What is Anne Christine of Sulzbach?
{{redlinks|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Anne Christine of Sulzbach | image =Anna Cristina of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont.jpg | succession= [[Princess of Piedmont]] | reign=15 March 1722 &ndash; 12 March 1723 | reign-type=Tenure | birth_date = {{Birth date|1704|2|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Palace of Sulzbach-Rosenberg | death_date = {{Death date and age|1723|3|12|1704|2|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Royal Palace of Turin]], Turin | spouse = [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia|Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont]] | burial_place= Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin, Italy | father = Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach | mother = [[Eleonore Maria Amalie of Hesse-Rheinfels|Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg]] | issue = Vittorio Amedeo Theodore, Duke of Aosta }} '''Anne Christine of Sulzbach''' (Anne Christine Louise; 5 February 1704 – 12 March 1723), also called '''Anne of the Palatinate''', was the first wife of [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia|Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont]]. She died as a result of giving birth. ==Biography== Anne Christine was born a daughter of Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and Eleonore of Hesse-Rheinfels, daughter of William, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. On 15 March, 1722 at [[Vercelli]], she married Charles Emmanuel of [[Savoy]], [[Prince of Piedmont]] and later [[King of Sardinia]] as [[Charles Emmanuel III]]. He was the second son of [[Victor Amadeus II]] and [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]] and the heir apparent to the Savoyard throne. The following year, she gave birth to a son who was created the [[Duke of Aosta]]. She died a few days later on 12 March 1723 at the age of nineteen in [[Turin]]. Her only child died in 1725 in his second year, thus she has no descendants. She was buried at [[Turin Cathedral]] and was moved to the [[Basilica of Superga]] in Turin in 1786. ==Issue== *''Vittorio Amedeo'' Theodore of Savoy (7 March 1723 – 11 August 1725), given the title of Duke of Aosta but died in infancy; buried at Superga. ==