caption father predecessor successor succession mother birth_place death_date death_place birth_date spouse image article_title name reign
charles in 1763 theodore , as painted by anna dorothea therbusch john christian , count palatine of sulzbach charles iii philip maximilian iii joseph maximilian iv joseph elector rhine palatine elector of bavaria count palatine of the maria henriette de la tour d'auvergne drogenbos , brussels , austrian netherlands 16 february 1799 munich residenz , bavaria 11 december 1724 countess of austria-este palatine elisabeth augusta of sulzbach archduchess maria leopoldine kurfürst karl theodor -lrb- bayern -rrb- . jpg charles theodore , elector of bavaria
 charles theodore 31 1777 -- 16 february 1799 december 1742 -- 30 december 1777 30 december
charles theodore , elector of bavaria

charles theodore , prince-elector , count palatine and duke of bavaria -lrb- ; december 11 , 1724 -- february 16 , 1799 -rrb- reigned as prince-elector and count palatine from 1742 , as duke of jülich and berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and duke of bavaria from 1777 , until his death .
he was a member of the house of palatinate-sulzbach , a branch of the house of wittelsbach .
