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Electress Palatine
Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Tenure 26 May 1685 – 2 September 1690 Born (1635-03-20 ) 20 March 1635
New Palace ,
Gießen ,
Germany Died 4 August 1709(1709-08-04) (aged 74)
Neuburg Palace ,
Neuburg ,
Germany Burial Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Spouse
(
m. 1653; died 1690)
Issue
Detail
Eleonor Magdalene, Holy Roman Empress
John William, Elector Palatine
Wolfgang George Frederick von Pfalz-Neuburg
Ludwig Anton von Pfalz-Neuburg
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Alexander Sigismund , Bishop of Augsburg
Francis Louis, Archbishop of Trier
Frederick Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg
Maria Sophia, Queen of Portugal
Maria Anna, Queen of Spain
Philip William August of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie, Duchess of Parma
Hedwig Elisabeth, Princess Sobieski
Countess Palatine Leopoldine Eleonora of Neuburg
German : Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene von Hessen-Darmstadt English: Elizabeth Amelia Magdalena of Hesse-Darmstadt
House
Hesse-Darmstadt 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 German princess of
Hesse-Darmstadt who became
Electress Palatine as the second wife of
Philip William, Elector Palatine .
Biography
Elisabeth Amalie, probably with her eldest daughter
Eleonor Magdalene , around 1655.
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.
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
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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