Margarita of Diez (German - ''Margarethe von Diez''; 14 October 1544 - 12 July 1608) was a German noblewoman. Born in
Spangenberg
Spangenberg is a small town in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Spangenberg lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some southeast of Kassel, west of the Stölzinger Gebirge, a low mountain range. Spangenberg is the demographic centrepoint o ...
, she was the fourth child and eldest daughter of
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and his second
morganatic
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...
wife
Margarethe von der Saale
Margarethe von der Saale (1522 – 6 July 1566) was a German noblewoman, lady-in-waiting and morganatic spouse by bigamy to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
Marriage
Born as daughter of Hans von der Saale and his wife, Anna von Miltitz. When she ca ...
, whom he had married whilst still married to his first wife
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 ...
, with whom he had already had five sons and five daughters.
Life
Issue
By her first marriage to John Bernard of Neu-Eberstein she had:
* Niclaus Stephan (1566-1631)
* Philip III of Eberstein (ca. 1570–1609)
* Barbara
* John Jacob II of Neu-Eberstein (1574–1637/38)
By her second marriage to Stephen Henry of Eberstein she had:
* Sabine Hedwig of Everstein-Quarkenburg (1579–1631)
* Walpurgis of Everstein-Quarkenburg (1580–1613)
References
Bibliography (in German)
* Eckhart G. Franz: ''Das Haus Hessen.'' Kohlhammer Urban, Stuttgart 2005, , S. 55–57.
* Tina Sabine Römer
''Der Landgraf im Spagat? Die hessische Landesteilung 1567 und die Testamente Philipps des Großmütigen.''(PDF-Datei; 191 kB) In: ''Zeitschrift des Vereins für hessische Geschichte (ZHG).'' 109, 2004, , S. 31–49, bes. 33.
* Sabine Köttelwesch: ''Margarethe von der Saale.'' In: Sabine Köttelwesch: ''Geliebte, Gemahlinnen und Mätressen. Zehn Frauenschicksale aus dem Umfeld des Kasseler Fürstenhofes.'' Verein für Hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Zweigverein Hofgeismar, Hofgeismar 2004, S. 17–28 (''Die Geschichte unserer Heimat'' Nr. 41, {{ZDB, 24661-x).
*
Friedrich Küch (ed.)
''Politisches Archiv des Landgrafen Philipp des Grossmütigen von Hessen.''Band 1. Hirzel, Leipzig 1904, S. 22–32.
1544 births
1608 deaths
People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
House of Hesse
Daughters of monarchs