Background
He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria.
He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Magdalene of Bavaria.
Charles II"s sister, now the Duchess of Orléans and Louis XIV"s sister-in-law, also claimed the Palatinate. This was the pretext for the French invasion in 1688, which began the Nine Years War.