Otto Henry of Sulzbach (22 July 1556 – 29 August 1604) was the
Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1569 until 1604.
Life
Otto Henry was born in
Amberg
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History
The town was first mentioned in 1034 with the name Ammenberg. It became an important trading c ...
in 1556 as one of five sons of
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (; 26 September 1526 – 11 June 1569) was member of the Wittelsbach family of the Counts Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1532. With the support of his regent, his uncle Rupert (later made the C ...
. After his father's death in 1569, his lands were partitioned between Otto Henry and his four brothers — Otto Henry received the territory around
Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Otto Henry died in Sulzbach in 1604 and was buried in
Lauingen. Without any surviving sons, Sulzbach was inherited by his brother
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 ...
.
Marriage
Otto Henry married Dorothea Maria of
Württemberg
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Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
(3 September 1559 – 23 March 1639), daughter of Duke
Christopher
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, on 25 November 1582 and had the following children:
#Louis (6 January (1584 – 12 March 1584)
#Anne Elizabeth (19 January 1585 – 18 April 1585)
#George Frederick (15 March 1587 – 25 April 1587)
#Dorothea Sophie (10 March 1588 – 24 September 1607)
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Sabine
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(25 February 1589 – 1 September 1645), married in 1625 Baron George of Wartenberg.
#Otto George (9 April 1590 – 20 May 1590)
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Susanne
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(6 June 1591 – 21 February 1661), married in 1613
George John II, Count Palatine of Lützelstein-Guttenberg.
#Marie Elizabeth (5 April 1593 – 23 February 1594)
#Anne Sybille (10 May 1594 – 10 December 1594)
#Anne Sophie (6 December 1595 – 21 April 1596)
#Magdalena Sabine (6 December 1595 – 18 February 1596)
#Dorothea Ursula (2 September 1597 – 25 March 1598)
#Frederick Christian (19 January 1600 – 25 March 1600)
Ancestors
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Counts Palatine of Sulzbach
1556 births
1604 deaths
House of Wittelsbach