Barbara von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Neuburg

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Countess Palatine Barbara von Zweibrücken, later Countess zu Oettingen, master of the Vohenstrauss portraits, oil painting, 1575

Barbara von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Neuburg (* July 27, 1559 in Neuburg ; † March 5, 1618 in Oettingen ) was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen .

Life

Barbara was a daughter of Duke and Count Palatine Wolfgang von Zweibrücken (1526–1569) from his marriage to Anna (1529–1591), daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse .

She married on November 7, 1591 in Oettingen as his second wife Count Gottfried zu Oettingen-Oettingen (1554-1622). The princess received 14,000 guilders as trousseau. Barbara gave birth to a daughter Jakobina, who died again in 1594, the year of her birth.

Countess Barbara von Oettingen dealt intensively with alchemy and is one of the most important women who worked in this field. She entertained several alchemists and corresponded extensively with her nephew Count Palatine August von Sulzbach on this subject. Barbara also carried out numerous experiments for Emperor Rudolf II in his Prague residence, but was again expelled from court.

Barbara is buried at the side of her husband in the St. Michael Castle Church in Harburg . Her tomb is adorned with a larger than life figure of the countess at the side of her husband and his first wife.

literature

  • Franz Joseph Mone: Anzeiger für customer of the German prehistoric times , Artistic-literary establishment of the Germanisches Museum, 1863, p. 357

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Felix Joseph Lipowsky: History of the estates , IJ Lentner, 1827, p. 85
  2. ^ Rudolf Werner Soukup: Chemie in Österreich , Böhlau, 2007, p. 296
personal data
SURNAME Barbara von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Neuburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barbara von Oettingen; Barbara von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1559
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuburg
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1618
Place of death Oettingen