German Royalty. His titles were Count Palatine of Neuburg ad Donau, Duke of Jülich and Berg. Patron of the Arts, he commissioned Peter Paul Rubens to paint, among other works, the altarpiece for the high altar of the Jesuit Church in Neuburg on the Danube, '"The Great Last Judgement, (Rubens' largest painting) which today is on view in the Alte Pinkothek. In 1613, he married Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria.
Sources
Lines of Succession. Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe. Jiri Louda and Michael Maclagan. ISBN0-316-84820-4. Table 96. General Survey of the House of Wittelsbach.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wolfgang by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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