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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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