Elisabeth Auguste of Neuburg (Elisabeth Auguste Sofie; 1693–1728) was the only surviving child of
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Charles III Philip (4 November 1661 – 31 December 1742) was Elector Palatine, Count of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1716 to 1742. Until 1728 he was also Count of Megen.
Biography
Born in Neuburg an der Donau, Charles P ...
. The
Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-Neuburg (german: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of ...
line became extinct with her father and was succeeded by the
Palatinate-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 ...
line. Her sons with
Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
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 Pal ...
would have been the indisputable heirs to the
Electorate of the Palatinate
The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...
, but they all died in infancy. She was the Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach by marriage.
Life
Of Charles Philip's six children (five daughters and one
stillborn
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son), Elisabeth Auguste was the only one to reach adulthood. She was the third daughter of Charles III Philip, then Count Palatine of Neuburg, and his first wife,
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł. One of her sisters, Maria Anna, died before Elisabeth Auguste was born, aged one or two, and her sister Leopoldine died the year she was born, aged three. Her mother died on 25 March 1695, when Elisabeth Auguste was about two years old, and her father remarried when she was about eight years old to Princess
Teresa Lubomirska
Princess Teresa Katharina Lubomirska (1 January 1685 – 6 January 1712) was a Polish noblewoman.http://genealogia.grocholski.pl/gd/osoba.php?id=018696 She was the second spouse of Count Palatine Charles Philip of Neuburg, who became Elector ...
. Her two half-sisters from her father's second marriage both died before turning three.
In 1716, her father succeeded his brother
Johann Wilhelm as the
Elector of the Palatinate
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. By then it was evident that the
Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-Neuburg (german: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of ...
line (established by two grandsons of Duke
George of Bavaria
George of Bavaria referred to as ''the Rich'' (15 August 1455 in Burghausen, Bavaria – 1 December 1503 in Ingolstadt), (German: ''Georg, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut'') was the last Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of Louis IX the Ri ...
,
Otto Henry and
Philip) would become extinct, as Charles III Philip and his brothers had all failed to produce a legitimate male heir. It was also obvious that the related
Palatinate-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 ...
line would succeed them. Joseph Charles, the eldest son of the Count Palatine of Sulzbach, was the clear heir. On 2 May 1717, Elisabeth Auguste married Joseph Charles in a move that united the two lines. The sons of the union would be the indisputable heirs of the
Electorate of the Palatinate
The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...
, preventing another
succession war. However, all their sons died in infancy and only three daughters survived.
Elisabeth Auguste died in childbirth in 1728. Her husband died the following year in Oggersheim. The inheritance of the
Electorate of the Palatinate
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passed to her husband's brother,
John Christian Joseph's family. Upon her father's death in 1742, her husband's nephew,
Charles Theodore, became
Elector
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** Confederate elector, a member of ...
. Their daughter, also named
Elizabeth Augusta, married Charles Theodore and became Electress.
Children
She was married in
Innsbruck in 1717 to
Count Palatine Joseph Charles Emanuel August of Sulzbach, son of
Theodore Eustace of Sulzbach and
Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
Princess Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg (Maria Eleonore Amalia; 25 February 1675 – 27 January 1720) was Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg by birth and was the Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by marriage. She is an ancestor of Albrecht, Duke ...
. They had the following children:
* Charles Philip (1718–1724)
* Innocenza Maria (1719–1719)
*
Elisabeth Auguste (1721–1794); married
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
* Maria Anna (1722–1790); married
Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine
Klemens Franz de Paula, Prince of Bavaria (Munich, 19 April 1722 – Munich, 6 August 1770) was the son of the Imperial Field Marshal, Ferdinand of Bavaria (1699–1738), and the grandson of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.
He married o ...
*
Maria Francisca (1724–1794); married
Frederick Michael, second son of
Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken
* Charles Philip August (1725–1728)
* a son, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1728–1728)
Through her daughter Maria Francisca, she was a grandmother of
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
Maximilian I Joseph (german: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) ...
. He succeeded Charles Theodore as Elector Palatine in 1799.
Sources
Geneanet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Countess Palatine
1693 births
1728 deaths
Deaths in childbirth
House of Wittelsbach
Countesses Palatine of Sulzbach
Countesses Palatine of Neuburg
Burials at St. Michael's Church, Munich