Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Calenberg

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Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Calenberg (born April 8, 1526 in Nienover , † August 19, 1566 in Schleusingen ) was a princess of Braunschweig-Calenberg and by marriage Countess von Henneberg .

Life

Elisabeth was the eldest child of Duke Erich I of Braunschweig-Calenberg (1470–1540) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1510–1558), daughter of Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg . Elisabeth was raised strictly Protestant by her mother.

Elisabeth married Count Georg Ernst von Henneberg (1511–1583) in Münden on August 19, 1543 . Two years earlier, his brother Poppo had married Elisabeth's widowed mother. Her mother, brother Erich and cousin Joachim paid for the princess's dowry of 20,000 guilders . Weende Monastery took over part of Elisabeth's trousseau and marriage money with 350 guilders. As Wittum, Elisabeth was guaranteed the offices of Schleusingen, Themar and Suhl . Through his marriage to Elisabeth, Georg Ernst came into contact with the most distinguished Protestant houses in Germany.

Elisabeth's 23-year marriage was considered “peaceful”, but remained childless. Elisabeth devoted herself to piety and welfare. Also under the influence of the strictly Protestant country mother was Reformation in the county Henneberg decisively promoted. Elisabeth took in evangelical preachers who had been displaced in the county.

Elisabeth was buried in Schleusingen, where an epitaph adorns her tomb in the castle church there , which was completed during her lifetime. With the death of his wife, Georg Ernst had the family burial site of the Hennebergers relocated from the Veßra monastery to the Aegidia chapel in Schleusingen.

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  1. ^ Wilhelm Havemann: History of the Lands Braunschweig and Lüneburg , 1855, p. 349
  2. Ferdinand Werther: Chronicle of the city of Suhl in the princes of Henneberg , Volume 1, Manitius, 1846, p. 113
  3. ^ Johann Jakob Herzog: Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church , R. Besser, 1862, p. 136
  4. Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: The Electors and Queens on the Throne of the Hohenzollern , Wiegandt & Grieben, 1866, p. 287
  5. ^ Hennebergischer Altertumsforschender Verein: Invitation to the ... annual celebration of the Hennebergischer Alterthumsforschender Verein in Meiningen , Volume 11, 1843, p. 14 digitized
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