Christian Augustus (German: Christian August) ( 26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708 ) was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1632 until 1708.

Life

Christian Augustus was born in Sulzbach in 1622 as the eldest son of

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 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 ...

. He succeeded his father in August 1632, at the age of 10. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler. He granted his citizens the right to choose their Christian denomination and introduced the

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, whereby churches had both

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and

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services. In 1666 he permitted

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to settle in the

Duchy of Sulzbach Palatinate-Sulzbach was the name of two separate states of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany, ruled by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Palatinate-Sulzbach (1569–1604) Palatinate-Sulzbach was p ...

. Under his rule, Sulzbach also became an intellectual centre and the site of a regionally significant printing industry. He had a close relationship with his grand daughter Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Louis William of Baden-Baden and Regent of her son's dominions. Christian Augustus died in Sulzbach in 1708 and was buried in the Church of Sancta Maria in Sulzbach.

Marriage and issue

Christian Augustus married Amalie of

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(12 September 1615 – 24 August 1669), daughter of Count John VII, on 27 March 1649 and had the following children: # Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach (15 April 1650 – 23 November 1681), married on 9 April 1668 Duke

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# Amalie (31 May 1651 – 11 December 1721) Nun in Cologne, St. Maria Monastery #John Augustus Hiel (11 December 1654 – 14 April 1658) #Christian (14 August 1656 – 9 November 1657) # Theodore Eustace (14 February 1659 – 11 July 1732) married

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and had issue

Ancestors

{{Authority control 1622 births 1708 deaths House of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine of Sulzbach Hereditary Princes of Sulzbach