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 Palatine of Sulzbach 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 Sulz ...

and Amalie of Nassau-Siegen. He died in

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in 1732 and was buried in Sulzbach.

Marriage

Theodore Eustace married Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rothenburg (15 September 1675 – 27 January 1720), daughter of Landgrave

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(sister of Ernest Leopold), and had the following children:

Issue

#Countess Palatine Amalia Auguste Maria Anna of Sulzbach (7 June 1693 – 18 January 1762) died unmarried. #

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 ...

(2 November 1694 – 18 July 1729) married Elisabeth Auguste of Neuburg and had issue. #

Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach (born 16 May 1696 in Sulzbach; died: 16 July 1776 in Essen) was the Princess-abbess of Essen Abbey and Thorn Abbey. She led Essen Abbey from 1726 to 1776, the longest of any Essen abbess. Her t ...

(16 May 1696 – 16 July 1776) Abbess of Essen. # Countess Palatine Ernestine Elizabeth Johanna of Sulzbach (15 May 1697 – 14 April 1775) married

William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (also known as ''William the Younger''; born: 25 August 1671 in Langenschwalbach; died: 1 April 1731 in Paris, and also buried there) was a son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649–1 ...

, no issue. #Count Palatine John William Philip of Sulzbach (3 June 1698 – 12 April 1699) died in infancy. #

John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 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 (1 ...

(23 January 1700 – 20 July 1733) married

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne (Maria Anna Henriette Leopoldine; 24 October 1708 – 28 July 1728) was a noblewoman born into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the ''suo jure'' Margravine of Bergen op Zoom from 1710 at the death ...

and had issue; married Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg, no issue. #Countess Palatine Elisabeth Eleonore Auguste of Sulzbach (19 April 1702 – 10 February 1704) died in infancy. #

Countess Palatine Anne Christine of Sulzbach Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New Yor ...

(5 February 1704 – 12 March 1723) married Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont and had issue. #Count Palatine Johann Wilhelm August of Sulzbach (21 August 1706 – 28 August 1708) died in infancy.

Ancestry

References

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