Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Christian Augustus was born in Sulzbach in 1622 as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. 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, whereby churches had both Protestant and Catholic services. In 1666 he permitted Jews 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 and Regent of her sons dominions.

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

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 (15 April 1650 – 23 November 1681), married on 9 April 1668 Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg
2. Amalie (31 May 1651 – 11 December 1721) Nun in Cologne, St. Maria Monastery
3. John Augustus Hiel (11 December 1654 – 14 April 1658)
4. Christian (14 August 1656 – 9 November 1657)
5. Theodore Eustace (14 February 1659 – 11 July 1732) married Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg and had issue