Barbara of Hesse

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Barbara von Hessen (born April 8, 1536 in Kassel , † June 8, 1597 in Waldeck Castle ) was Princess of Hesse and, through marriage, Countess of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and Countess of Waldeck .

Life

Barbara was a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (1501–1567) from his marriage to Christine (1505–1549), daughter of Duke Georg of Saxony .

She married Count Georg von Württemberg-Mömpelgard (1498–1558) on September 10, 1555 in Reichenweier (today Riquewihr ). The already 57-year-old groom was urged to marry by his nephew Christoph in order to avoid the threatened extinction of the House of Württemberg . With her only surviving son Friedrich , Barbara secured the continuation of the Württemberg house. After the death of her husband, she took care of her son's upbringing, but guardianship was transferred to Barbara's father and brother-in-law , along with Duke Christoph von Württemberg and Count Philipp von Hanau . Barbara and Georg made Mömpelgard a Lutheran enclave in France.

On November 11, 1568, she married Count Daniel von Waldeck (1530–1577), who she presumably met at the funeral service for her father, in Kassel .

Very often she wrote to her nephew, Landgrave Moritz von Hessen, and to his chamberlain; It was about asking for financial donations, about the transfer of fiefs, about the treatment of her sisters at court, and about the transfer of the Marienthal monastery in nets . After Daniel's death, Barbara made extensive donations to various churches. She outlived her husband by 20 years and received half of the Waldeck office as Wittum , with her own law firm in the castle.

Barbara is buried under an epitaph on the side of her second husband in the Marienthal monastery.

progeny

Barbara had the following children from her first marriage:

Their second marriage was childless.

literature

  • Franz Brendle: Barbara. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 127 f.
  • Franz Dominicus Häberlin, Renatus Karl von Senkenberg: Latest Teutsche Reichs-Geschichte, From the beginning of the Schmalkaldic War to our times. Volume 4. Gebauer, Halle 1777 ( digitized version ), p. 420.
  • Ludwig Friedrich Heyd, Karl Pfaff: Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. A contribution to the history of Württemberg and the German Empire in the age of the Reformation. Volume 3. Fues, Tübingen 1844 ( digitized version ), p. 600 f.
  • Karl Pfaff: Princely House and State of Württemberg according to the main moments, from the oldest to the most recent. Second improved edition. Schweitzerbart, Stuttgart 1949 ( digitized version ), p. 109.
  • Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 498-503.
  • Christoph von Rommel : History of Hessen. Fourth part, third section. Seventh volume. Perthes, Kassel 1839 ( digitized version ), p. 196.
  • Johann Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen : Basis of the Waldeck country and regent history. Volume 2. Speyer, Arolsen 1853 ( digitized version ), p. 60 ff.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Although the ducal dignity was already introduced in the house, neither Georg nor his father used this title.
personal data
SURNAME Barbara of Hesse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and Countess of Waldeck
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1536
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1597
Place of death Waldeck Castle