Hedwig of Hessen-Kassel
Hedwig von Hessen-Kassel (born June 30, 1569 in Kassel ; † July 7, 1644 in Stadthagen ) was a princess of Hessen-Kassel and, by marriage, Princess of Schaumburg .
Life
Hedwig was a daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel (1532–1592) from his marriage to Sabine (1549–1581), daughter of Duke Christoph von Württemberg .
She married Count Ernst von Holstein-Schaumburg (1569–1622) on September 11, 1597 at Wilhelmsburg Castle in Schmalkalden . Hedwig's brother Moritz , however, made it a condition of the advertising in 1593 that Ernst should receive a share in the government of his stepbrother Adolf . After the Mindner settlement in 1595, Ernst was awarded the lower counties of Schaumburg with the offices of Sachsenhagen , Hagenburg and Bokeloh . After the death of his brother in 1601, Ernst became sovereign Count of Holstein-Schaumburg and finally in 1620 to the rank of imperial prince.
In the couple's residence in Sachsenhagen, the existing castle was converted into a palace before Ernst first moved his seat of government to Stadthagen .
After the death of her husband, Hedwig completed the construction of the princely mausoleum at the St. Martini Church in Stadthagen in 1627 , in whose crypt she is also buried. Its epitaph contains a Latin inscription, which says: "There is no other, more sacred decision of the widowhood than that which is entrusted by the last will to pass on to those who stay and, when it is realized, to guard it."
Their marriage had remained childless and Hedwig administered her Wittum Stadt und Amt Stadthagen. In possession of a Hessian non-interest bond of 100,000 thalers, she paid her nephew Wilhelm an annual pension and bequeathed this bond, her Wittum and all rights to the Grafschaft Schaumburg to Landgravine Amalie , who she also designated as the executor of her will.
literature
- Helge bei der Wieden: A North German Renaissance Prince. Ernst zu Holstein-Schaumburg, 1569-1622 . ISBN 3-89534-125-8
- Friedrich Rehm: Handbook of the history of both Hesse p. 442
- Andrea Baresel-Brand: funerary monuments of northern European princely houses in the Renaissance era ... p. 235 f.
- Christoph von Rommel: History of Hesse p. 646
Web links
- To the mausoleum in Stadthagen
- Holstein-Schaumburg, Hedwig Countess of. Hessian biography. (As of November 13, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hedwig of Hessen-Kassel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Schaumburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1569 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1644 |
| Place of death | Stadthagen |