Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

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Electress Palatine

Louis VI, Elector Palatine

(m.

Anna Marie, Duchess of Södermanland
Elisabeth
Dorothea Elisabeth
Dorothea
Frederick Philip
Johann Friedrich
Ludwig
Katharina
Christine
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Philip
Elisabeth

HouseHouse of HesseFatherPhilip I, Landgrave of HesseMotherChristine of Saxony

Elisabeth of Hesse (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582) was a German noblewoman, by birth a member of the House of Hesse and by virtue of marriage Electress of Pfalz-Simmern.^[1]

Early life

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.

Family

On 8 July 1560 she married Louis VI, Elector Palatine. They had twelve children in just fifteen years, but only four of them survived childhood:

Anna Marie (b. Heidelberg, 24 July 1561 - d. Eskilstuna, 29 July 1589), married Charles IX of Sweden^[2]
Elisabeth (b. Heidelberg, 15 June 1562 - d. Heidelberg, 2 November 1562), died in infancy.
Dorothea Elisabeth (b. Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 12 January 1565 - d. Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 7 March 1565), died in infancy.
Dorothea (b. Amberg, 4 August 1566 - d. Amberg, 10 March 1568), died in childhood.
Frederick Philip (b. Amberg, 19 October 1567 - d. Amberg, 14 November 1568), died in infancy.
Johann Friedrich (b. Amberg, 17 February 1569 - d. Amberg, 20 March 1569), died in infancy.
Ludwig (b. Amberg, 30 December 1570 - d. Amberg, 7 May 1571), died in infancy.
Katharina (b. Amberg, April 1572 - d. Amberg, 16 October 1586), died unmarried.
Christine (b. Schloß Hirschwald, 6 January 1573 - d. Zweibrücken, 21 July 1619), died unmarried.
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (b. Amberg, 5 March 1574 - d. Heidelberg, 9 September 1610).^[3]
Philip (b. Amberg, 4 May 1575 - d. Amberg, 9 August 1575), died in infancy.
Elisabeth (b. Amberg, 24 November 1576 - d. Heidelberg, 10 April 1577), died in infancy.

Later life and death

She died (from an illness associated with painless discharge of pus and blood from the intestines, as is evident from Marius' letters and councils to Elisabeth's husband, Elector Ludwig VI^[4]) a year before her husband and was buried on April 1, 1582, in the Church of the Holy Spirit (Heidelberg).^[5]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

16. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

8. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse

17. Anna of Saxony

4. William II, Landgrave of Hesse

18. Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach

9. Matilda of Württemberg-Urach

19. Mechthild of the Palatinate

2. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

20. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg

10. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow

21. Dorothea of Brandenburg

5. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

22. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania

11. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast

23. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp

1. Elisabeth of Hesse

24. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

12. Albert III, Duke of Saxony

25. Margarete of Austria

6. George, Duke of Saxony

26. George of Poděbrady

13. Sidonie of Poděbrady

27. Kunigunde of Sternberg

3. Christine of Saxony

28. Władysław II Jagiełło

14. Casimir IV Jagiellon

29. Sophia of Halshany

7. Barbara Jagiellon

30. Albert II of Germany

15. Elisabeth of Austria

31. Elizabeth of Luxembourg

References

^ Johann Daniel Horstius: Offenauer Bades Beschreibung. 1670.
^ Cook & Broadhead 2012, p. 329.
^ Thomas 2010, p. 39.
^ Rolf Heyers: Dr. Georg Marius, genannt Mayer von Würzburg (1533–1606). (Zahn-)Medizinische Dissertation Würzburg 1957, S. 73 f. und 85–95.
^ 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

Sources

Cook, Chris; Broadhead, Philip (2012). The Routledge Companion to Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763. Routledge.
Thomas, Andrew L. (2010). A House Divided: Wittelsbach Confessional Court Cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, C. 1550-1650. Brill.

Royal titles
Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine House of Hesse Born: 13 February 1539 Died: 14 March 1582
Preceded by Amalia of Neuenahr	Electress Palatine 1576–1582	Succeeded by Anne of Ostfriesland