Otto Heinrich (Palatinate-Sulzbach)

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Otto Heinrich von Pfalz-Sulzbach (* July 22, 1556 in Amberg ; † August 29, 1604 in Sulzbach ), also Ottheinrich II. , Was Duke and Count Palatine of Sulzbach .

Life

Otto Heinrich was the third son of Duke and Count Palatinate Wolfgang von Zweibrücken (1526–1569) from his marriage to Anna (1529–1591), daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse . In his youth Otto Heinrich lived at the Danish court for five years, where he became a close friend of King Frederick II of Denmark .

Wolfgang gave the Duchy of Sulzbach to his son Otto Heinrich after his last will. Initially for 12 years under the tutelage of his older brother Philipp Ludwig , from 1582 he resided at Sulzbach Castle , which he had extensively renovated by the architect Adam Schwarz. In his country Otto Heinrich took care of the state administration conscientiously, founded parishes, schools and a public library.

Otto Heinrich died in 1604 without a male heir. Sulzbach fell back to his eldest brother, the founder of the newer Neuburg line, Philipp Ludwig .

Marriage and offspring

On November 25, 1582, in Stuttgart , he married Maria Dorothea von Württemberg (1559–1639), daughter of Duke Christoph von Württemberg , with whom he had the following children:

  • Ludwig (* / † 1584)
  • Anna Elisabeth (* / † 1585)
  • Georg Friedrich (* / † 1587)
  • Dorothea Sophie (1588–1607)
  • Sabine (1589-1645)
⚭ 1625 Baron Georg von Wartenberg († 1632)
  • Otto Georg (* / † 1590)
  • Susanna (1591-1667)
⚭ 1613 Count Palatine Georg Johann II. Von Lützelstein (1586–1654)
  • Marie Elisabeth (1593–1594)
  • Anna Sibylle (* / † 1594)
  • Anna Sophia (1595–1596)
  • Magdalena Sabine (1595–1596)
  • Dorothea Ursula (1597–1598)
  • Friedrich Christian (* / † 1600)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Also Dorothea Maria. For Maria Dorothea and the marriage see Gerhard Raff : Hie gut Wirtemberg alleweg. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 608–610.

literature

  • Georg Christoph Gack : History of the Duchy of Sulzbach: according to its state and religious relationships, as an essential contribution to Bavarian history , Weigel, 1847, p. 183 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Otto Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ottheinrich II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1556
PLACE OF BIRTH On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1604
Place of death Sulzbach