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Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

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Mother
  
Anna of Cleves


Buried
  
Lauingen

Name
  
Augustus, Palatine

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Spouse(s)
  
Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp

Father
  
Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Born
  
2 October 1582 Neuburg (
1582-10-02
)

Died
  
August 14, 1632, Bad Windsheim

Children
  
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Parents
  
Anna of Cleves, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Grandchildren
  
Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach

Grandparents
  
William, Duke of Julich-Cleves-Berg

Great-grandparents
  
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Noble family
  
House of Wittelsbach

Augustus (German: August von Pfalz-Sulzbach; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632.

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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:

  1. Anne Sophie (17 July 1621 – 25 May 1675)
  2. Christian Augustus (26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708)
  3. Adolph Frederick (31 August 1623 – 14 March 1624)
  4. Augusta Sophie (22 November 1624 – 30 April 1682), married Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz
  5. John Louis (22 December 1625 – 30 October 1649)
  6. Philip Florinus (20 January 1630 – 4 April 1703)
  7. Dorothea Susanne (17 August 1631 – 3 July 1632)

References

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Wikipedia