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Karl Theodor (Charles Theodore) Wittelsbach ( - 1799, Munich) was the Elector of the Palatinate of the Rhine from 1743 until his death in 1799, and of the joined Palatinate-Bavaria after the extinction of the Bavarian branch of the Wittelsbach family with the death of Elector Max III Joseph in 1777. Both Karlstor (Karl's Gate) and Karlsplatz in Munich are named after him. Karl Theodor was unpopular with his Bavarian subjects. His only legitimate child died before he did and upon his death the Sulzach line ended. He was succeeded by Maximillian IV Joseph of the Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld line of the Wittelsbach family.