Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg

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Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg

Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg (born September 13, 1617 in Berlin , † August 29, 1676 in Mitau ) was a princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Courland .

Life

Luise was the eldest child of Elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1595–1640) and Elisabeth Charlotte (1597–1660), daughter of Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate .

She married Jakob Kettler , Duke of Courland (1610–1682) in Königsberg on October 9, 1645 , and Simon Dach wrote a poem especially for the wedding . Through the marriage, Jakob became the brother-in-law of the Great Elector and was able to coordinate his decisions regarding his Poland policy with him. Luise Charlotte had a considerable influence on the politics of Kurland, whose capital Mitau was also the center of negotiations between Poland, Russia, Brandenburg and Sweden. Luise Charlotte was described as good-natured, wise and courageous, who played an essential part in her husband's political successes and the upswing of Courland under his government.

progeny

From her marriage, Luise Charlotte had the following children:

⚭ 1670 Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg (1633–1708)
⚭ 1. 1675 Countess Sophie Amalie von Nassau-Siegen (1650–1688)
⚭ 2. 1691 Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748)
⚭ 1673 Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1654–1730)
⚭ 1730 Princess Johanna Magdalena of Saxony-Weissenfels (1708–1760)

literature

  • Otto von Mirbach : Letters from and to Courland during the reign of Duke Jakob. With a look back at the past . F. Lucas, Mitau 1846, p. 280.
  • Ulrich Schoenborn : The Duchy of Courland. Rise and fall . In: Ders .: "... I see the footsteps of God's Providence". On the work of the Hessian theologian Conrad Mel (1666–1733) in Mitau, Memel and Königsberg (work on historical and systematic theology; vol. 10). LIT Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 978-3-8258-9655-3 , p. 27.
  • Albrecht Schöne : Kürbishütte and Königsberg. Model attempt at a socio-historical decipherment of poetic texts; using the example of Simon Dach . 2nd edition Beck, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-406-05878-7
  • August Seraphim: A sister of the great Elector, Luise Charlotte . A. Duncker, Berlin 1901 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albrecht Schöne: Kürbishütte and Königsberg , p. 46.
  2. ^ Ulrich Schoenborn: The Duchy of Courland. Rise and Fall , p. 27.
  3. ↑ Special print from: Ders. (Ed.): City, school, university, books and German literature in the 17th century. Proposals and discussions of a baroque symposium . Beck, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-406-00710-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Courland
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1676
Place of death Mitau