Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
File:August, Pfalzgraf von Sulzbach.jpg
Spouse(s)	Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Mother	Anna of Cleves
Born	(1582-10-02)2 October 1582 Neuburg
Died	Windsheim
Buried	Lauingen

Augustus (German: August von Pfalz-Sulzbach; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632.

Life

Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg 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 in 1632 and was buried in Lauingen.

Marriage

Augustus married Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp (23 December 1603 – 22 March 1657), daughter of Duke John Adolph and Princess Augusta of Denmark, on 17 July 1620 and had the following children:

1. Anne Sophie (17 July 1621 – 25 May 1675)
2. Christian Augustus (26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708)
3. Adolph Frederick (31 August 1623 – 14 March 1624)
4. Augusta Sophie (22 November 1624 – 30 April 1682), married Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz
5. John Louis (22 December 1625 – 30 October 1649)
6. Philip Florinus (20 January 1630 – 4 April 1703)
7. Dorothea Susanne (17 August 1631 – 3 July 1632)

Ancestors

Family of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

16. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                             18. William I, Landgrave of Hesse               9. Elisabeth of Hesse                       19. Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg                                   20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse               10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                       21. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               5. Anna of Hesse                             22. George, Duke of Saxony               11. Christine of Saxony                       23. Barbara Jagiellon               1. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                                         24. John II, Duke of Cleves               12. John III, Duke of Cleves                       25. Matilda of Hesse               6. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg                             26. William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg               13. Maria of Jülich-Berg                       27. Sibylle of Brandenburg               3. Anna of Cleves                                   28. Philip I of Castile               14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor                       29. Joanna of Castile               7. Archduchess Maria of Austria                             30. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary               15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary                       31. Anne de Foix

Regnal titles
Preceded by Philip Louis	Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1614 – 1632	Succeeded by Christian Augustus