Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach

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.

Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
Portrait by Jan Philips van der Schlichten
Born	(1694-11-02)2 November 1694 Sulzbach
Died	18 July 1729(1729-07-18) (aged 34) Oggersheim
Burial	St. Michael's Church, Munich
Spouse	Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
Issue	7, including: Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach Maria Francisca of Sulzbach
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Mother	Landgravine Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rotenburg

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 Schloss 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

Ancestors 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. 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-Siegen 21. Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg 5. Amalie of Nassau-Siegen 22. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 11. Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 23. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1. Joseph Charles, Hereditary of Sulzbach 24. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 12. Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels 25. Juliane of Nassau-Siegen 6. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg 26. Philip Reinhard I, Count of Solms-Hohensolms 13. Maria Elenore of Solms-Hohensolms 27. Elisabeth of Wied 3. Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg 28. John Theodore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 14. Ferdinand Karl, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 29. Josine of the Marck 7. Maria Anna Francisca of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 30. Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg 15. 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