Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg

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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.

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(German) Biography in the Biographic-Bibliographic Church Encyclopedia

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 2006-09-07.

Preceded by Karl von Liechtenstein	Bishop of Breslau 1683-1732	Succeeded by Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf
Preceded by Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg	Bishop of Worms 1694-1732	Succeeded by Franz Georg von Schönborn
Preceded by Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg	Grand Master of the Teutonic Order 1694-1732	Succeeded by Clemens August I. von Bayern
Preceded by Karl Joseph von Lothringen	Archbishop of Trier 1716-1729	Succeeded by Franz Georg von Schönborn
Preceded by Lothar Franz von Schönborn	Archbishop of Mainz 1729-1732	Succeeded by Philipp Karl von Eltz

Persondata
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