Background
Joseph Charles, the eldest son of the Count Palatine of Sulzbach, was the heir apparent.
Joseph Charles, the eldest son of the Count Palatine of Sulzbach, was the heir apparent.
The Sulzbach line was related to the Palatinate-Neuburg line who were Electors Palatine. On 2 May 1717 Joseph Charles married Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg (1693–1728), the daughter of Charles III Philip, a match intended to unite the two lines and prevented another succession war. However, all the sons fathered by the couple died in infancy and only three daughters survived.
In 1728 Elizabeth Augusta died in childbirth and Joseph Charles died the following year in Oggersheim.
Therefore, the inheritance of Palatinate-Sulzbach and the eventual inheritance passed to Joseph Charles" brother John Christian Joseph and his family. Joseph Charles was buried in the Saint Michael"s Church, Munich.
Karl Philipp August von der Pfalz (1718–1724)
Innocenza Maria, Pfalzgräfinance von der Pfalz (1719–1719)
Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach (1721–1794), married Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Maria Anna, Pfalzgräfinance von der Pfalz (1722–1790), married Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine
Maria Francisca of Sulzbach (1724–1794), married Frederick Michael, second son of Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken
Karl Philipp August, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1725–1728)
A son, Pfalzgraf von der Pfalz (1728–1728).
