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 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 ...

Life

The Sulzbach line was related to the Palatinate-Neuburg line who were Electors Palatine. The

Elector of the Palatinate The counts palatine of Lotharingia /counts palatine of the Rhine /electors of the Palatinate (german: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled some part of Rhine area in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The title was a kind ...

Charles III Philip failed to produce a legitimate male heir, as did his brothers. Joseph Charles, the eldest son of the Count Palatine of Sulzbach, was the heir apparent. On 2 May 1717 Joseph Charles married

Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg Elisabeth Auguste of Neuburg (Elisabeth Auguste Sofie; 1693–1728) was the only surviving child of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine. The Palatinate-Neuburg line became extinct with her father and was succeeded by the Palatinate-Sulzbach line. ...

(1693–1728), the daughter of Charles III Philip, a match intended to unite the two lines and prevented another succession war. However, all the sons fathered by the couple died in infancy and only three daughters survived. In 1728 Elizabeth Augusta died in childbirth and Joseph Charles died the following year in Oggersheim. Therefore, the inheritance of Palatinate-Sulzbach and the eventual inheritance passed to Joseph Charles' brother John Christian Joseph and his family. Joseph Charles was buried in the

St. Michael's Church, Munich St. Michael's is a Jesuit church in Munich, southern Germany, the largest Renaissance church north of the Alps. The style of the building had an enormous influence on Southern German early Baroque architecture. History In 1556, Albert V, Duke o ...

Issue

*Karl Philipp August von der Pfalz (1718–1724) *Innocenza Maria, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (1719–1719) *

Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (Elisabeth Auguste; 17 January 1721 – 17 August 1794) was the eldest granddaughter of the Elector of the Palatinate Charles III Philip, and by her marriage to Elector Palatine Charles IV Theodore, Electress Pa ...

(1721–1794), married

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his ...

*Maria Anna, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (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 of Sulzbach Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Sulzbach (''Maria Franziska, Pfalzgräfin von Sulzbach''; 15 June 1724 – 15 November 1794), was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld by marriage to Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrü ...

(1724–1794), married Frederick Michael, second son of Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken *Karl Philipp August, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1725–1728) *A son, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1728–1728)

Ancestry

References

* Die Familienzweige der Pfälzischen Wittelsbacher, Herausgeber staatliches Liegenschaftsamt Heidelberg, Oskar Klausner, 1995 erschienen im K. F. Schimper Verlag Schwetzigen * ''Hier Wittelsbach hier Pfalz – Die Geschichte der pfälzischen Wittelsbacher von 1214–1803'', Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt, Landau 1986, * Karl Lochner: ''Schloss und Garten Oggersheim'', Verlag der Pfälzischen Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Speyer 1960 {{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph Charles, Count Palatine Of Sulzbach 1694 births 1729 deaths People from Sulzbach-Rosenberg House of Wittelsbach Hereditary Princes of Sulzbach Counts Palatine of Sulzbach Heirs apparent who never acceded Burials at St. Michael's Church, Munich Generals of the Holy Roman Empire Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria