Hedwig of Sulzbach

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Marie Hedwig Auguste of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
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Born(1650-04-15)15 April 1650
Sulzbach
Died23 November 1681(1681-11-23) (aged 31)
Hamburg
BuriedWhite Castle at Ostrov
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s) Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Issue
Detail
Anna Maria Franziska, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Sybille, Margravine of Baden-Baden
Father Christian August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
MotherAmalie of Nassau-Siegen

Marie Hedwig Auguste of Sulzbach (German : Marie Hedwig Auguste von Sulzbach; born: 15 April 1650 in Sulzbach; died: 23 November 1681 in Hamburg) was a Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by birth and by marriage, Archduchess of Austria and by her second marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

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Early life

Hedwig was a daughter of the Duke and Count Palatine Christian August of Sulzbach (1622–1708) from his marriage to Countess Amalie of Nassau-Siegen (1613–1669), daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen.

First marriage

She was married on 3 June 1665 per cura in the court chapel of Sulzbach to Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria-Tyrol (1630–1665), who after his brother's unexpected death had resigned from his ecclesiastical positions in order to marry. The marriage was never consummated: while travelling to meet his bride, the Archduke fell seriously ill and died in Innsbruck twelve days after the marriage.

Second marriage

Hedwig's second marriage, in Sulzbach on 9 April 1668, was with Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641–1689). Her father had a memorial stone erected in the Sulzbach parish church to commemorate the event. [1] Hedwig had been assured an annual income of 20000guilders at her first marriage; Julius Francis made a deal with the imperial court, in which Hedwig would receive a lump sum instead.

Death

Hedwig died in 1681 and was buried in the White Castle at Ostrov (German : Schlackenwerth).

Issue

Hedwig from her second marriage had the following children:

married firstly in 1690 Count Palatine Philip William of Neuburg (1668–1693)
married secondly 1697 Grand Duke Gian Gastone de' Medici of Tuscany (1671–1737)
married in 1690 Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden (1655–1707)

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. Georg Hager, Georg Lill: Bezirksamt Sulzbach, vol 19, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1982, p. 94

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