Eleonore was born in Düsseldorf, Holy Roman Empire, on the night of 6 January 1655. She was the oldest of 17 children born from Philip William, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich-Berg and his second wife, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Eleonore was born in Düsseldorf, Holy Roman Empire, on January 6th, 1655. She was the eldest of 17 children born to Philip William, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich-Berg, and his second wife, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.