Augustus (; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was
Count Palatine 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 ...
from 1614 until 1632.
Life
Augustus was born in
Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of
Philip Louis of
Palatinate-Neuburg
Palatinate-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 some 100,000.
History
The Du ...
and
Anna of Cleves. After his father's death in 1614 his territories were partitioned between Augustus and his two brothers - Augustus received northern portions of the
Duchy of Neuburg which were constituted as the
Duchy of Sulzbach.
Augustus died in
Windsheim
Bad Windsheim (; East Franconian: ''Winsa'') is a historic town in Bavaria, Germany with a population of more than 12,000. It lies in the district Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, west of Nuremberg. In the Holy Roman Empire, Windsheim held t ...
in 1632 and was buried in
Lauingen.
He was a nephew of
Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg.
Marriage
Augustus married Hedwig of
Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (23 December 1603 – 22 March 1657), daughter of Duke
John Adolph and Princess
Augusta of Denmark, on 17 July 1620 and had seven children:
#Anne Sophie (17 July 1621 – 25 May 1675)
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Christian Augustus (26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708)
#Adolph Frederick (31 August 1623 – 14 March 1624)
#Augusta Sophie (22 November 1624 – 30 April 1682), married
Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz
Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz (; 30 January 1609 – 22 April 1677) was a Bohemian nobleman, military leader and diplomat. He was member of the Lobkowicz family and after 1646, he was Duke of Sagan.
Life
Born in Roudnic ...
#John Louis (22 December 1625 – 30 October 1649)
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Philip Florinus (20 January 1630 – 4 April 1703)
#Dorothea Susanne (17 August 1631 – 3 July 1632)
Ancestors
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1582 births
1632 deaths
House of Wittelsbach
Counts Palatine of Sulzbach
People from Neuburg an der Donau