John Christian (23 January 1700 – 20 July 1733; ''in German: Johann Christian Joseph'') was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1732–33. He was the second and youngest surviving son of duke

Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Theodore Eustace ''(German: Theodor Eustach''; 14 February 1659 – 11 July 1732) was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1708 until 1732. Life Theodore Eustace was born in Sulzbach in 1659 as the only surviving son of Christian Augustus, Count ...

(1659–1732) with his consort

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(1675–1720). His elder brother was

Joseph Charles, Count Palatine 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 ...

Life

After the death of his elder brother Joseph Charles, John Christian Joseph became the eventual designated heir of the

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. In 1732 he succeeded his father as Count Palatine of Sulzbach, but died in Sulzbach in 1733 before inheriting the Palatinate.

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, a member of the Palatine Neuburg line of

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failed to produce a legitimate male heir, and his brothers also. By 1716 it was evident that the Neuburg line would become extinct and that the Sulzbach branch would succeed them.

Marriage

He married twice: * Marie Anne Henriëtte Leopoldine de La Tour d'Auvergne (24 October 1708 – 28 July 1728), daughter of Francois Egon de la Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Auvergne, and had the following children: # Charles Theodore (11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799); became Elector Palatine in 1742, and Elector of Bavaria in 1777 # Maria Anne (30 May 1728 – 25 June 1728) * Eleonore Philippina Christina Sophia of Hesse-Rotenburg (1712-1759); married on 1731 but had no issue.

Ancestry

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