Countess Sophie Amalie Of Nassau-Siegen

Princess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen (10 January 1650 ^Jul. – 15/25 November 1688), german: Sophia Amalia Prinzessin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: ''Prinzessin von Nassau, Gräfin zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Limburg und Bronkhorst, Frau zu Beilstein, Stirum, Wisch, Borculo, Lichtenvoorde und Wildenborch, Erbbannerfrau des Herzogtums Geldern und der Grafschaft Zutphen'', was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. In 1664, she was elevated to the rank and title of princess. By marriage she became Duchess Consort of Courland.

Biography

Sophie Amalie was born at in Terborg on 10 January 1650^Jul.Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 273. as the second daughter and third child of Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Countess Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum. Sophie Amalie was named after her godmother, the Danish-Norwegian Queen Sophie Amalie.Lück (1981), p. 116. In October and November 1652 she first lost her eldest sister Ernestine and then her father Henry. After the death of the father, Sophie Amalie's brothers William Maurice and Frederick Henry were adopted by their uncle Fürst John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen.Aβmann & Menk (1996).Lück (1981), p. 113. Together with Sophie Amalie, both brothers were elevated into the ''Reichsfürstenstand'' on 6 May 1664.Dek (1970), p. 96.

Sophie Amalie married in The Hague on 5 October 1675 ^Greg.Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 274. to Hereditary Prince Frederick Casimir of Courland (6 July 1650Neander (1961), p. 513.Schiemann (1882), p. 685. – 22 January 1698). In 1682, after the death of her father-in-law, Sophie Amalie became Duchess Consort of Courland.

Sophia Amalia died in childbirth in Mitau on 15/25 November 1688 and was buried in the Reformed Church in Mitau on 16/26 December.

Issue

From the marriage of Sophie Amalie and Frederick Casimir the following children were born:''Europäische Stammtafeln''.
# Frederick Kettler (3 April 1682 – 11 February 1683), Hereditary Prince of Courland.
# Marie Dorothea Kettler (2 August 1684 – 17 January 1743), married to Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
# Eleonore Charlotte Kettler (11 June 1686 – 28 July 1748), married to Duke Ernest Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern.
# Amalie Louise Kettler (Mitau, 23 July 1687 – , Siegen, 18 January 1750), married at the in Bayreuth on 13 April 1708 to Fürst Frederick William Adolf of Nassau-Siegen (, Siegen, 20 February 1680 – ''Nassauischer Hof'', Siegen, 13 February 1722).
# Christina Sophia Kettler (15 November 1688 – 22 April 1694).

Frederick Casimir Kettler duke of Courland.jpg, Duke Frederick Casimir of Courland. Anonymous portrait, 17th century. Gripsholm Castle.
Markgräfin Maria Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt mit Sohn Friedrich Wilhelm (Pesne).jpg, Margravine Marie Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt with her son. Portrait by Antoine Pesne, ca. 1719. Preußen-Museum Minden.
Eleonore Charlotte of Kurland (1686-1748), German School of the 18th century.jpg, Duchess Eleonore Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern. Anonymous portrait, 18th century.
Amalia Luise von Kurland 1687-1750.jpg, Fürstin Amalie Louise of Nassau-Siegen. Detail of a anonymous portrait, first quarter 18th century. Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen.

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