Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Augustus
Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Born	(1582-10-02)2 October 1582 Neuburg
Died	14 August 1632(1632-08-14) (aged 49) Windsheim
Buried	Lauingen
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
Issue Detail	Christian Augustus Philip Florinus
Father	Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Mother	Anna of Cleves

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 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 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

Ancestors 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