John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Johann Christian Joseph ( born January 23, 1700 in Sulzbach, † July 20, 1733 in Sulzbach ) was Palatinate Count-Duke of Pfalz- Sulzbach and margrave of Bergen op Zoom.

Life

The second son of Eustace, Count Palatine of Pfalz -Sulzbach, Theodor (1659-1732) and Princess Eleonore Maria Amalia of Hesse- Rhine rock (1675-1720) and brother of Joseph Karl von Pfalz- Sulzbach and the Abbess Franziska Christine von Pfalz- Sulzbach came from a side line of the House of Pfalz- Zweibrücken, which held direct reversion of the Palatine Electorate since 1685.

After the accession of the Elector Palatine Karl Philipp of that Neuburger line to the end of this branch of the family became apparent. Neither Charles nor Philip one of his many brothers had produced a legitimate male heir who would have the electoral heritage can compete. This was already clear to 1716, that the Duke of Sulzbach would inherit the Palatine Electorate. Johann Christan stood in the succession after his older brother Joseph Karl von Pfalz- Sulzbach. This was the throne out of range until his brother died in 1729 without a male heir, and he became the Prince of the Palatinate.

Marriages and descendants

Johann Christian married in 1722 Princess Marie Anne Leopoldine Henriėtte de La Tour d' Auvergne ( 1708-1728 ), great-niece of the French Marshal Turenne. They had two children:

  • Karl Theodor (1724-1799), since 1742 the Elector of the Palatinate
  • Anna Maria Luise Henriette (* / † 1728)

After the death of his first wife in 1728 he married his second wife his cousin Princess Eleonore of Hesse- Rhine rock -Rotenburg ( 1712-1759 ). The marriage remained childless.

  • Duke (Pfalz -Sulzbach )
  • Margrave
  • Wittelsbach ( line Palatinate -Sulzbach )
  • German
  • Born in 1700
  • Died in 1733
  • Man
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