Elisabet Juliana Banér (''

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'' of Erbach; 22 January 1600 – 29 May 1640), was a German noble, married to the Swedish

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Johan Banér Johan Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641) was a Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years' War. Early life Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four-year-old he was forced to witness the execution of his father, the ...

in 1636. She is considered to have wielded a certain influence upon Banér and the Swedish army during the

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. She was the daughter of George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg and his fourth wife, Countess Maria of Barby-Mühlingen.

Life

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on 2 March 1620, Elisabeth Juliana married Count Georg Louis of Löwenstein-Scharfeneck. They had two children: *Maria Christina (

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, 20 November 1625 –

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, 7 October 1672), married on 1 May 1644 to Gabriel Gabrielsson Oxenstierna, Count of Korsholm and Wasa; their daughter Christiana Juliana Oxenstierna was the center of a great social

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when she married the non-noble vicar Nikolaus Bergius against her family’s consent. Her case caused a debate about the law for marriage between nobles and non-nobles. *Berthold Louis (

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, 22 February 1628 –

, 4 August 1628). During her first marriage, she acted as a guardian of

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. As a widow in 1633, she nursed the first German spouse of Banér, Katarina Elisabet von Pfuel, (former lady in waiting of

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) at her death bed; Pfuel is said to have asked the two to marry at her death, which they did the same year, on 25 July 1636 in Werbeskans. She has been described as: ''Excellent by her sense, goodness and ability. She was the good angel of Banér, and directed him toward leniency and calm where it was possible. The army respected her as a mother.''Fryxell: Berättelser ur den svenska historien, Stockholm She died of a

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during the famine war at

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. Johan Banér, devastated by her death, considered abandoning his posts, but was persuaded to stay. Her remains were carried with great splendor to Sweden and buried in the Banér family crypt.

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References

* Peter Englund: ''Ofredsår'' (Atlantis) Stockholm (1997) * Fryxell: ''Berättelser ur den svenska historien'', Stockholm * Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925-36. {{DEFAULTSORT:Baner, Elisabet Juliana 1600 births 1640 deaths 17th-century Swedish nobility Swedish people of the Thirty Years' War Elisabet German people of the Thirty Years' War 17th-century German nobility Burials at Riddarholmen Church