Elisabeth von Hanau († 1446)

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Elisabeth von Hanau (* 1416 ; † February 20, 1446 ) was a daughter of Count Reinhard II (* around 1369; † 1451), the first Count of Hanau , and Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († 1459).

Pedigree of Elisabeth von Hanau
Great grandparents

Ulrich III. von Hanau (* 1310; † 1369/70)
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Adelheid von Nassau († 1344)

Eberhard von Wertheim (*; † 1373)
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Katharina von Hohenzollern († after 1369)

Heinrich I of Nassau-Beilstein († 1378/80)
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Meyna von Westerburg († 1388)

Arnold von Randerode
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?

Grandparents

Ulrich IV. Von Hanau (* 1330/40; † 1380)
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Elisabeth von Wertheim (* 1347; † 1378)

Heinrich II. Of Nassau-Beilstein († 1412)
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Katharina von Randerode († approx. 1415)

parents

Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* approx. 1369; † 1451)
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Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († 1459)

Elisabeth

For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)

Elisabeth married on May 4, 1432, Count Johann IV von Dhaun-Kyrburg (* 1422 - June 30, 1476), governor in Alsace since 1445. The following children were born from this marriage:

  1. Johann V (born November 17, 1436; † 1495 [before September 2]), initially canon in Cologne , he succeeded his father in the rule in 1476 and married Johanette von Salm
  2. Gerhard († 1490), canon in Cologne, Trier and Mainz , later cathedral scholastics in Trier and Mainz, provost of St. Paulin in Trier and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cologne
  3. Friedrich, mentioned 1476/77, probably died as a child
  4. Gottfried, mentioned in 1477, probably died as a child
  5. Katharina († November 24, 1473), Abbess of the Klarenthal Monastery
  6. Walpurgis († 1493), married in first marriage to Count Kuno von Solms -Lich († 3 May 1477), in second marriage in 1479 to Gottfried von Eppstein († 1532)
  7. Margaretha (proven 1484–1514), abbess of Marienberg Abbey near Boppard
  8. Elisabeth († October 17, 1513), Abbess of Elten Monastery
  9. Adelheid (mentioned 1479), canons in the Gerresheim monastery . Her assignment as the daughter of Elisabeth and Gottfried is not certain.

literature

  • Reinhard Dietrich: The state constitution in the Hanauischen = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 34. Hanau 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
  • Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables: Family tables for the history of European states . Plate IV, 97.
  • Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house . In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894 . Hanau 1894.
  • Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country . 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, reprint 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to Suchier; According to Schwennicke: January 28, 1432.
  2. ↑ Here with z. T. inaccurate information.
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth of Hanau
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elisabeth of Dhaun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 1416
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1446