Amalie of the Palatinate (25 July 1490 in
Heidelberg
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– 6 January 1524,
Szczecin
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) was a member of the
Wittelsbach
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family and a
Countess Palatine
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Non-Hereditary, 1085–1156
House of Hohenstaufen, 1156–1195
House of Welf, 1195–1214
House of Wit ...
of
Simmern
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by birth and Duchess of
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by marriage.
Life
Amalie was a daughter of the Elector
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
of the Palatinate (1448–1508) from his marriage to
Margaret
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Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
(1456–1501), daughter of Duke
Louis IX
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of Bavaria-Landshut.
She was married on 22 May 1513 in Stettin to Duke
George I of Pomerania-Wolgast (1493–1531). The marriage was arranged by
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw X of Pomerania, ''the Great'', (3 June 1454 – 5 October 1523) was Duke of Pomerania from 1474 until his death in 1523.
Biography
Bogislaw was born in Rügenwalde (now Darłowo, Poland). His parents were Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wo ...
, in an attempt to obtain the support of the Palatinate in his dispute over the Electorate of Brandenburg. At the same time, George's cousin,
Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, nicknamed ''the Peaceful'' (3 May 1479 – 6 February 1552), was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg in the region Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the son of Duke Magnus II and Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin.
Henry ruled jointly w ...
, married Amelie's sister,
Helen of the Palatinate
Helen of the Palatinate (9 February 1493, Heidelberg – 4 August 1524, Schwerin) was a member of the Palatinate-Simmern branch of House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Li ...
. Amalie's marriage was celebrated with much pomp and circumstance, in the presence of many princes. It is said that during the wedding ceremony, a dispute arose between the envoys of the kings of Denmark and Poland about their ceremonial ranking.
The Duchess was described as "modest"; she knew how to use her state as reigning princess. Amalie's son,
Philip I, Duke of Pomerania. was brought up after 1526 in Heidelberg at the court of her brother,
Louis V, Elector Palatine
Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: ''Ludwig V. von der Pfalz'') (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was prince elector of the Palatinate.
His p ...
.
[Johann Samuel Ersch: ''Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste'', J. f. Gleditsch, 1847, section 3, part 23, p 136]
Amelia, who had been sickly during her whole life, died in 1524, at the age of 33 and was buried in Szczecin.
Family
Amalie had the following children:
* Bogislaw XI (1514–1514)
*
Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to:
* Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC)
* Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC)
* Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor
* Philip I of France (1052–1108)
* Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...
(1515–1560), Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, who married princess
Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania, (1515–1583) in 1536
* Margaret (1518–1569), who married
Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Ernest III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Herzberg (by a different counting: Ernest IV; 17 December 1518 in Osterode am Harz – 2 April 1567 in Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz), was a member of the noble family of Guelph and a duke of Brunswick ...
(1518–1567) in 1547
References and sources
* Friedrich Wilhelm Barthold: ''Geschichte von Rügen und Pommern'', Perthes, 1845, pp. 83 ff and 178
Footnotes
German duchesses
Electoral Princesses of the Palatinate
House of Griffins
1490 births
1524 deaths
16th-century German people
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