Christian Augustus (26 July 1622 – 23 April 1708) 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 1632 until 1708.

Life

Christian Augustus 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 1622 as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Augustus was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632.-Life:Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg and Anna of Cleves...

. He succeeded his father in 1632. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler. He granted his citizens the right to choose their Christian denomination and introduced the Simultaneum

Simultaneum

A shared church, or Simultankirche, Simultaneum or, more fully, simultaneum mixtum, a term first coined in 16th century Germany, is a church in which public worship is conducted by adherents of two or more religious groups. Such churches became common in Europe in the wake of the Reformation...

, whereby churches had both Protestant

Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

 and Catholic services. In 1666 he permitted Jews

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 to settle in the Duchy of Sulzbach. Under his rule, Sulzbach also became an intellectual centre and the site of a regionally significant printing industry.

He had a close relationship with his grand daughter Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Louis William of Baden-Baden

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Louis William, Margrave of Baden was the ruler of Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis...

 and Regent of her sons

Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Louis George of Baden-Baden was the Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1707 till his death in 1761. From 1707 till 1727 his mother Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg was the regent of Baden-Baden. He was succeeded by his younger brother August Georg Simpert...

 dominions.

Christian Augustus died in Sulzbach in 1708 and was buried in the Church of St Maria in Sulzbach.

Marriage and issue

Christian Augustus married Amalie of Nassau-Siegen (12 September 1615 – 24 August 1669), daughter of Count John VII, on 27 March 1649 and had the following children:

1. Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
   Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
   Marie Hedwig Auguste of the Palatinate-Sulzbach was a Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by birth and by marriage, Archduchess of Austria-Tyrol and by her second marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.- Life :...
   
    (April 15, 1650 - November 23, 1681), married on 9 April 1668 Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg
2. Amalie (31 May 1651 – 11 December 1721)
3. John Augustus Hiel (11 December 1654 – 14 April 1658)
4. Christian (14 August 1656 – 9 November 1657)
5. Theodore Eustace
   Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
   Theodore Eustace was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1708 until 1732.-Life:Theodore Eustace was born in Sulzbach in 1659 as the only surviving son of Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and Amalie of Nassau-Siegen...
   
    (14 February 1659 – 11 July 1732) married Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
   Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg
   Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg was Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg by birth and was the Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by marriage...
   
    and had issue;