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Personal data Elisabeth van Hessen-Kassel 

  • She was born on February 13, 1539 in Kassel, Hessen, Deutschland.
  • She died on March 14, 1582 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, she was 43 years old.
  • The birth parents are Philipp I von Hessen and Christine Prinzessin von Sachsen Wettin
  • This information was last updated on January 11, 2024.

Household of Elisabeth van Hessen-Kassel

She is married to Lodewijk VI van Wittelsbach.

They got married on July 8, 1560 at Marburg, Hessen, Deutschland, she was 21 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday February 13, 1539

    • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
      • April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
      • April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
      • May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
      • June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
      • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.

    Day of marriage July 8, 1560

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1560: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 27 » The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
      • March 17 » Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
      • July 6 » The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
      • August 17 » The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
      • December 5 » Charles IX becomes king of France.

    Day of death March 14, 1582

    • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 15 » Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
      • April 16 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
      • June 21 » Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
      • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
      • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
      • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
    

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