Amalie of the Palatinate

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Amalie von der Pfalz (* July 25, 1490 in Heidelberg ; † January 6, 1525 in Stettin ) from the Wittelsbach family was a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania .

Coal break according to A. Dürer from the sighting book of Duke Philip II of Pomerania

Life

Amalie was a daughter of Elector Philip of the Palatinate (1448–1508) from his marriage to Margaret (1456–1501), daughter of Duke Ludwig IX. from Bavaria-Landshut .

She married Duke Georg I of Pomerania (1493–1531) on May 22, 1513 in Stettin . The marriage had been promoted by Duke Bogislaw X. , who sought the support of the Electoral Palatinate in his dispute with Kurbrandenburg. At the same time, Georg's cousin, Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg, married Amalie's sister Helene . Amalie's wedding was celebrated with great pomp in the presence of numerous imperial princes. During the wedding celebrations, the ambassadors of the kings of Denmark and Poland should have argued about the order of precedence.

The Duchess was described as "chaste", who knew how to use her state as the ruling princess. Amalie's son Philipp was raised at the court of her brother Ludwig V of the Palatinate in Heidelberg from 1526 .

Amalie, always sickly throughout her life, died at the age of 34 and was buried in Stettin.

progeny

Amalie had the following children from their marriage:

  • Bogislaw XI. (* / † 1514)
  • Philip I (1515–1560), Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
⚭ 1536 Princess Maria of Saxony (1515–1583)
⚭ 1547 Duke Ernst IV of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1518–1567)

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Barthold : History of Rügen and Pomerania , part 4.2, Hamburg 1845, p. 83f., 178.
  • Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house (publications of the State Historical Research Center for Pomerania, vol. 1, no. 5) , Stettin 1937, p. 111.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Wehrmann: The young Duke Philip of Pomerania at the court of Elector Ludwig V (1526-1531) , in: New Archives for the History of the City of Heidelberg 8, 1910, pp. 72–84
personal data
SURNAME Amalie of the Palatinate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amalia from the Palatinate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1525
Place of death Szczecin