Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
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German: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene von Hessen-Darmstadt English: Elizabeth Amelia Magdalena of Hesse-Darmstadt |
prev. Lutheranism
Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene; 20 March 1635 – 4 August 1709) was a German princess of Hesse-Darmstadt who became Electress Palatine as the second wife of Philip William, Elector Palatine.
Biography
Born at the New Palace in Gießen, Elisabeth Amalie was the daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. Her siblings included Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, future Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Anna Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg.
Elisabeth Amalie was brought up strictly by her mother, who was a devout Lutheran. She had an attractive appearance with striking blond hair, a trait she kept until her old age and which was inherited by her daughters Eleonor Magdalene and Dorothea Sophie, the latter being known in particular for her blonde hair.
On 3 September 1653 she was married at Langenschwalbach to Count palatine Philip William of Neuburg, who later became Prince-elector of the Palatinate. Her husband was some twenty years older than her and was the heir to the Electoral Palatinate, which was one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire. In the course of her marriage, Elisabeth Amalie was pregnant 23 times in just 24 years.
She converted to Catholicism on 1 November 1653 in the presence of the elector and archbishop of Cologne, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria.
The writer William Nakatenus dedicated his work The Heavenly Palm little garden to her.
Issue
She gave birth to nine sons and eight daughters, 14 of whom lived to adulthood.
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Elisabeth Amalie also suffered six miscarriages:
- A miscarried daughter (16 January 1654)
- A miscarried daughter (28 October 1660)
- A miscarried son (1 February 1662)
- A miscarried daughter (18 July 1671)
- A miscarried daughter (28 October 1676)
- A miscarried son (1 February 1678)
Ancestry
Ancestors of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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References
- Choker, Peter, Diseases of the kings of Spain: the Austrians. From Madness to impotence Joan of Charles II the Bewitched (Madrid: The Sphere Books Ltd., 2005).
External links
- Person Page
- Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf - Elisabeth Amalie Magdalena (1635 - 1709), Landgräfin von Hessen-Darmstadt, Pfalzgräfin bei Rhein zu Neuburg, Herzogin von Jülich-Berg, seit 1685 Kurfürstin von der Pfalz
- Marek, Miroslav. "brabant/brabant13.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- Marek, Miroslav. "wittel/wittel4.html#PW". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Schwalbach, p. 39, at Google Books
- Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, insbesondere die alte Erzdiözese Köln, p. 237, at Google Books
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- Elisabeth of Namur
- Beatrix of Berg
- Elisabeth of Nuremberg
- Matilda of Savoy
- Margaret of Savoy
- Margaret of Bavaria
- Sibylle of Bavaria
- Dorothea of Denmark
- Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Amalia of Neuenahr
- Elisabeth of Hesse
- Anne of Ostfriesland
- Louise Juliana of Nassau
- Elizabeth Stuart
- Elisabeth of Lorraine
- Maria Anna of Austria
- Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
- Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark
- Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
- Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach
- Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este