Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine

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Charles III Philip
Elector Palatine
File:Karl Philipp, Kurfürst (1716-1742).jpg
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Elector Palatine
Reign 8 June 1716 – 31 December 1742
Predecessor John William
Successor Charles Theodore
Born (1661-11-04)4 November 1661
Neuburg an der Donau
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Mannheim
Spouse Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
Teresa Lubomirska
Violente Theresia of Thurn and Taxis
House House of Wittelsbach
Father Philip William, Elector Palatine
Mother Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (Neuburg, 4 November 1661 – Mannheim, 31 December 1742) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach. He was Elector Palatine, Count of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1716 to 1742. Until 1728 Charles III Philip was also Count of Megen.

Biography

Born in Neuburg an der Donau, Charles Philip was the seventh of 17 children of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Though Charles Philip became a cleric in Cologne at the age of fourteen, suchlike in 1677 in Salzburg and again in 1679 in Mainz, he was not ordained but started a military career in 1684. He then joined the Habsburg war against the Turks 1691-1694 and was promoted imperial field marshal. In 1712 he was appointed Governor of Further Austria in Innsbruck.

Charles Philip succeeded his brother Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine on his death in 1716, and he promptly expelled his brother's mistress, Dorothea von Velen, from the electoral palace. He moved the Palatinate's capital from Heidelberg to the new city of Mannheim in 1720, but not before promoting his favorite court jester, Perkeo of Heidelberg, to be in charge of the castle's wine stocks. To strengthen the union of all lines of the Wittelsbach dynasty Charles Philip organized a wedding on 17 January 1742 when his granddaughter Elizabeth Auguste was married to Charles Theodore of Palatinate-Sulzbach and her sister Maria Anna to the Bavarian prince Clement. In the imperial election a few days later Charles III Philip voted for his Bavarian cousin Prince-Elector Charles Albert.

Upon his death in December 1742, the Palatinate-Neuburg line became extinct, and the Electorate of the Palatinate (including Neuburg, Jülich and Berg) was inherited by Charles Theodore of the Palatinate-Sulzbach line of the Wittelsbach family. Another granddaughter of Charles Philip, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, was later married to Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken. Their son Maximilian I Joseph of Palatinate-Zweibrücken became the heir of the Palatinate-Sulzbach line.

While in Mannheim, Charles III Philip, and later his successor Charles IV Theodore, put together what was commonly regarded as the finest orchestra in all of Europe. Under the leadership of musicians such as Johann Stamitz and Carlo Grua, the orchestra of the Kapelle was lauded by such musicians such as Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Marriages

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Ludovica Carolina Radivilia, the illustration from Icones familiae ducalis Radvilianae.

Charles Philip married three times:

  1. Leopoldine Eleonore Josephine (b. Brieg, 27 December 1689 - d. 8 March 1693).
  2. Maria Anna (b. 7 December 1690 - d. 1692).
  3. Elisabeth Auguste Sophie (b. Brieg, 17 March 1693 - d. Mannheim, 30 January 1728), married on 1717 to her kinsman, the Count Palatine Johann Karl of Sulzbach.
  4. a son (b. and d. Brieg, 22 March 1695).
  1. Theophila Elisabeth Franziska Felicitas (b. 13 November 1703 - d. 31 January 1705).
  2. Anna Elisabeth Theophila (b. Innsbruck, 9 June 1709 - d. Innsbruck, 10 February 1712).
  • In 1728 he married thirdly Countess Violente Theresia, (1683–1734), daughter of Count Philipp-Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis, and his wife, Countess Marie-Adelheid von Aham zu Wildenau. This childless union was morganatic, as the Augsburg branch of the wealthy Thurn and Taxis family had only been elevated to baronial rank in 1657 and made counts of the Empire in 1701. But Violente received the honorary title of Princess from Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1733.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Landgravine Anna of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Anna of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Archduchess Maria of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. William V, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Archduchess Anna of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Duchess Renata of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Christina of Denmark and Norway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Magdalene of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Christian I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. John George I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Margravine Sophie of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Born: 1661 Died: 1742
German royalty
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Jülich and Berg
1716–1742
Succeeded by
Charles Theodore
Count Palatine of Neuburg
Elector Palatine

1716–1742

Notes

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