Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
File:Joseph Karl von Pfalz Sulzbach a.jpg
Spouse(s)	Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Mother	Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rotenburg
Born	(1694-11-02)2 November 1694 Sulzbach
Died	Oggersheim
Buried	St. Michael's Church, Munich

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 Palatinate-Neuburg line who were Electors Palatine. The Elector of the Palatinate 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 (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.

Issue

• Karl Philipp August von der Pfalz (1718–1724)
• Innocenza Maria, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (1719–1719)
• Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach (1721–1794), married Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
• Maria Anna, Pfalzgräfin von der Pfalz (1722–1790), married Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine
• Maria Francisca of Sulzbach (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

Family of Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

16. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg               8. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                       17. Anna of Cleves               4. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                             18. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp               9. Duchess Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp                       19. Princess Augusta of Denmark               2. Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                                   20. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg               10. John VII, Count of Nassau                       21. Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg               5. Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen                             22. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg               11. Countess Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön                       23. Princess Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen               1. Joseph Charles, Hereditary of Sulzbach                                         24. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               12. Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels                       25. Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg               6. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg                             26. Philip Reinhard I, Count of Solms-Hohensolms               13. Countess Maria Elenore of Solms-Hohensolms                       27. Countess Elisabeth of Wied               3. Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rotenburg                                   28. John Theodore, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort               14. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort                       29. Countess Josine of the Marck               7. Countess Maria Anna Franziska of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort                             30. Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg               15. Landgravine Anna Maria of Fürstenberg                       31. Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

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, ISBN 3-87629-094-5
• Karl Lochner: Schloss und Garten Oggersheim, Verlag der Pfälzischen Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, Speyer 1960