- First name
- Karl
- Last name
- Ludwig
- Date of Birth
- 1619
- Date of Death
- 1680
- Born in
- Heidelberg
- Died in
- Enghien
Karl Ludwig was the second son of the Elector Palatine Frederic V of Wittelsbach (1596–1632) and Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662). He was the brother of Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia, who corresponded with Descartes on the passions. He received back his father’s possessions in the Lower Rhenish Palatinate during the Peace of Westphalia (1648), and took up residence in Heidelberg. In 1773, he charged Fabritius to approach Spinoza for a university chair in Heidelberg.Fabritius informed Spinoza in a letter that he would be allowed the freedom to philosophize, but would also have to respect public state religion. Karl Ludwig lost the ‘Kurpfalz’ when French troops invaded the region in July 1674. See: Hauck, 1903.
