neuburg, Franz Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Archbishop of Mainz and Trier, Prince-Bishop of 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