Emilie of Hessen-Kassel
Emilie von Hessen-Kassel (born February 11, 1626 in Hersfeld , † February 15, 1693 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a princess of Hessen-Kassel and, by marriage, Princess of Taranto and Talmont .
Life
Emilie was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm V of Hessen-Kassel (1602–1637) from his marriage to Amalie Elisabeth (1602–1651), daughter of Count Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg .
She married on May 15, 1648 in Kassel Henri Charles de La Trémoille , Prince of Taranto and Talmont (1620–1672), who was a general in the Hessian service of Emilie's mother and whose grandfather Claudius Huguenot had become. The marriage greatly enhanced the influence of the French language and fashion at the court of Kassel. Emilie followed her husband first to the Netherlands and then to France.
Emilie's court included the Huguenot Eleonore d'Olbreuse , who met her future husband Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg during a visit by the Princess to The Hague in 1665 .
After the death of her husband in 1672, the Princess of Taranto lived in winter at the court of Versailles and in summer on her country estate, the Château Marie in Vitré in Brittany. There she often received visits from her friend Madame de Sévigné , who used to spend her summer holidays in the neighboring Rochers-Sévigné castle and otherwise also stayed at court. The princess's niece, Liselotte von der Pfalz , who had married the brother of Louis XIV, Duke Philippe d'Orléans , in 1671 and with whom she had frequented, also lived there.
After Louis XIV issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685 , which led to a new persecution of Huguenots in France, she decided to return to Germany, although the king offered her substantial pension payments if she converted. Her niece and her younger children, who had converted, also tried in vain to induce her to change her religion. Of 30 alleged servants whom she wanted to take with him to save her, in January 1686 he only let six go with her. The Brandenburg envoy Ezekiel Spanheim helped her, like many other emigrants, with the departure.
She then lived in Frankfurt am Main, where she supported the Waldensians with her small remaining funds . There she died of chickenpox at the age of 67 . Her body was transferred to Kassel.
progeny
Emilie had the following children from their marriage:
- Charlotte Emilie (1652-1732)
- ⚭ 1680 Count Anton von Aldenburg (1633–1681)
- Charles Belgique (1655–1709), Duke of Thouars
- ⚭ 1675 Madeleine de Crequy († 1707)
- Frédéric-Guillaume (1658–1738), Prince of Talmont
- ⚭ 1707 Elisabeth Anne de Bouillon
- Henriette-Célèste (* 1662, † young)
- Marie-Sylvie (1662-1692)
ancestors
| Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel (1532–1592) | |||||||||||||
| Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632) | |||||||||||||
| Sabine von Württemberg (1549–1581) | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm V of Hessen-Kassel (1602–1637) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Georg zu Solms-Laubach (1546–1600) | |||||||||||||
| Agnes zu Solms-Laubach (1578–1602) | |||||||||||||
| Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau (1554–1606) | |||||||||||||
| Emilie of Hessen-Kassel | |||||||||||||
| Philipp Ludwig I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1553–1580) | |||||||||||||
| Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg (1576–1612) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalene von Waldeck (1558–1599) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) | |||||||||||||
| William I of Orange (1533–1584) | |||||||||||||
| Katharina Belgica of Orange-Nassau (1578–1648) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (1546 / 47–1582) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Otto Flake : Great Ladies of the Baroque , 1961
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici: The Waldensians and their relationship to the Brandenburg-Prussian state p. 172
- Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: History of the capital and residence city of Kassel p. 221
- Silke Köhn: The magic of a legend. The portrait of Charlotte Améie de la Trémoille, Countess von Aldenburg (1652–1732). Oldenburg 2005
Web link
- La Trémoille, Amélie Duchess of. Hessian biography. (As of February 15, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Van der Cruysse: Madame is a great craft, Liselotte von der Pfalz. A German princess at the court of the Sun King. From the French by Inge Leipold. 14th edition, Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 3-492-22141-6 , p. 337
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Emilie of Hessen-Kassel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aemilie von Hessen-Kassel; Amalie of Hessen-Kassel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Taranto and Talmont |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1626 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hersfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1693 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |