Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

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

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

Life

Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg and Anna of Cleves.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

Augustus died in Windsheim in 1632 and was buried in Lauingen.^{[citation needed]}

He was a nephew of Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg.^{[citation needed]}

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 seven 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

8. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 4. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 9. Elisabeth of Hesse 2. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg 10. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse 5. Anna of Hesse 11. Christine of Saxony 1. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 12. John III, Duke of Cleves 6. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 13. Maria of Jülich-Berg 3. Anna of Cleves 14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 7. Archduchess Maria of Austria 15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary

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