Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

Otto Henry of Sulzbach (22 July 1556 – 29 August 1604) was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1569 until 1604.

Life

Otto Henry was born in Amberg in 1556 as one of five sons of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, his lands were partitioned between Otto Henry and his four brothers — Otto Henry received the territory around Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Otto Henry died in Sulzbach in 1604 and was buried in Lauingen. Without any surviving sons, Sulzbach was inherited by his brother Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg.

Marriage

Otto Henry married Dorothea Maria of Württemberg of Württemberg (3 September 1559 – 23 March 1639), daughter of Duke Christopher, on 25 November 1582 and had the following children:

1. Louis (6 January (1584 – 12 March 1584)
2. Anne Elizabeth (19 January 1585 – 18 April 1585)
3. George Frederick (15 March 1587 – 25 April 1587)
4. Dorothea Sophie (10 March 1588 – 24 September 1607)
5. Sabine (25 February 1589 – 1 September 1645)
6. Otto George (9 April 1590 – 20 May 1590)
7. Susanne (6 June 1591 – 21 February 1661)
8. Marie Elizabeth (5 April 1593 – 23 February 1594)
9. Anne Sybille (10 May 1594 – 10 December 1594)
10. Anne Sophie (6 December 1595 – 21 April 1596)
11. Magdalena Sabine (6 December 1595 – 18 February 1596)
12. Dorothea Ursula (2 September 1597 – 25 March 1598)
13. Frederick Christian (19 January 1600 – 25 March 1600)

Ancestors

Family of Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

16. Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken               8. Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       17. Johanna of Croÿ               4. Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                             18. Kraft VI, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim               9. Margarete of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein                       19. Helene of Württemberg               2. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                                   20. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 24)               10. William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse                       21. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 25)               5. Elisabeth of Hesse                             22. William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               11. Anna of Brunswick                       23. Elizabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode               1. Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach                                         24. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (= 20)               12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse                       25. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach (= 25)               6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse                             26. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg               13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       27. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin               3. Anna of Hesse                                   28. Albert III, Duke of Saxony               14. George, Duke of Saxony                       29. Sidonie of Poděbrady               7. Christine of Saxony                             30. Casimir IV Jagiellon               15. Barbara Jagiellon                       31. Elisabeth of Austria

Regnal titles
Preceded by Wolfgang	Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1569 – 1604	Succeeded by Philip Louis