Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Electress Palatine

Elisabeth Amalie, probably with her eldest daughter Eleonore, around 1655

Born

20 March 1635
New Palace, Gießen, Germany

Died

4 August 1709 (aged 74)
Neuburg Palace, Neuburg, Germany

Burial

Neuburg an der Donau, Germany

Spouse

Philip William, Elector Palatine
(m. 1653–90; his death)

Issue
Detail

Eleonor Magdalene, Holy Roman Empress
John William, Elector Palatine
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Alexander Sigismund, Bishop of Augsburg
Francis Louis, Archbishop of Trier
Maria Sophia, Queen of Portugal
Maria Anna, Queen of Spain
Philip William August of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie, Duchess of Parma
Hedwig Elisabeth, Princess Sobieski

Full name
German: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene van Hessen-Darmstadt English: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt

House

House of Hesse
House of Wittelsbach

Father

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Mother

Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

Religion

Roman Catholicism
prev. Lutheranism

Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene; 20 March 1635 – 4 August 1709) was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and wife of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate.

1 Biography
2 Issue
3 Ancestry
4 Titles, styles, honours and arms
- 4.1 Titles and styles
5 References
6 External links

Biography

Born at the New Palace in 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 she and was the heir to the Electoral Palatinate which was one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire.

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

16. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

8. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

17. Christine of Saxony

4. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

18. Bernhard VIII, Lord of Lippe

9. Magdalene of Lippe

19. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg

2. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

20. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

10. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=26)

21. Magdalena of Saxony

5. Magdalene of Brandenburg

22. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

11. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

23. Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen

1. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

24. Augustus, Elector of Saxony

12. Christian I, Elector of Saxony

25. Anne of Denmark

6. John George I, Elector of Saxony

26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=10)

13. Sophie of Brandenburg

27. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

3. Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

28. Albert, Duke of Prussia

14. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

29. Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

7. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

30. Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

15. Marie Eleonore of Cleves

31. Archduchess Maria of Austria

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

20 March 1635 – 3 September 1653 Her Serene Highness Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
3 September 1653 – 26 May 1685 Her Serene Highness The Electoral Princess of the Palatinate
26 May 1685 – 2 September 1690 Her Serene Highness The Electress Palatine
2 September 1690 – 4 August 1709 Her Serene Highness The Dowager Electress Palatine

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

http://thepeerage.com/p11212.htm#i112112
https://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtmuseum/sammlung/04/012/10203.shtml
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant13.html
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/wittel/wittel4.html#PW
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

Preceded by Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark	Electress Palatine 1685–1690	Succeeded by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

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