Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg

This article deals with Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg (1587–1643), who was Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel by marriage. For the Countess of the same name from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt see Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg (1546–1588) .

Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Hesse-Kassel

Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg (born September 3, 1587 in Dillenburg , † February 15, 1643 in Rotenburg an der Fulda ) was the fifth child and second daughter of Count Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg (1561-1623), who died in 1606 after the Distribution of his father's inheritance when Johann I. Graf zu Nassau-Siegen and his wife Magdalene von Waldeck (1558–1599).

Life

Juliane became the second wife of Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632) on May 22, 1603 and gave birth to seven sons and seven daughters until 1628. In order to ensure their proper care, Juliane purposefully carried out the transfer of income and property rights to her children and finally got the consent from Moritz that her descendants would receive a quarter of the Landgraviate of Hesse - the so-called Rotenburger Quart - although these areas were still under Kasselers Suzerainty should remain. Thus, with Julian's sons Hermann and Friedrich , the landgrave branch lines " Hessen-Rotenburg " and " Hessen-Eschwege " and then in 1649 with their son Ernst the line " Hessen-Rheinfels (younger line) " emerged. Although Ernst inherited Eschwege and then Rotenburg as early as 1655 or 1658 after the death of his childless brothers , thereby uniting all parts of the Rotenburger Quart in one hand, due to inheritance, amalgamations and divisions, there were several times over the following 250 years new or newly named branch lines of partially independent counties such as "Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg", "Hessen-Eschwege-Wanfried" and "Hessen-Rotenburg-Eschwege".

Landgrave Moritz abdicated in 1627 under pressure from the Hessian estates and retired to Eschwege , where he died in 1632. His son from his first marriage, Wilhelm V, took over the government in Hessen-Kassel . Juliane and her children moved into Rotenburg Castle in Rotenburg an der Fulda in 1629 , where she died in 1643.

children

Landgrave Moritz and Juliane had seven sons and seven daughters together:

• Philipp (1604–1626), killed in the battle of Lutter
• Agnes (1606–1650) ⚭ 1623 Prince Johann Kasimir von Anhalt-Dessau (1596–1660)
• Hermann (1607–1658), Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

⚭ 1633 Sophia Juliana von Waldeck (1607–1637)

⚭ 1642 Kunigunde Juliane von Anhalt-Dessau (1608–1683)

• Juliane (1608-1628)
• Sabine (1610-1620)
• Magdalene (1611–1671) ⚭ 1646 Former Count Erich Adolf zu Salm-Reifferscheid (1619–1673)
• Moritz (1614–1633)
• Sophie (1615–1670) ⚭ 1644 Count Philipp zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1601–1681)
• Friedrich (1617–1655), Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege , died near Posen

⚭ 1646 Countess Palatine Eleonore Katharina von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1626–1692)

• Christian (1622–1640), Swedish colonel, died after a feast with General Banér with some other officers; a poison attack is suspected.
• Ernst (1623–1693), Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels -Rotenburg

⚭ 1647 Countess Maria Eleonore zu Solms-Lich (1632–1689)

⚭ 1690 Alexandrine von Dürnizl († 1754)

• Christine (1625-1626)
• Philip (1626–1629)
• Elisabeth (1628–1633)

literature

• Margret Lemberg: Juliane Landgräfin zu Hessen (1587–1643) (= sources and research on Hessian history, vol. 90). Darmstadt, Marburg 1994.

Web links

• Hessen-Kassel, Juliane Landgravine von. Hessian biography. (As of February 15, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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1. ↑ Schlotter, Acta, p. 327 - also: Thirty Years War.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.