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Francis Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg (; 18 July 1664 – 6 April 1732) was
He was born in
bishop
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and archbishop
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of several dioceses, prince-elector
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of the Holy Roman Empire
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, and of the Teutonic Order
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.
Life
He was born in Neuburg an der Donau
Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany.
Divisions
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* Altmannstetten
* Bergen, ...
as son of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt en, Elizabeth Amelia Magdalena of Hesse-Darmstadt
, image= Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena im Jahr 1705.jpg
, caption= Portrait by Jan Frans van Douven, c. 1705.
, succession = Electress Palatine
, consort=yes
, reign=26 May 1685 - 2 September 1690
, ...
.
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 regency in Trier, he reorganized the jurisdiction in the diocese and advanced the renovation of the Roman Moselle
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bridge and the cathedral
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. He became Archbishop-Elector of Mainz
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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 Breslau (Wrocław) and is buried there in a specially built chapel in Wrocław Cathedral
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Ancestry
Bibliography
*Alessandro Cont, ''La Chiesa dei principi. Le relazioni tra ''Reichskirche'', dinastie sovrane tedesche e stati italiani (1688-1763)'', preface of Elisabeth Garms-Cornides, Trento, Provincia autonoma di Trento, 2018, pp. 103–138, https://www.academia.edu/38170694/La_Chiesa_dei_principi._Le_relazioni_tra_Reichskirche_dinastie_sovrane_tedesche_e_stati_italiani_1688-1763_prefazione_di_Elisabeth_Garms-Cornides_Trento_Provincia_autonoma_di_Trento_2018External links
* , - 1664 births 1732 deaths People from Neuburg an der Donau Archbishop-Electors of Mainz Roman Catholic bishops of Worms Francis 01 House of Wittelsbach Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order Prince-Bishops of Breslau Sons of monarchs {{Germany-noble-stub