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.
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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 |