Elisabeth of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1469–1500)

Elisabeth von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (* 1469 ; † June 23, 1500 in Saarbrücken ) was Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken by marriage .

Life

Elisabeth was the youngest daughter of Count Palatine and Duke Ludwig I of Zweibrücken (1424–1489) from his marriage to Johanna (around 1435–1504), daughter of Antoine I de Croÿ , Count of Porcean.

The underage princess was betrothed to Count Johann zu Solms-Lich in 1482 , who died in Egypt in 1483 on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Through negotiations by the Archbishop and Elector of Mainz Berthold von Henneberg , she was betrothed to Count Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken (1472–1545) in 1487 , whom she married on January 29, 1492 in Meisenheim .

Elisabeth died at the age of 31 and was buried on June 25, 1500 in the collegiate church of Sankt Arnual . A funeral ceremony was held on July 16, 1500 in the Weilburg collegiate church .

progeny

Elisabeth had given birth to six daughters in their eight-year marriage:

Ottilie (1492–1554)

⚭ 1516 Count Johann V. von Sayn (1493–1529)

Anna (1493–1565), nun in Rosenthal
Elisabeth (1495–1559), nun
Johanna (1496–1566), Abbess of Herbitzheim
Margarete (* 1497), died unmarried
Felizitas (* 1499), nun

literature

Georg Christian Joannis , Johann Philipp Crollius : Ur-History of the Duchy of Zweibrücken. Faithfully reproduced from GC Johannis and JP Crollius calendar work. Ritter, Zweibrücken 1829, p. 48, digitized
Friederich Köllner : History of the former Nassau-Saarbrück'schen country and its rulers. Part 1. Saarbrücken 1841, pp. 254f. Digitized

Individual evidence

↑ Michael von Gradl, Franz Joseph Adolph Schneidawind : Historical diary for the illustrious House of Wittelsbach and the Bavarian country. Enke, Erlangen 1856, p. 15, online .
↑ Wolf-Heino Struck : The St. Walpurgis monasteries in Weilburg and St. Martin in Idstein (= The dioceses of the Church Province of Trier. The Archbishopric Trier. Vol. 6 = Germania sacra. NF Vol. 27). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1990, ISBN 3-11-012300-2 , p. 192.

personal data
SURNAME	Elisabeth of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken
DATE OF BIRTH	1469
DATE OF DEATH	June 23, 1500
Place of death	Saarbrücken

[1] Michael von Gradl, Franz Joseph Adolph Schneidawind : Historical diary for the illustrious House of Wittelsbach and the Bavarian country. Enke, Erlangen 1856, p. 15, online .

[2] Wolf-Heino Struck : The St. Walpurgis monasteries in Weilburg and St. Martin in Idstein (= The dioceses of the Church Province of Trier. The Archbishopric Trier. Vol. 6 = Germania sacra. NF Vol. 27). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1990, ISBN 3-11-012300-2 , p. 192.