Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

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Elisabeth of Hesse
Electress Palatine
Tenure26 October 1576 – 14 March 1582
Born(1539-02-13)13 February 1539
Kassel
Died14 March 1582(1582-03-14) (aged 43)
Heidelberg
SpouseLouis VI, Elector Palatine
HouseHouse of Hesse
FatherPhilip I, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherChristine of Saxony

Elisabeth of Hesse (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582) was a German noblewoman, by birth member of the House of Hesse and by virtue of marriage Electress of Pfalz-Simmern.[1] Sie starb (an einem – wie aus Briefen und Konsilien Marius’ an Elisabeths Ehemann Kurfürst Ludwig VI. hervorgeht – mit schmerzlosem Eiter- und Blutausfluss aus dem Darm verbundenen Leiden[2]) schon ein Jahr vor ihrem Ehemann und wurde am 1. April 1582 in der Church of the Holy Spirit (Heidelberg).[3]

Early life[edit]

She was born as the seventh child and fourth daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and his wife, Duchess Christine of Saxony, daughter of George, Duke of Saxony.

Personal life[edit]

On 8 July 1560 she married Louis VI, Elector Palatine. They had the following children:

  1. Anna Marie (1561–1589), married Charles IX of Sweden
  2. Elisabeth (15 June – 2 November 1562)
  3. Dorothea Elisabeth (12 January – 7 March 1565)
  4. Dorothea (1566–1567)
  5. Frederick Philip (19 October 1567 – 14 November 1568)
  6. Johann Friedrich (died within a month of birth)
  7. Ludwig (died within three months of birth)
  8. Katharina (1572–1586)
  9. Christine (1573–1619)
  10. Frederick (1574–1610), succeeded as Elector Palatine
  11. Philip (4 May 1575 – 9 August 1575)
  12. Elisabeth (1576–1577)

Ancestors[edit]

Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine
Born: 13 February 1539 Died: 14 March 1582
Royal titles
Preceded by Electress Palatine
1576–1582 		Succeeded by
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  1. ^ Johann Daniel Horstius: Offenauer Bades Beschreibung. 1670.
  2. ^ Rolf Heyers: Dr. Georg Marius, genannt Mayer von Würzburg (1533–1606). (Zahn-)Medizinische Dissertation Würzburg 1957, S. 73 f. und 85–95.
  3. ^ Exeqviae, das ist: Predigt bey dem begengnus der Durchleuchtigsten vnd Hochgebornen Fürstin vnd Frawen, Frawen Elisabeth, Pfaltzgräffin bey Rhein ... : zu Amberg gehalten, am Sontag Judica, welcher war der erste Aprilis, dieses zwey vnd achtzigsten Jars, [et]c. Gedruckt zu Regenspurg, durch Johann Burger. M.D. LXXXII. Durch M. Martinum Oberndörffer, 31 Blätter
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