Genealogie John Muijsers » Elisabeth van Hessen (1503-1563)

Persoonlijke gegevens Elisabeth van Hessen 

• Zij is geboren op 4 maart 1503.
• Beroep: paltsgravin van Hessen, paltsgravin van Zweibrücken, paltsgravin van Simmern.
• Zij is overleden op 4 januari 1563, zij was toen 59 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Willem i van Hessen en Anne van Brunswijk - Lüneburg

Gezin van Elisabeth van Hessen

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Louis ii van Zweibrücken.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 10 september 1525 te Kassel, zij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Wolfgang van Zweibrücken  1526-1569 
2. Christine van Zweibrücken  1528-1534

(2) Zij is getrouwd met Georg van de Palts van Simmern.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 9 januari 1541, zij was toen 37 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Johan van de Palts van Simmern  1541-1562

Notities over Elisabeth van Hessen

Elisabeth of Hesse (4 March 1503 – 4 January 1563, Lauingen) was a Landgravine of Hesse by birth and by marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken and later Countess Palatine of Simmern.

Elizabeth was the youngest of five daughters of Landgrave William I of Hesse (1466–1515) from his marriage to Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1460–1520), daughter of Duke William II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Elizabeth was raised as a Protestant. In 1518, she was kidnapped by just Landgrave Philip I of Hesse, who had just come of age, to prevent a marriage which her mother Anna had planned, but which Elisabeth herself was opposed to.[1]

She married on 10 September 1525 in Kassel, Count Palatine and Duke Louis II of Zweibrücken (1502–1532). This marriage of a princess inclined to the Reformation with a close relative of Philip the Magnanimous, the largest promoter of the Reformation, gave a considerable boost to the Reformation in the Duchy of Zweibrücken. The marriage had been planned for the spring of 1525, but the German Peasants' War interfered. Elizabeth was regarded as extremely pious, affable and benevolent. She used her considerable inheritance to compensate the victims of the peasant uprising in the Duchy. After her husband's early death, Emperor Ferdinand I appointed Elisabeth and Count Palatine Rupert of Veldenz as joint regents for her young son.

On 9 January 1541, Elisabeth married her second husband, Count Palatine George of Simmern (1518–1569). She made a significant contribution when she and George finally managed to enforce the reformation in Simmern.[2]

Issue
From her first marriage to Louis II of Zweibrücken, she had two children:

Wolfgang (1526–1569), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, married in 1545 Anna of Hesse (1529–1591)
Christine (1528–1534)
From her second marriage to George of Simmern-Sponheim, she had a son:

John (1541–1562)

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