Elisabeth of Hesse (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582) was a
German
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noblewoman.
She was a daughter of
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and
Christine of Saxony
Christine of Saxony (25 December 1505 – 15 April 1549) was a German noble, landgravine consort of Hesse by marriage to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.Eckhart G. Franz (Hrsg.): Haus Hessen. Biografisches Lexikon. (= Arbeiten der Hessischen His ...
, daughter of
George, Duke of Saxony
George the Bearded (Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were r ...
.
On 8 July 1560 she married
Louis VI, Elector Palatine
Louis VI, Elector Palatine (4 July 1539 in Simmern – 22 October 1583 in Heidelberg), was an Elector from the Palatinate-Simmern branch of the house of Wittelsbach. He was the first-born son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine and Marie of ...
. They had the following children:
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Anna Marie (1561–1589), married
Charles IX of Sweden
# Elisabeth (15 June – 2 November 1562)
# Dorothea Elisabeth (12 January – 7 March 1565)
# Dorothea (1566–1567)
# Frederick Philip (19 October 1567 – 14 November 1568)
# Johann Friedrich (died within a month of birth)
# Ludwig (died within three months of birth)
# Katharina (1572–1586)
# Christine (1573–1619)
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Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
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(1574–1610), succeeded as
Elector Palatine
The counts palatine of Lotharingia /counts palatine of the Rhine /electors of the Palatinate (german: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled some part of Rhine area in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The title was a kind ...
# Philip (4 May 1575 – 9 August 1575)
# Elisabeth (1576–1577)
Ancestors
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1539 births
1582 deaths
Electresses of the Palatinate
House of Hesse
Princesses of the Palatinate
House of Wittelsbach
16th-century German people
16th-century German women
Burials at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
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