Count Palatine of Sulzbach

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The Count Palatine of Sulzbach was a hereditary title within a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty that ruled the small but influential Palatine territory of Sulzbach in early modern Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary noble title ⓘ
title of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent inheritance of the Electoral Palatinate by the Sulzbach line (18th century) ⓘ
personal union with Bavaria under Charles Theodore ⓘ
associatedWithNobleFamily Palatine-Sulzbach line of Wittelsbachs ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory Palatinate-Sulzbach ⓘ
associatedWithTown Sulzbach ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasticHouse Wittelsbach dynasty ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
feudalAllegiance Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Holy Roman Emperor
governmentForm territorial principality ⓘ
heldByReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalEra early modern period ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
mergedInto Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Electorate of the Palatinate ⓘ
nobleRankLevel comital rank ⓘ
notableHolder Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Christian August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
partOf Electoral Palatinate (Wittelsbach possessions) ⓘ
politicalStatus Imperial immediate territory ⓘ
rank Count Palatine ⓘ
region Upper Palatinate ⓘ
seatType residential court ⓘ
significance played a role in succession of the Palatinate and Bavaria ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
successionLaw agnatic succession ⓘ
titleGender primarily male ⓘ
titleHereditary true ⓘ
titleHolderStyle Pfalzgraf bei Rhein (Count Palatine of the Rhine) ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy territorial principality within the Empire ⓘ
usedByDynasty House of Wittelsbach ⓘ

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Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine → positionHeld → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Count Palatine of Sulzbach → notableHolder → Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
linked to: Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria → title → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Maria Henriette de La Tour d’Auvergne → spouseTitle → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach → title → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach → title → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Duchy of Sulzbach → title → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Christian August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach → title → Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ