Buried White Castle at Ostrov | Name Hedwig the | |
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Father Christian August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Mother Amalie of Nassau-Siegen Born 15 April 1650
Sulzbach ( 1650-04-15 ) Died November 23, 1681, Hamburg, Germany Parents Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Spouse Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (m. 1668–1681), Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (m. 1665–1665) Children Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg Grandchildren Margravine Auguste of Baden-Baden Similar People Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe‑L, Louis William - Margrave, Gian Gastone de' Medic, Claudia de' Medici, Leopold V - Archduke of Austria | ||
Noble family House of Wittelsbach | ||
Marie Hedwig Auguste of Sulzbach (German: Marie Hedwig Auguste von Sulzbach; born: 15 April 1650 in Sulzbach; died: 23 November 1681 in Hamburg) was a Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by birth and by marriage, Archduchess of Austria and by her second marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.
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Life
Hedwig was a daughter of the Duke and Count Palatine Christian August of Sulzbach (1622–1708) from his marriage to Amalie (1615–1669) daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen.
She married on 3 June 1665 per cura in the court chapel of Sulzbach to Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria-Tyrol (1630–1665), who had, after his brother's unexpected death, resigned from his ecclesiastical positions, in order to marry. He could not consummate his marriage. He was travelling to meet his bride, but fell seriously ill and died in Innsbruck, twelve days after the marriage.
Hedwig's second husband was on 9 April 1668 in Sulzbach Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641–1689). Her father had a memorial stone erected in the parish church in Sulzbach in 1668 to commemorate her second marriage. Hedwig had been assured an annual income of 20000guilders at her first marriage; Julius Francis made a deal with the imperial court, in which Hedwig would receive a lump sum instead.
Hedwig died in 1681 and was buried in the White Castle at Ostrov (German: Schlackenwerth).
Issue
Hedwig from her second marriage had the following children: