Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
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Theodore Eustace (14 February 1659 – 11 July 1732) was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Palatinate-Sulzbach
Palatinate-Sulzbach was the name of two separate states of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany.-Palatinate-Sulzbach :...

 from 1708 until 1732.

Life

Theodore Eustace was born in Sulzbach
Sulzbach
- Germany :* Sulzbach-Rosenberg, a town in the district Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria* Sulzbach, Saarland, a town in the district of Saarbrücken, Saarland* Sulzbach, Hesse, a municipality in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse...

 in 1659 as the only surviving son of Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
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...

 and Amalie of Nassau-Siegen. He died in Dinkelsbühl
Dinkelsbühl
Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany and a former Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. Now it belongs to the district of Ansbach, north of Aalen.-History:...

 in 1732 and was buried in Sulzbach.

Marriage

Theodore Eustace married Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rothenburg (15 September 1675 – 27 January 1720), daughter of Landgrave William (sister of Ernest Leopold
Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
Ernst Leopold of Hesse-Rotenburg was landgrave of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg between 1725 and 1749.Born in Langenschwalbach, he was a son of landgrave William of Hesse-Rotenburg and Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim .He died in Rotenburg in 1749.-Marriage and issue:He married his first cousin...

), and had the following children:

Issue

  1. Countess Palatine Amalia Auguste Maria Anna of Sulzbach (7 June 1693 – 18 January 1762) died unmarried.
  2. Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (2 November 1694 – 18 July 1729) married Elisabeth Auguste of Neuburg and had issue.
  3. Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach (16 May 1696 – 16 July 1776) Abbess of Essen
    Essen Abbey
    Essen Abbey was a collegiate foundation for women of the high nobility in Essen. It was founded in about 845 by the Saxon Altfrid , later Bishop of Hildesheim and saint, near a royal estate called Astnidhi, which later gave its name to the religious house and to the town...

    .
  4. Countess Palatine Ernestine Elizabeth Johanna of Sulzbach
    Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach
    Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach was the wife of Landgrave William "the Younger" of Hesse-Wanfried and after his death Prioress in the Carmelites monastery in Neuburg an der Donau as Sister Augusta.- Life :She was the third daughter of the Duke Theodore Eustace of Sulzbach and his wife...

     (15 May 1697 – 14 April 1775) married William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels
    William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels
    William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels was a son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried and his first wife, Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid...

    , no issue.
  5. Count Palatine John William Philip of Sulzbach (3 June 1698 – 12 April 1699) died in infancy.
  6. John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (23 January 1700 – 20 July 1733) married Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne
    Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne
    Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne was a noblewoman born into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Margravine of Bergen op Zoom in her own right from 1710 at the death of her father...

     and had issue; married Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
    Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
    Princess Eleonore of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg was the consort of John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, by whom she had no children.-Biography:...

    , no issue.
  7. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Eleonore Auguste of Sulzbach (19 April 1702 – 10 February 1704) died in infancy.
  8. Countess Palatine Anne Christine of Sulzbach (5 February 1704 – 12 March 1723) married Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont
    Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
    Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death.-Biography:...

     and had issue.
  9. Count Palatine Johann Wilhelm August of Sulzbach (21 August 1706 – 28 August 1708) died in infancy.

Ancestry

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