Duchy of Sulzbach

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The Duchy of Sulzbach was a small territorial state in early modern Bavaria that served as an important branch domain of the Bavarian nobility and a center of regional political and cultural influence.

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Duchy of Sulzbach canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
territorial state ⓘ
borderedBy Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Upper Palatinate territories ⓘ
capital Sulzbach-Rosenberg ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of the Counts Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency South German gulden ⓘ
endTime 1742 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
establishedAs partition of Palatinate-Neuburg ⓘ
followedBy Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hadCulturalActivity court culture ⓘ
patronage of arts ⓘ
patronage of scholarship ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
historicalRegion Franconia ⓘ
integratedInto Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalSystem territorial law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Bavaria ⓘ
Upper Palatinate ⓘ
militaryObligation contingent to Imperial army ⓘ
namedAfter Sulzbach ⓘ
nobleHouse Wittelsbach-Sulzbach line ⓘ
nobleRank duke ⓘ
partOf Electorate of the Palatinate ⓘ
Wittelsbach territories ⓘ
politicalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Palatinate-Neuburg ⓘ
region Southern Germany ⓘ
linked to: southern Germany
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role branch domain of Bavarian nobility ⓘ
regional cultural center ⓘ
regional political center ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
sovereignState Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
startTime 1614 ⓘ
status minor principality ⓘ
title Count Palatine of Sulzbach ⓘ
typeOfSubdivision imperial estate ⓘ

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House of Wittelsbach → ruled → Duchy of Sulzbach ⓘ