Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (30 June 1604 in Schadeck, today part of
Runkel
Runkel is a town on the river Lahn in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Runkel lies in the Lahn Valley on both sides of the river between the Westerwald and the Taunus, some eight kilometres east of Limburg.
...
– 13 August 1667 at
Wiesenburg Castle
The Wiesenburg Castle (german: Burg Wiesenburg or ) is a castle located in the Wiesenburg district of Wildenfels, Germany, on a hill overlooking the eastern shore of the Mulde river. The castle protects the bridge across the Mulde to Schönau and ...
), was a Countess of
Leiningen and regent of the Landgraviate of
Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Homburg was formed into a separate landgraviate in 1622 by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; it was to be ruled by his son, although it did not become independent of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1668. It was briefly divided into Hesse-Homburg and ...
during the minority of her sons from 1638.
Life
Margaret Elizabeth was the only child from the first marriage of
Count Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg (1575-1635) and Anna Maria Ungnad, Baroness of Weissenwolff (1573-1606). She married on 10 August 1622 at
Butzbach
Butzbach () is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 16 km south of Gießen and 35 km north of Frankfurt am Main.
In 2007, the town hosted the 47th Hessentag state festival from 1 to 10 June ...
to Landgrave
Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg. After Margaret Elizabeth had given birth to her second son,
primogeniture was introduced in the landgraviate.
After the death of her husband on 9 May 1638, she led the regency for her infant sons. Her youngest son was
Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg, the famous ''Prince of Homburg''.
Issue
Margaret Elisabeth and Frederick I had the following children:
* Louis Philippe (1623–1643)
* George (1624–1624)
*
William Christoph (1625–1681), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
: married firstly in 1650 Princess
Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1634–1663)
: married secondly in 1665 Princess
Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg (1624–1688)
*
George Christian (1626–1677)
: married in 1666 Anna Catherine of Pogwisch, widow of von Ahlefeldt (1633–1694)
*
Anna Margaret (1629–1686)
: married in 1650 Duke
Philip Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620–1689)
*
Frederick II (1633–1708), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, better known as ''The Prince of Homburg''
: married firstly in 1661 Countess
Margareta Brahe
Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attentio ...
, widow of
Oxenstierna (1603–1669)
: married secondly in 1670 Princess
Louise Elisabeth of Courland
Louise Elisabeth of Courland (12 August 1646 in Jelgava – 16 December 1690 in Weferlingen) was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
Life
Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Co ...
(1646–1690)
: married thirdly in 1691 Countess Sophia Sibylle of Leiningen-Westerburg, widow of the Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1656–1724)
References
*Barbara Dölemeyer
''Fontane, Kleist und Hölderlin'' p. 12
*Claudia Tietz
''Johann Winckler (1642-1705)'' p. 69
Regents of Germany
Leiningen family
House of Hesse-Homburg
1604 births
1667 deaths
17th-century German people
17th-century women rulers
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