Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

Spouse(s)	Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Mother	Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born	(1694-11-02)2 November 1694 Sulzbach
Died	18 July 1729(1729-07-18) (aged 34) Oggersheim
Buried	St. Michael's Church, Munich

Joseph Charles, Hereditary Prince of Sulzbach (German: Joseph Karl; Sulzbach, 2 November 1694 – Oggersheim, 18 July 1729) was the eldest son of Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

Life

The Sulzbach line was related to the Palatinate-Neuburg line who were Electors Palatine. The Elector of the Palatinate Charles III Philip failed to produce a legitimate male heir, as did his brothers. Joseph Charles, the eldest son of the Count Palatine of Sulzbach, was the heir apparent. On 2 May 1717 Joseph Charles married Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg (1693–1728), the daughter of Charles III Philip, a match intended to unite the two lines and prevented another succession war.

However, all the sons fathered by the couple died in infancy and only three daughters survived. In 1728 Elizabeth Augusta died in childbirth and Joseph Charles died the following year in Oggersheim. Therefore, the inheritance of Palatinate-Sulzbach and the eventual inheritance passed to Joseph Charles' brother John Christian Joseph and his family.

Joseph Charles was buried in the St. Michael's Church, Munich.

Issue

Karl Philipp August von der Pfalz (1718–1724)
Innocenza Maria, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (1719–1719)
Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach (1721–1794), married Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Maria Anna, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (1722–1790), married Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine
Maria Francisca of Sulzbach (1724–1794), married Frederick Michael, second son of Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken
Karl Philipp August, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1725–1728)
A son, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1728–1728)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

16. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg

8. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

17. Anna of Cleves

4. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

18. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

9. Duchess Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp

19. Princess Augusta of Denmark

2. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

20. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

10. John VII, Count of Nassau

21. Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg

5. Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen

22. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

11. Countess Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

23. Princess Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen

1. Joseph Charles, Hereditary of Sulzbach

24. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

12. Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels

25. Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg

6. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

26. Philip Reinhard I, Count of Solms-Hohensolms

13. Countess Maria Elenore of Solms-Hohensolms

27. Countess Elisabeth of Wied

3. Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rotenburg

28. John Theodore, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

14. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

29. Countess Josine of the Marck

7. Countess Maria Anna Franziska of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

30. Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

15. Landgravine Anna Maria of Fürstenberg

31. Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

References

Die Familienzweige der Pfälzischen Wittelsbacher, Herausgeber staatliches Liegenschaftsamt Heidelberg, Oskar Klausner, 1995 erschienen im K. F. Schimper Verlag Schwetzigen
Hier Wittelsbach hier Pfalz – Die Geschichte der pfälzischen Wittelsbacher von 1214–1803, Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt, Landau 1986, ISBN 3-87629-094-5
Karl Lochner: Schloss und Garten Oggersheim, Verlag der Pfälzischen Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Speyer 1960

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