Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (born: March 1537- died: 6 July 1579 in
Dillenburg) was the daughter of Landgrave
George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (13 December 1502 – 21 May 1555) was Landgrave of Leuchtenberg from 1 September 1531 to 1555.
George succeeded John IV as Landgrave after his death in 1531. His mother was Margareta von Schwarzburg, who ...
and Margravine Barbara of
Brandenburg-Ansbach
The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg-)Ansbach (german: Fürstentum Ansbach or ) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling House of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern princes of the land ...
(1495-1552).
After her death, the German theologian
Christoph Pezel
Christoph Pezel (5 March 1539 – 24 February 1604) was an influential Reformed Theologian who introduced the Reformed confession to Nassau-Dillenburg and Bremen.
Education and service in Saxony
Pezel was born in Plauen and educated at the un ...
wrote an obituary about her.
Portraits
At least two portraits of Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg exist. The first is in the collection of the
Rijksmuseum
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in the form of an anonymous picture, made between 1850 and 1930, a reproduction of a painting by an unknown painter. The second is a drawing in circular shape.
Another portrait, also made by an anonymous painter, was initially identified as portrait of
Charlotte of Bourbon
Charlotte of Bourbon (1546/1547 – 5 May 1582) was a Princess consort of Orange as the third spouse of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish. She was the fourth daughter of Louis III de Bou ...
, but it was later identified by L.J. van der Klooster as possibly Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg.
Marriage and issue
Elisabeth was the first wife of
John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of
William "the Rich" of Nassau en
Juliana of Stolberg
Juliana, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt – 18 June 1580) was the mother of William the Silent, the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century.
Juliana was born i ...
. She married on 6 June 1559 at
Dillenburg Castle
Castle Dillenburg, in the provincial town of Dillenburg in Hesse-Nassau, is situated on a hill (elevation 958 feet) above the Dill river, 25 miles northwest from Gießen on the Giessen-Troisdorf railway line.
The main building of the old castle w ...
. They had thirteen children:
*
William Louis (1560-1620),
stadtholder
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of
Frisia
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(1584-1620), married
Anna of Nassau
Countess Anna of Nassau (5 November 1563 – 13 June 1588) was a daughter of William the Silent and his second wife, Anna of Saxony. She was the wife of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.
Biography
Anna and William Louis were marrie ...
(1563-1588)
*
John VII (1561-1623)
*
George
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People
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* George (surname)
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(1562-1623)
* Elisabeth (1564-1611), married in 1583 with
Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and in 1603 with
Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein
Wolfgang Ernst I, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (Birstein, 29 December 1560 – Birstein, 21 May 1633) was a German count of the House of Isenburg. He was count of Isenburg-Birstein from 1596 to 1633, after violently seizing power from Henry of Coun ...
,
* Juliana (1565-1606)
*
Philip
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(1566-1595)
*
Maria (1568-1625), married
John Louis I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein,
* Anna Sibylla (1569-1576), died young
* Mathilda (1570-1625), married Count William V, of
Mansfeld-Arnstein
* Albert (1572-1572), died young
*
Ernst Casimir
Ernest Casimir I (22 December 1573 – 2 June 1632) was a Count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
Biography
He was the 11th child of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Countess Elisabeth of Le ...
(1573-1632), Count of Nassau-Dietz, stadtholder of Frisia and
Groningen
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(1620-1632), married in 1597 with
Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13 June 1592, in Wolfenbüttel – 13 January 1642, in Arnhem), was Countess of Nassau-Dietz by marriage to
Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, and regent of the County of Nassau-Dietz during the abse ...
(1583-1642). The
Dutch Royal Family descends from this marriage.
*
Louis Gunther (1575-1604), died in battle at
Sluis
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The current incarnation of the municipality has existed since 1 January ...
, married in 1601 Countess Margareta of
Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1575–1606)
* stillborn son (1579)
Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages, with still more children.
References
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German countesses
1537 births
1579 deaths
16th-century German people
House of Leuchtenberg