Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
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Born | Neuburg | 2 October 1582
Died | 14 August 1632 Windsheim | (aged 49)
Buried | Lauingen |
Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
Spouse(s) | Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp |
Issue | |
Father | Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
Mother | Anna of Cleves |
Augustus (German: August von Pfalz-Sulzbach; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632.
Life[]
Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg and Anna of Cleves. After his father's death in 1614 his territories were partitioned between Augustus and his two brothers - Augustus received northern portions of the Duchy of Neuburg which were constituted as the Duchy of Sulzbach.
Augustus died in Windsheim in 1632 and was buried in Lauingen.
Marriage[]
Augustus married Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp (23 December 1603 – 22 March 1657), daughter of Duke John Adolph and Princess Augusta of Denmark, on 17 July 1620 and had the following children:
- Anne Sophie (17 July 1621 – 25 May 1675)
- Christian Augustus (26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708)
- Adolph Frederick (31 August 1623 – 14 March 1624)
- Augusta Sophie (22 November 1624 – 30 April 1682), married Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz
- John Louis (22 December 1625 – 30 October 1649)
- Philip Florinus (20 January 1630 – 4 April 1703)
- Dorothea Susanne (17 August 1631 – 3 July 1632)
Ancestors[]
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Categories:
- 1582 births
- 1632 deaths
- House of Wittelsbach
- Counts Palatine of Sulzbach
- People from Neuburg an der Donau