Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Countess Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken; 22 March 1642 – 18 April 1677) was the consort of

Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg (6 October 1634 in Harzgerode – 14 February 1718 in Bernburg), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the sixth (but second surviving) son of Chri ...

Biography

Countess Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken was born in Meisenheim on 22 March 1642 to

Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken Frederick (german: Friedrich) (5 April 1616 – 9 July 1661) was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1635 until 1661. Life Frederick was born in Zweibrücken in 1616 as the elder son of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. He succeeded his father ...

and Anna Juliane of Nassau-Saarbrücken. She was a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a cadet branch of the

House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate ...

. On 16 October 1667 she married

in Meisenheim, becoming the Princess Consort of

Anhalt-Bernburg Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of ...

. They had six children: #

Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg , title = Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg , styles = , house = House of Ascania , spouse = Sophie Albertine of Solms-SonnenwaldeWilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler , issue = Elisabeth, Princess of Schwarzburg-SondershausenPrince Frederick WilliamCharl ...

(b. Bernburg, 13 July 1668 - d.

Ballenstedt Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Geography It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Quedlinburg. The municipal area comprises the vil ...

, 22 April 1721). #

Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (Bernburg, 28 June 1669 – Bad Ems, 17 May 1727), was a German prince of the House of Ascania. The second son of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg and Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, he married ...

, later Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Bernburg, 28 June 1669 - d.

Bad Ems Bad Ems () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (administrative community) Bad E ...

, 17 May 1727). #Sophie Juliane (b. Bernburg, 26 October 1672 - d. Bernburg, 21 August 1674). #John George (b. Bernburg, 14 February 1674 - killed in battle at Leuze, 9 September 1691). #Christian (b. Bernburg, 15 March 1675 - d. Bernburg, 30 December 1675). #A son (b and d. Bernburg, 18 April 1677). Elisabeth died during the birth of her sixth child, whom also died during the birth. She is buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien.

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{{authority control 1642 births 1677 deaths Burials at Schlosskirche St. Aegidien (Bernburg) House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken German countesses Princesses by marriage Princesses of Anhalt-Bernburg People from Bad Kreuznach (district)