Theodor Eustach (Palatinate-Sulzbach)

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Duke Theodor Eustach of Pfalz-Sulzbach
Coat of arms of the dukes of Pfalz-Sulzbach

Theodor Eustach von Pfalz-Sulzbach (born February 14, 1659 in Sulzbach ; † July 11, 1732 in Dinkelsbühl ) was Count Palatine and Duke of Sulzbach .

Life

Theodor Eustach was a son of the Duke and Count Palatine Christian August von Sulzbach (1622–1708) from his marriage to Amalie (1615–1669), daughter of Count Johann VII of Nassau-Siegen .

Theodore Eustace employed at his residence the Palatine architect Paul Decker , a student Schlüters . In 1714 the Duke succeeded in redeeming the Neuburg part of the Parkstein-Weiden community office for 200,000 guilders. On January 13, 1727, Theodor Eustach renounced his claims to Jülich and Berg in favor of his first-born son Joseph Karl .

Due to the lack of male descendants, Theodor Eustach was already considered the legitimate heir of the Neuburg house and thus the electoral dignity during his lifetime, what with the marriage of Theodor Eustach's eldest son and the only daughter of Elector Karl III. Philip was underlined again.

Theodor Eustach died in Dinkelsbühl, where he had to retire because an imperial investigation into ammunition deliveries from Sulzbach iron hammers was running against him. He was followed by his second son Johann Christian Joseph , who had become the inheritance of his deceased older brother.

Marriage and offspring

Theodor Eustach married Marie Eleonore (1675–1720), daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm I of Hessen-Rotenburg , on June 9, 1692 in Lobositz , with whom he had the following children:

⚭ 1717 Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste von Neuburg (1693–1728)
⚭ 1719 Landgrave Wilhelm II of Hessen-Wanfried (1671–1731)
  • Johann Wilhelm (1698–1699)
  • Johann Christian (1700–1733), Count Palatine and Duke of Sulzbach
⚭ 1. 1722 Princess Marie Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne , Margravine of Bergen op Zoom (1708–1728)
⚭ 2. 1731 Princess Eleonore of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (1712–1759)
⚭ 1722 Duke Karl Emanuel III. of Savoy (1701–1773)
  • Johann Wilhelm August (1706–1708)

literature

  • Georg Hager and Georg Lill: District Office Sulzbach (= The Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 2: Administrative Region Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, Issue 19). Oldenbourg, Munich 1910, p. 92, reprint: Oldenbourg, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-486-50449-5 ( book search )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harm Klueting, Wolfgang Schmale: The Reich and its territorial states in the 17th and 18th centuries , LIT Verlag Münster, 2004, p. 107
  2. ↑ Renate Höpfinger: Die Judengemeinde von Floss, 1684-1942 , M. Lassleben, 1993, p. 10
  3. ^ Society of Friends of Mannheim and the Former Electoral Palatinate: Research on the history of Mannheim and the Palatinate , Bibliographisches Institut, p. 366
  4. ↑ Meinrad Schaab: History of the Kurpfalz: Neuzeit , Kohlhammer, 1992, p. 176
  5. ↑ Hubert Glaser: Crown and Constitution, King Max I. Joseph and the New State , Volume 1, Hirmer, 1980, p. 27
  6. ↑ Hans-Helmut Görtz: Most glorious progression of our Christianity and beautiful church service there - A source book for the history of the Freinsheimer Catholics , Freinsheim, 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-048474-2 , p. 79 u. 80
predecessor Office successor
Christian August Duke of Pfalz-Sulzbach
1708–1732 		Johann Christian Joseph
personal data
SURNAME Theodor Eustach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theodor Eustach von Pfalz-Sulzbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1732
Place of death Dinkelsbühl