Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst

Eleonore von Anhalt-Zerbst, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg

Eleonore von Anhalt-Zerbst (born November 10, 1608 in Zerbst , † November 2, 1681 in Østerholm on Alsen ) from the Ascanian dynasty was a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg .

Life

Eleonore was a daughter of Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587–1609), daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

She became the second wife of Duke Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1581-1658) on February 15, 1632 in Norburg . The ducal court in Nordborg was sparsely furnished and Eleonore's children had to look for their livelihoods far away. The theologian Christoph Wilhelm Megander acted as confessor of the Duchess from 1653 . As a Wittumsrat and Hofmeister she took over the Hofmeister of her youngest son Rudolf Friedrich, Christoph Gensch von Breitenau .

The country experienced national bankruptcy under Eleonore's stepson Johann Bogislaw in 1669 and was withdrawn from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Eleonore died in her widow's residence at Østerholm Castle and is buried next to her husband in the church of Eken (Egen) on Alsen .

progeny

Eleonore had the following children from their marriage:

• Child (* / † 1633)
• Elisabeth Juliane (1634–1704)

⚭ 1656 Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1633–1714)

• Dorothea Hedwig (1636–1692), Abbess of Stift Gandersheim 1665–1678

⚭ 1678 Count Christoph von Rantzau -Hohenfeld (1625–1696)

• Christian August (1639–1687), English naval officer
• Luise Amöna (1642–1685)

⚭ 1665 Count Johann Friedrich I of Hohenlohe-Neienstein-Oehringen (1617–1702)

• Rudolf Friedrich (1645–1688)

⚭ 1680 Countess Bibiane von Promnitz (1649–1685)

literature

• Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen : Attempt at church statistics of the Duchy of Schleswig , Volume 2, Kastrup, 1841, p. 1636
• August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: Introduction to a complete history of the Chur and Princely Houses in Germany , Meyer, 1760, p. 587

See also

• Stop
• Ascanians

Web links

• http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1640.htm

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Bülau : Secret stories and enigmatic people, collection of hidden or forgotten oddities , 1855, p. 454.
2. ^ Society for Schleswig-Holstein History: Archive for State and Church History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and the neighboring states and cities. Volume 4, Verlag DCC Schwers Wittwe, 1840, p. 312.
3. ^ W. Lesser: Topography of the Duchy of Schleswig. Vol. 1-2, C. Schröder & Comp., 1853, p. 113.