Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach
Marie Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach (born January 17, 1721 in Mannheim , † August 17, 1794 in Weinheim ) was the eldest granddaughter of Elector Karl Philipp of the Palatinate and through her marriage to Karl IV. Theodor herself Electress of the Palatinate and of Bavaria .
Life
Her parents were Joseph Karl von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1694–1729) and Elisabeth von Pfalz-Neuburg (1693–1728), daughter of Elector Karl III. Philip . Her sisters were Maria Franziska von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1724–1794) and Maria Anna von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1722–1790).
On January 17, 1742 she married her cousin Karl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach , who became Elector of the Palatinate in December 1742 and in 1777 also the new Elector of Bavaria . Their relationship was not very happy. During their marriage, only one child, a son named Franz Ludwig Joseph, was born. The long-awaited ancestral owner died, however, to the great dismay of his parents, one day after his birth on June 29, 1761. The couple have lived largely apart since then. Elisabeth Auguste retired to her castle in Oggersheim , of which only the pilgrimage or castle church with the coat of arms and dedicatory inscription of the Electress still exists today. At the end of 1793 she had to flee from Oggersheim from the approaching French revolutionary troops to Weinheim , on the right bank of the Rhine, where she lived in the castle there . Her personal physicians were Franz Joseph von Oberkamp from 1750 and later the Heidelberg doctor and obstetrician Franz Anton Mai .
Despite the childlessness of his wife, her various lovers, such as Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Rodenhausen, and the elector's numerous mistresses, Karl Theodor never disowned his wife and only entered into another marriage with Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este after her death in 1794 , but which turned out to be the most unfortunate part of his life.
Her burial took place in the Carmelite Church in Heidelberg , after the abolition of the monastery, the coffin was transferred to the St. Michaelskirche in Munich in 1805 .
Awards
Awarded the Russian Order of St. Catherine on July 5, 1760 . She herself was the founder and master of the order of the Electoral Palatinate Ladies of St. Elisabeth .
progeny
Marriage to Elector Karl Theodor of Bavaria from 1742 to 1794
- Franz Ludwig Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Pfalz-Sulzbach (* June 28th / 29th, 1761 at Schwetzingen Palace )
ancestors
| Christian August von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1622–1708) | |||||||||||||
| Theodor Eustach Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1659–1732) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie of Nassau-Siegen (1915–1669) | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Karl von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1694–1729) | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm I of Hessen-Rotenburg (1648–1725) | |||||||||||||
| Marie Eleonore of Hessen-Rotenburg (1675-1720) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Anna von Löwenstein-Wertheim (1652–1688) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach | |||||||||||||
| Philipp Wilhelm Elector Palatinate (1615–1690) | |||||||||||||
| Charles III Philipp Elector Palatinate (1661–1742) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt (1635–1709) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of the Palatinate (1693–1728) | |||||||||||||
| Bogusław Radziwiłł (1620–1669) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwika Karolina Charlotte von Radziwiłł-Birze (1667–1695) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Maria Radziwiłł (1640–1667) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Karl Kreuter: Electress Elisabeth Auguste of Palatinate Bavaria (1721–1794). A contribution to the local history of the 700th anniversary of the Palatinate attack on the Wittelsbach family. Riebsam, Oggersheim 1914.
- Stefan Mörz: The last Electress. Elisabeth Augusta von der Pfalz, the wife of Karl Theodor. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1997, ISBN 3-17-015006-5 .
- Alfried Wieczorek , Hansjörg Probst , Wieland Koenig (eds.): Lust for life and piety. Elector Carl Theodor (1724–1799) between the Baroque and the Enlightenment (= publications of the Reiss Museum Mannheim. 1). 2 volumes. Pustet, Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7917-1678-6 (manual); ISBN 3-7917-1679-4 (catalog).
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Kreutz: (K) A prince from the Palatinate bloom . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter 23/2012 . ( verlag-regionalkultur.de [PDF]).
- ↑ European genealogical handbook. 1794, ZDB -ID 984320-6 , p. 188 .
Web links
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Anna of Saxony | Electress of Bavaria 1777–1794 |
Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfalz-Sulzbach, Elisabeth Auguste von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | by marriage Electress of the Palatinate and Bavaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1794 |
| Place of death | Weinheim |