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 House of Wittelsbach
surface form: Palatine-Sulzbach line of Wittelsbachs
associatedWithTerritory Palatinate-Sulzbach
associatedWithTown Sulzbach
country Holy Roman Empire
dynasticHouse House of Wittelsbach
surface form: Wittelsbach dynasty
endTime 18th century
feudalAllegiance Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
governmentForm territorial principality
heldByReligion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
historicalEra early modern period
languageOfAdministration German
locatedInPresentDay Germany
mergedInto Electorate of Bavaria
Electoral Palatinate
surface form: 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
Count Palatine of Sulzbach self-linksurface differs
surface form: Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
partOf Electoral Palatinate
surface form: 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 Count Palatine of the Rhine
surface form: 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 Count Palatine of Sulzbach self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Theodore Eustace, 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
Maria Henriette de La Tour d’Auvergne title Count Palatine of Sulzbach
subject surface form: John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach title Count Palatine of Sulzbach