Elisabeth Marie Charlotte of Pfalz-Simmern

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Elisabeth Marie Charlotte von Pfalz-Simmern (* October 23, 1638 in Sedan ; † May 22, 1664 in Brieg ) was a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage Duchess of Brieg .

Life

Elisabeth Marie Charlotte was a daughter of Count Palatine Ludwig Philipp von Simmern (1602–1655) from his marriage to Marie Eleonore (1607–1675), daughter of Elector Joachim Friedrich of Brandenburg. The princess was born in Sedan, where her parents had fled after the Swedish defeat near Nördlingen .

She married on October 22, 1660 in Brieg as his second wife, Duke Georg III. von Brieg (1611–1664). The wedding, initiated by Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , was celebrated with great splendor. On the occasion of the wedding, the festival Das Verliebte Gespenst and Die amliebte Dornrose by the poet Andreas Gryphius premiered. As early as 1659 Gryphius had sent the princess his Papinian with an epigram .

Just two years after the marriage, the Duchess fell ill with a cough in 1662, which worsened in 1663. She died of tuberculosis on May 22, 1664 without giving birth to a child. Elisabeth Marie Charlotte was buried in the castle church in Brzeg.

literature

  • Carl Friedrich Schönwälder: The Piasts to bring or history of the city u. of the Principality of Brieg, Volume 3 . Verlag Adolf Bänder, Brieg 1856, pp. 198 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (Ed.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order, Volume 60 . Gleditsch, Leipzig 1863, p. 101.
  2. ^ Willi Flemming : Andreas Gryphius and the stage . M. Niemayr, Halle / Saale 1821, p. 90.
personal data
SURNAME Pfalz-Simmern, Elisabeth Marie Charlotte von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage Duchess of Brieg
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Sedan
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1664
Place of death Brieg