Ancestral Trails 2016 » Sophie Eleonore von HESSE-DARMSTADT (1634-1663)

Personal data Sophie Eleonore von HESSE-DARMSTADT 


Household of Sophie Eleonore von HESSE-DARMSTADT

She is married to Wilhelm Christoph von HESSE-HOMBURG.

They got married on April 21, 1650 at Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, she was 16 years old.


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Notes about Sophie Eleonore von HESSE-DARMSTADT

Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (7 January 1634 in Darmstadt - 7 October 1663 in Bingenheim, now part of Echzell), was Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg.

She was a daughter of Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605-1661) from his marriage to Sophia Eleonore (1609 - 1671), the daughter of Elector John George I of Saxony.

In Darmstadt on 21 April 1650 Sophia Eleonore married to her cousin, Landgrave William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (1625-1681). On the occasion of her wedding, her father gave her the district and castle of Bingenheim. William Christoph preferred Bingenheim to his castle in Homburg, so the family mostly lived in Bingenheim and William Christoph was sometimes called the Landgrave of Hesse-Bingenheim. Her father had promised that her male descendants would be allowed to keep Bingenheim after her death, however, only two daughters survived their father. This led to a dispute between Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Homburg about the ownership of Bingenheim, which was finally settled by Elisabeth Dorothea, who was acting as regent of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Sophia Eleonore gave birth 12 children, but only three survived infancy:

Frederick, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Darmstadt, 12 March 1651 - Homburg v.d.Höhe, 27 July 1651).
Christine Wilhelmine (Bingenheim, 30 June 1653 - Grabow, 16 May 1722), married Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.
Leopold George, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Bingenheim, 25 October 1654 - Schloss Gravenstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 26 February 1675), died unmarried.
Frederick (Bingenheim, 5 September 1655 - Bingenheim, 6 September 1655).
William (Bingenheim, 13 August 1656 - Bingenheim, 4 September 1656).
Stillborn son (23 June 1657).
Charles William (Bingenheim, 6 May 1658 - Bingenheim, 13 December 1658).
Philipp (Bingenheim, 20 June 1659 - Bingenheim, 6 October 1659).
Magdalene Sophie (Bingenheim, 24 April 1660 - Braunfels, 22 March 1720), married William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels; among their children: Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels and Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.
Stillborn son (7 June 1661).
Frederick William (Bingenheim, 29 November 1662 - Homburg, 5 March 1663).
Stillborn son (7 October 1663).

She died in Bingenheim aged 29, following complications in her last childbirth.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Eleonore_of_Hesse-Darmstadt

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Birthday January 7, 1634

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1634: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
    • August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
    • September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
    • September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
    • October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
    • November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.

Day of marriage April 21, 1650

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1650: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
    • August 13 » Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
    • September 3 » Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles I of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
    • December 14 » Anne Greene is hanged at Oxford Castle in England for infanticide, having concealed an illegitimate stillbirth. The following day she revives in the dissection room and, being pardoned, lives until 1659.

Day of death October 7, 1663

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1663: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
    • March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
    • June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
    • June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
    • July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
    • July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.


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