Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach

Ernestine Theodora von Pfalz -Sulzbach (* May 15, 1697 in Sulzbach, † April 14, 1775 in Neuburg an der Donau) was the wife of Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse- Wanfried the Younger, and after his death prioress of the Carmelite convent in Neuburg adD as sister Augusta.

Life

She was the third daughter of the Duke Theodor von Pfalz -Sulzbach Eustace and his wife Maria Eleonora Amalie, Countess of Hessen- Rhein rock -Rothenburg. The Dukes of Pfalz- Sulzbach Palatinate were a collateral branch of the Wittelsbach family.

Ernestine was raised along with her ​​older sister Franziska Christine von Pfalz- Sulzbach in Essen Abbey. Charles VI. mediated the wedding with the 48 -year-old William the Younger of Hesse - Wanfried. The marriage took place on September 19, 1719. The marriage remained childless. After the death of her husband in 1731, the widow lived initially at Castle Rock Rhine, later she entered the Carmel of Neuburg an der Donau on and eventually became prioress of the convent in which she received the religious name of Augusta. After Torsy Kracht was "she her sisters a model of obedience, humility, and love of poverty ." She died as prioress of the convent in the odor of sanctity. Their remains were transferred to the Neuburger Hofkirche.