Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine.

Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine, also known as Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg, (April 19, 1658 – June 8, 1716) was Elector Palatine (1690-1716), Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube (1690-1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679-1716), and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham (1707-1714). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 484 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (884 × 1094 pixel, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)   Kurfürst w:de:Johann Wilhelm (Pfalz) Maler: van Dousen, um 1700 heute Historisches Museum, Düsseldorf Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 484 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (884 × 1094 pixel, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)   Kurfürst w:de:Johann Wilhelm (Pfalz) Maler: van Dousen, um 1700 heute Historisches Museum, Düsseldorf Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... The Duchy of Jülich was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany (part of North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands (part of Limburg). ... Berg was a medieval territory in todays North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ...

He was the son of Philip William of Palatinate-Neuburg and Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt and was born in Düsseldorf, where he resided, rather than in Heidelberg, which had been largely destroyed. Philipp Wilhelm of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (24 November 1615 - 2 September 1690), was Count Palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1690. ... Elisabeth Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt (Giessen, March 20, 1635 – Neuburg an der Donau, August 4, 1709) was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and wife of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Duesseldorf. ... Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

He married in 1678 to Maria Anna Josepha, Archduchess of Austria. She was a daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleanor of Mantua. Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (July 13, 1608 – April 2, 1657), ruled February 15, 1637 – 1657. ... Eleanor of Mantua Eleonora Gonzaga (18 November 1630 - 6 December 1686) of the Mantua was a daughter of Charles II, Duke of Mantua (1609 - 1631) and his wife and cousin Maria Gonzaga, heiress to the Duchy of Mantua. ...

After her death, he married Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the daughter of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, (1667-1743), was the last of the Medicis. ... Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723. ...

In the Peace of Rijswijk (1697), he was restored to many of the possessions which had been taken by the French, with the provision that the Palatine not revert to Protestantism. This provision did not make him popular in the Palatine and with Protestants. Events September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher...

He was more popular in Jülich-Berg, where he erected impressive buildings such as the Castle of Bensberg and led a lavish court which gave work to many artists and artisans, like Jan Weenix, Eglon van der Neer, Rachel Ruysch and Adriaen van der Werff. After the Hunt by Jan Weenix Jan Weenix (1640-1719), was born at Amsterdam and was a member of the Utrecht gild of painters in 1664 and 1668. ... Eglon van der Neer (1643-1703) was a Dutch painter born at Amsterdam, and died at Düsseldorf on May 3, 1703. ... Rachel Ruysch, Still Life of Flowers (1689) Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers. ... Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722) was an accomplished Dutch painter of devotional and mythological scenes and portraits, active in Rotterdam and, to a lesser extent, Düsseldorf. ...

In Düsseldorf, the Jan-Wellem Platz is named after him. He died in his residence Düsseldorf and was buried in the St. Andreas Church there.

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