Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine
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Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
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| Elector Palatine | |
| Reign | 8 June 1716 – 31 December 1742 |
| Predecessor | John William |
| Successor | Charles Theodore |
| Born |
4 November 1661 Neuburg an der Donau |
| Died | 31 December 1742 (aged 81) 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.
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.
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