Helene of the Palatinate
Helene von der Pfalz (born February 9, 1493 in Heidelberg , † August 4, 1524 in Schwerin ) from the Wittelsbach family was a Countess Palatine of Simmern and, by marriage, Duchess of Mecklenburg .
Life
Helene was a daughter of Elector Philipp von der Pfalz (1448–1508) from his marriage to Margarete (1456–1501), daughter of Duke Ludwig IX. from Bavaria-Landshut .
She married on June 15, 1513 in Wismar, Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg (1479–1552). In order not to overshadow the bride, Ms. Fineke had to be instructed by Greese not to put on her best dress. The supplement was held in a hitherto unknown pomp, in the presence of numerous imperial princes.
Helene was buried in Schwerin Cathedral . Her burial there was the first in the Mecklenburg royal family who had previously used the Doberan monastery church as a burial place. Her epitaph, created by Peter Vischer , erected shortly after her death and attached to the back wall of the altar wall until 1845, is on a pillar on the southern gallery next to the church door.
progeny
Helene had the following children from their marriage:
- ⚭ 1537 Duke Heinrich II of Münsterberg-Oels (1507–1548)
- Catherine (1518–1581)
- ⚭ 1538 Duke Friedrich III. of Liegnitz (1520–1570)
literature
- Eduard Vehse: History of the German Courts since the Reformation. Volume 35–36, Hoffmann and Campe, 1856, pp. 62 ff.
- Michael Masson: The royal house of Bavaria. Edited genealogically and explained with historical-biographical notes. Ed., 1854, p. 102
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Clauss: 775 years Jesendorf , Books on Demand, p. 1698 digitized
- ↑ Steffen Stuth: Courts and Residences: Studies on the Courts of the Dukes of Mecklenburg in the 16th and 17th Centuries , Edition Temmen, 2001, p. 51
- ↑ Hauschke, Sven, The Grave Monuments of the Nuremberg Vischer Workshop (1453-1544), Petersberg 2006 (Bronze Bones of the Middle Ages 6), cat. 83, pp. 278-279. Robert Dohme: Art and Artists of the Middle Ages and Modern Times , EA Seemann, 1878, p. 43
- ^ Archives for regional studies in the Grossherzogthümen Mecklenburg and Revüe der Landwirtschaft , Volume 14, sn, 1864, p. 272 digitized
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Helene of the Palatinate |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helena of the Palatinate |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Pomerania |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1493 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1524 |
Place of death | Schwerin |