Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
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Marie Hedwig Auguste of the Palatinate-Sulzbach ' onMouseout='HidePop("94166")' href="/topics/Sulzbach">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...

; died: 23 November 1681 in Hamburg
Hamburg
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) was a Countess 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 :...

 by birth and by marriage, Archduchess of Austria-Tyrol and by her second marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Life

Hedwig was a daughter of the Duke and Count Palatine Christian August of Sulzbach (1622–1708) from his marriage to Amalie (1615–1669) daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen.

She married on 3 June 1665 per cura in the court chapel of Sulzbach to Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria-Tyrol (1630–1665), who had, after his brother's unexpected death, resigned from his ecclesiastical positions, in order to marry. He could not consummate his marriage. He was travelling to meet his bride, but fell seriously ill and died in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, twelve days after the marriage.

Hedwig's second husband was on 9 April 1668 in Sulzbach Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg
Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Julius Francis was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1666 and 1689. He was a son of Duke Julius Henry and his third wife Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz , daughter of Baron William the Younger Popel von Lobkowitz...

 (1641–1689). Her father had a memorial stone erected in the parish church 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 1668 to commemorate her second marriage. Hedwig had been assured an annual income of at her first marriage; Julius Francis made a deal with the imperial court, in which Hedwig would receive a lump sum instead.

Hedwig died in 1681 and was buried in the White Castle at Ostrov
Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District)
Ostrov , is a town in the Carlsbad Region, Czech Republic. It is located at a foothill of the Ore Mountains about 10 km northeast of Karlovy Vary and has a population of 16,999 ....

 .

Issue

Hedwig from her second marriage had the following children:
  • Anna Maria Theresia (1670–1671)
  • Anna Maria Franziska
    Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg
    Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg was the legal Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg in the eyes of the Holy Roman Emperor, the overlord of Saxe-Lauenburg, from 1689 until 1728; however, because her distant cousin George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, conquered the duchy by force in 1689, she...

     (1672–1741)
married firstly in 1690 Count Palatine Philip William of Neuburg
Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg was a Prince and Count Palatine of Neuburg.- Life :...

 (1668-1693)
married secondly 1697 Grand Duke Gian Gastone de' Medici of Tuscany (1671-1737)
  • Sybille (1675–1733)
married in 1690 Margrave 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...

 (1655-1707)

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