Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach


Christian Augustus was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1632 until 1708.

Life

Christian Augustus was born in Sulzbach in 1622 as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. He succeeded his father in 1632. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler. He granted his citizens the right to choose their Christian denomination and introduced the Simultaneum, whereby churches had both Protestant and Catholic services. In 1666 he permitted Jews to settle in the Duchy of Sulzbach. Under his rule, Sulzbach also became an intellectual centre and the site of a regionally significant printing industry.
He had a close relationship with his grand daughter Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Louis William of Baden-Baden and Regent of her sons dominions.
Christian Augustus died in Sulzbach in 1708 and was buried in the Church of St Maria in Sulzbach.

Marriage and issue

Christian Augustus married Amalie of Nassau-Siegen, daughter of Count John VII, on 27 March 1649 and had the following children:
  1. Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach, married on 9 April 1668 Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg
  2. Amalie
  3. John Augustus Hiel
  4. Christian
  5. Theodore Eustace married Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg and had issue

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