of Pfalz He was born in
Neuburg an der Donau as son of
Philip William, Elector Palatine and
Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. 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 rule in Trier, he reorganized the jurisdiction in the diocese and advanced the renovation of the Roman
Moselle bridge and the
cathedral. He became
Archbishop-Elector of Mainz 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. In
Worms, he started the reconstruction of the
Bischofshof palace, which was destroyed in 1689. Franz Ludwig died in
Breslau (Wrocław) and is buried there in a specially built chapel in
Wrocław Cathedral. ==Ancestry==